The review of MC300-ASE in HI-FI CHOICE magazine Download here
Performance of MC300-ASE from a user of this amp:
This amp (Ming Da MC300-A SE) is an amazing product, it looks 1000 times better than the picture, especially when turned on, with the nice light-blue glowing VU meter. It's really well assembled, with precision and good material. With jazz music the swing and the rythm feeling are really evident, and the energy of the moment of the musicians comes out the speakers. Even old recordings sound more elegant and complete in term of tone coherence, air among instruments, stage depth. It is incredible how sometimes I can be surprised by hearing some detail that sounds really live, or it seems so out the speakers, and this realism makes me jump on my armchair when I hear these natural effects! It's easy to hear things you've never heard before on your well-known CDs. Instruments always appear separate from each other so it's easy and natural to follow every theme, every bass phrase, every piano chord, every cello or violin score in a quartet or orchestra. This helps in recreating a concrete and natural stage with great depth and height, and relaxing listening sessions. It is not true that 300B single ended amps have no bass, this one always presents very low frequencies, controlled and fast but not too much dry. The rest of the frequency range is so musical and perfectly balanced. The hum caused by the direct-heated triodes is so low, impossible to hear during music listening. It is possible to hear it just without input signal with ear next to the woofer, that is much better than other amps. All these great characteristics comes with an amplifier that costs a quarter than its true material and sonic value, and are able to make you feel shiver and taste the true emotional aspects of music.
Another review from a Japanese customer who enjoys MC300-ASE:
A few days ago I have received the amplifier, which was packed in a carton box beautifully and made me feel that it is a high-end audio amplifier.
I bought MC300-ASE. I kept it power-on for an hour for heating up and then started listening to the music.
The first 2 hours, the sound is not fully beautiful but for a while the sound was getting better and better.
So far, I used Triode company(Japanese company) amplifire 35SE(tube amplifier) but was thinking that I used to want higher spec.amplifier than 35SE. At that time I had a chance to listen to another transistor amplifier costed USD3500/unit(very high price) but the 35SE(tube amplifire) was better than this USD3500 transistor amplifier.
However I guessed that the Triode company' amplifier was not good enough in comparison with the real music concert. So I checked another better amplifier by internet and finally reached the MingDa products being sold by Audio Studio Corp. I got it and started listening music for the last 6 hours. It was really amaizing and wonderful.
I have never listened to such sound like this before. All of the music instruments are expressed clearly. I was surpried at CD sound because I found for the first time that CD contains such a rich sound. Record disk also contains richer music information than I thought.
From small orchestra to big orchestra, the sound is very good and felt the lower frequency sound is a little weak but all of the sound is very clear with good separation. Jazz is also great. I believe the aging will make the sound better.
Pops music is also good enough. If a poor singer is singing the song, the amplifier will make it clear. The poor singer can not make it up under the operation of this amplifier as it can show the details and everything.
In a classic music, the sound of violin is very good. The Triode company's amplifier can also perform it well but was not good as MingDa can do. It was the best-buy. I ever listened to the real high-end amplifiers but MingDa amplifier exceeds it in sound.
I should forget the amplifier made in Japan as the price is higher. I could come to know very good amplifier this time, so no need to look for another one. The battery in the remote controller was out of use already when I bought it. But this does not matter.
January 2013, Hokkaido Japan, MC300-ASE, Mr. O.
先ほど商品が到着しました。ありがとうございます。綺麗に梱包されていて、ハイエンドのオーディオと感じました。
私は、MC300-ASEを購入しました。一時間真空管に電通し、その後音楽を聴きました。最初の２時間くらいはずいぶんだだっ子で音も出てこなかったのですが、いろんな曲を書けているうちにずいぶん音が変わりました。
今まで、Triodeの 35SEをパワーアンプとして使っていました。その時、ランクが上のアンプがほしいと、アキュフェーズの３５万程度のアンプを聴きましたが、Triodeの圧勝。真空管アンプは手放せないな～って思いました。
しかし、Triodeのアンプでは、綺麗な音が聞こえてこない気がしていました。そこでネットでいろいろ調べた結果、この、MingDaに行きつきました。今聞き続けて６時間ほどたちますが、素晴らしいの一言。
こんな音は聞いたことがありません。全ての音を綺麗に私に伝えてくれます。CDにこんなに音が入っていたんですね（笑）。レコードも聴きましたが、レコードにもこんなに音が入っていたんですね。
小編成のから大編成までオーケストラは最高です。低音は少し弱くなると感じますが、全ての楽器の音を拾うことが可能です。しかも、心地よい音です。ジャズの様な、音楽には相当合いますね。
少し固い感じがしますが、これはエージングで相当変わるでしょう。 ポップスは超優等生な音になります。下手な歌手はあら探しが出来ます。上手な歌手はしっかり聞き込めますね。
クラシックでは、バイオリンの高音が綺麗になります。Triodeでも鳴るのですが耳障りでした。しかし、高音がしっかり届くのに美音なんですよね。素晴らしい買い物だと思います。ハイエンドのオーディオを聴いたことありますが、それを越えています。
日本製は買えないですね。今回はありがとうございました。素晴らしいアンプに出会えたので、しばらくアンプは買い換えないと思いますが、また機会があれば是非お願いいたします。 リモコンの電池は、新品のようですが、電池切れでした。（気にしていませんので大丈夫ですが一応ご報告です）
2013年 １月 北海道 MC300-ASE O様 |
