What's been your favourite bit of NVA kit?

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Re: What's been your favourite bit of NVA kit?

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I’ve got the same power amp. I’m looking to upgrade to a A60/70/100 mono power amps, but will take my time for the right deal to turn up. The A40 sounds bloody good as it is!

I really liked my P80, but upgraded recently to the P90SA.

It’s better than the P80, but not the huge leap I was expecting- which leads me to believe the P80 is a bloody good Pre amp.
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Re: What's been your favourite bit of NVA kit?

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It's a tricky question to answer because all the NVA stuff i have is superb, although much of it is diy using nva bits and bobs.

The speaker concept is probably my favourite. Although i don't have nva speakers as such the drive units are the same and the concept is mainly Richard's. The semi omni approach changed the game completely for me. Effortless, room filling sound which is not at all harsh or in your face. Also the isobaric bass drivers using equal volume for each driver in a sealed enclosure gives bass to die for. Deep, fulsome and as tight as a duck's arse in water.
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My 90's series Cube3's.
Love 'em :dance:

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Re: What's been your favourite bit of NVA kit?

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I'm with BillyBones and its Cube2's for me. Difficult to describe why but they just sound so right. I introduced NVA bit by bit over a year or two, the Cubes were the last part of the jigsaw and it was only then that it all came together. The amps, cables and speakers clearly compliment each other and I can appreciate why there is such a positive response to various upgrades once you are running a NVA system. Richard certainly knew what he was doing.

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Re: What's been your favourite bit of NVA kit?

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I'm so torn between two that I'll have to include both.
The first was the very first piece of NVA I bought - a s/h AP80. I saw it up for sale and thought it looked great, but I'd never even heard of NVA! I looked them up and the whole "less is more" philosophy really chimed with my own thinking, (not that I know ANYTHING about electronics). It was just a breath of fresh air and I was hooked immediately. Unfortunately I suffered a bit of a DER! moment and blew it up using the wrong speaker cables. I contacted the Doc, explained the situation, he called me a stupid git :lol: and repaired it at a very reasonable cost even though he wasn't actually producing kit at that time. When he opened it up he said it looked like it had been stored somewhere damp as there was a fair bit of corrosion inside but he thought it should be ok, at least for a few years yet. I sold it on but I knew I'd have more in the future.
Second was my Cube 1's - After so many speakers of all shapes, sizes and cost I thought I'd try these weird things more out of desperation than anything else. Well I plonked them down roughly in position, fiddled about with position for a few minutes and there it was SORTED! At last, I could have almost cried !! :lol: :lol:

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