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Welcome to HFS. My NVA journey started with the BMU six years ago and took off from there.

CN211276 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 5:15 pm Welcome to HFS. My NVA journey started with the BMU six years ago and took off from there.

My journey started out the same way. Now happy with what I have and don't see the need to upgrade any further.

Enjoy your time here among the NVA family.

NVA family?



Welcome.

(Oh - and you can check out any time you like
but you can never leave.)

Welcome. I was daft enough to buy a Sound Cord, now I work here.

n4nottwo wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 4:50 pm new around these parts. stumbled across an nva a20/p20 auction on ebay and a few hours down the rabbit hole later I knew I had to have it. who knows where this nva journey might take me.

I am down in east sussex fwiw.

Welcome- Make sure u have Nva speaker cable
Ps- A20 is addictive

thanks all. probably going to pick-up some ls3.

Ooops - I forgot to pop in here and say hello . . .

I began my musical explorations after being introduced to Black Sabbath (Wheels of Confusion) from a cassette player as I walked home from school with a pal at age 14. For years I had a copy of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and nothing to play it on.
I acquired a Strathearn turntable (the electro-magnetic 'hovering' model) that I fitted with a VMS 20 just in time for university in 1980 - and on arriving in Manchester I picked up a Pioneer amplifier and a pair of Sennheisser headphones. By this time I had a magnificent collection of about 50 LPs and 200 singles. Then Sevenoaks Audio advertised a pair of JR speakers, and the rabbit hole opened wide enough to swallow me.

Fast forward to 2022, and I grew tired of the intermittent volume pot problems with my (still fine sounding) Axiom Alchemist and decided that I would spend some of my early retirement payout on the NVA starter system to put between the Rega P3/Exact/Fono MM and the Wharfedale Pacific P-120 speakers.
The sound was so good that as soon as I spotted the "Forum Edition" M160s being offered I put in an order, bi-amping the speakers. And at the start of 2023 I added the phono stage and headphone amplifier, with a pair of the Sennheisser HD660S headphones.
Meanwhile, I was still using the Marantz CD63 MkII KI Signature which I bought in the early 90s. It was now sounding thin in comparison to the vinyl chain (in photography terms, it was like comparing a low-contrast enlargement to the actual scene). So I bought a Rega Apollo CD player.

Having totted it all up, over the course of about 8 months I managed to spend around £6.5k to provide a sound that I can happily live with for the rest of my days . . . but the urge to spend probably won't go away.
I just hope I can sort out (and afford) to take it all with me when I head off to SE Asia.

Evening everyone.
Jumped back into this crazy hobby after a 25 year sebatical.
I've been back at it around 4 years now.
Im still reeling from how much its changed.
Lots to learn and have fun with!
Lots to learn

Welcome to HFS, Swamper. Jump in wherever and whenever you feel comfy.

Hello everyone, looking to learn about NVA and becoming a proud owner of kit in 2024. Been an audio enthusiast for about 40 years now and hoping for 40 more!