Then we get on to the expensive bit which is stepped attenuation. Some of the prices are eye watering for the kit and ready built versions. Some of the resistors are very pricey especially the Audionote silver tantalum non magnetic jobbies. Can't afford them. I don't want a kit or ready built for r...

What inspired you to seek out this crazy place ? Good question. I guess taking an interest in what is happening with NVA and interacting with people to are prepared to listen to music and talk about what they hear. Anyway, your post is welcome but it won't really change what I intend to do with sph...

slinger wrote: ↑Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:32 pm Richard did think about reviving the CD player at one stage, but couldn't get the ten deposits he needed to start work on it. The teddy bear eyes get a mention in the thread too.

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Oh that's funny. What a character.

Welcome, Rex. Do you have any images / literature from back in the day? It would be great to add them to the archive. Do you a copy of the archive from the old website? Surely you must have. Dale & I spent hours transcribing and formatting magazine reviews. What you won't have, and what is sitt...

"A man has got to know his own limitations" -Clint Eastwood. To which you can add, "A man has got to know other peoples limitations too" - me. I read ASR with my engineers hat on. I take absolutely no notice whatsoever of his conclusions or descriptions of how it sounds to him. H...

Interesting rex, when was this ? I had to check. Last NVA sale was a CD player mid 2001. What model isn't recorded, but it was probably a CD50. Funny story. Dale and couldn't pin down what we thought was odd about the eject button on the CD players. In the end Dale asked if the button was the eye f...

Gosh what a long thread. It's going to take a while it catch up, but in the meantime... Objects much smaller than the wavelength are ignored by a propagating wave, immovable objects much larger than the wavelength cause a simple reflection. It's where the object size is similar to the wavelength tha...

Greetings from Norfolk Island. Rex here. I was introduced to NVA gear by my now departed friend, Dale Kemp. As a valve amp man, NVA gear struck a chord with me due to the absence of the usual transistor amp grunginess, which i loath. Anyway, Dale and i imported NVA stuff into NZ, selling integrated ...