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The MFV Story:

Nearly all of the hi fi speakers available today are designed for powerful transistor amplifiers, this means the speakers are very power hungry and can be a difficult load for valve amplifiers.

This is especially true of smaller loudspeakers where large amounts of midrange and treble are wasted in order to increase the relative bass output.

A well designed efficient loudspeaker will always work better with a valve amplifier to give much improved performance in terms of volume level, solid bass and will even improve the life of your output valves as you will not be pushing them so hard.

That is why we have designed the MFV range of speakers in theUK. They are probably unique as they been designed and tested 100% with valve amplifiers.

Because they are easy to drive, they also work very well with transistor amplifiers.

They are efficient, an easy load, and have very strong magnets and special voice coils.

Apart from the philosophy behind Icon speakers, all three systems are hand made to a very high standard using custom made units. Surprisingly each drive unit is also hand made by us in limited quantities and our speaker expert not only makes use of CAD at the design stage, but afterwards uses his ears to match the units themselves in pairs. Each cabinet uses audio grade long grain MDF which is lined once with resonance absorbing bitumen, and again with sculpted acoustic foam.

The MFV 3 MKII is the biggest in the range. This is a floor standing model capable of filling a large room with beautiful golden sound from 10 watts. It features a new cone material which includes sheep’s wool giving a slightly less aggressive presentation than other man made material.

The MFV2 is the larger stand mount speaker. Designed for medium to large amplifiers of 30 to 100 Watts (depending upon room size and required sound level), it is capable of filling a large room with stunningly transparent music without being fatiguing.

The MFV6 is very similar but having smaller dimensions is ideal for a small room.

Specifications and Features

Designed for valve amps of 10w to 150w
Designed inLeicesterUK
Woofer unit based on German Klippel
Rare earth NdFeB magnets
Oversized magnets for extra efficiency
Low Oxygen copper wire voice coils
Very low F0 tweeters with copper ring
Smooth impedance curve
High overall sensitivity
Easy to drive load
Hand made crossovers with hi fi parts
Audiophile inductors and poly prop caps
Long grain loudspeaker quality MDF for minimum cabinet colouration
Choice of Cherry or Walnut veneers
Optional stands available complete with spikes
Shielded magnets for minimum magnetic field
Supplied with attractive front cover
Dimensions:-
MFV3 MKII 109H X 21W X 35D (cm)
MFV6 31.5H x 18W x 24D (cm)
MFV2 40H x 21.5W x 32D (cms)
(Specifications subject to change, errors & omissions excepted August 2011)

Stands for the MFV bookshelf range, also available

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