Yeah I mean realistically this won't happen to next year at the earliest. But I'm definitely going to keep my eyes open for deals or demos. There's a 800.2 silver unit near me that's a demo but I prefer the black to the silver with this one I think. The silver is okay, I may even like it more if the VU meters were real and not a LCD screen. But they ain't...
Meh, VU meters are overrated.
Yeah I think it's just that the silver looks better to me with them, I'm not a huge fan of video screens on amps, but there's no way around it with the 800.2, so making it be a vu meter looks better to my brain than a giant DB reading...
Shit or get off the pot.
Did you hear anything from Pass at the show?
Yeah there was a Pass system and it also sounded very good. But yeah I mean obviously all of these systems were running with very expensive separates, not a lot of integrated around except on the smaller systems...
Makes sense.
I was about to ask how you got in touch with an Harman engineer.
Haha yeah I've never to my knowledge actually spoken to a Harman engineer, it's only local techs for the Eriksson subsidiaries.I was about to ask how you got in touch with an Harman engineer.
When I worked there we'd email the product lead, who would email the project manager, who would email the engineering lead, who said he would reach out to the right engineer. Then 3 months later we would do the product launch and we'd immediately get an email from an engineer we had never heard of saying "WHY WOULD YOU PUT THAT IN THERE?!?!?!?!?!?"
Ah, big corp life
You’re nuts? Oh you meant about the amp? None at all.
None of this changes my original response.
"The 800.2 integrated amplifier, launched in July of last year, replaces the original 800 model, first seen in the middle of the previous decade. A redesign was required because certain parts, namely the display, are no longer available. Further upgrades include revisions to the power supply and the new, much more modern display. The amplifier seems to have gained a couple of kilos too, now weighing a not-inconsiderable 41kg."
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Yes but these aren't the 800.2. the 800.2 has a LCD screen and other changes. The units I posted above are all listed as the 800 with the original and now discontinued digital display. This is the 800.2:"The 800.2 integrated amplifier, launched in July of last year, replaces the original 800 model, first seen in the middle of the previous decade. A redesign was required because certain parts, namely the display, are no longer available. Further upgrades include revisions to the power supply and the new, much more modern display. The amplifier seems to have gained a couple of kilos too, now weighing a not-inconsiderable 41kg."
Taken from:
Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista DAC & 800.2: Worth The Weight | The Ear
The Nu-Vista DAC and Nu-Vista 800.2 amplifier are outstanding performers. Audiophiles who enjoy their music presented in a smooth, natural, yet dynamic manner
Ahhhh, I see what you mean now. That is weird. Did they repackage any other component's casework similarly? That might indicate a change for aesthetics or faceplate availability reasons, as opposed to anything internal to that amp.
It appears the 600 had a similar change but again, can't find a single mention of it anywhere online or on their website. And some locals have the finned ones and others have the flat faceplate but none know why hahaha... I thought it might have been an old mockup that just got erroneously used online for the product image but then I saw a listing at another location for a used unit and it's clearly the 800 with a flat faceplate...
If you were to find one would it matter if it had the ridges or not?
The point is whether they changed anything INSIDE it. The ridges are not my fav but I don't care so much about that.