uglymusic
26-05-2014, 17:44
My NVA TDSs (The Definitive Statement of the best things about NVA). Plus, I’m throwing in my Statement Passive Pre-amp, too.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1475694/TDS%20pix/P1010046_opt.jpg
These are the original - and best - Mk1 TDSs. Built like battleships and almost as heavy!
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1475694/TDS%20pix/P1010032_opt.jpg
It’s a difficult sale this. The TDSs are exceptional amps, but having recently moved house, my bank account needs some love if I’m going to get some of the things done that need doing here.
Can I put these amps in context?
When I was a reviewer, I had access to a lot of kit. I heard or reviewed just about all the top electronics then available.
But what did I choose for my own system? NVA. Because they’re really great amplifiers. In a few short years, I went from A70, via bi-amped A80s to the TDSs. I have an AP20 integrated, too.
These Statements started out as the final prototypes for his top amplifiers. As such, they’re not so shiny as the final production amps. But, soundwise, it’s another matter.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1475694/TDS%20pix/P1010033_opt.jpg
Crucially, these TDSs have four power supplies per channel. That means they deliver everything you love about the NVA sound, but in spades.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1475694/TDS%20pix/P1010035_opt.jpg
What’s more, they’re a total one-off, loaded with military-spec components, retrofitted by the factory to their thick gold-tracked circuit boards. That’s why I say they’re probably the very best sounding NVA amps available.
The Mk1 TDSs sold for £7000 the pair - the current Mk3s with plastic casings and reportedly fewer PSUs cost £6000 a pair. I believe the current Pre-Amp sells for £1200 new.
I’m asking just £2500 for the two monoblocks, pre-amp, no-compromise custom cables built for me by RFC, plus hundreds of pounds worth of NVA Super Sound Pipe interconnects.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1475694/TDS%20pix/P1010036_opt.jpg
They’re all in Littlehampton, West Sussex. They’re probably too heavy to ship safely, but I can meet the purchaser anywhere south of the M4 and east of Exeter for the cost of petrol. Or come and hear them at my home.
This could be your only chance to own The Definitive Statements from NVA.
** Potential buyers of these amplifiers should read the warning here, from their designer, before going ahead with any purchase **: http://hifisubjectivist.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=44759&p=89079&sid=28337880b19b93749aed0f1f3e0c4443#p89079
Please also understand that there is nothing about these amplifiers that any competent amplifier engineer couldn't fix. There is no mystique about NVA.
Please PM me if you want to know more.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1475694/TDS%20pix/P1010046_opt.jpg
These are the original - and best - Mk1 TDSs. Built like battleships and almost as heavy!
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1475694/TDS%20pix/P1010032_opt.jpg
It’s a difficult sale this. The TDSs are exceptional amps, but having recently moved house, my bank account needs some love if I’m going to get some of the things done that need doing here.
Can I put these amps in context?
When I was a reviewer, I had access to a lot of kit. I heard or reviewed just about all the top electronics then available.
But what did I choose for my own system? NVA. Because they’re really great amplifiers. In a few short years, I went from A70, via bi-amped A80s to the TDSs. I have an AP20 integrated, too.
These Statements started out as the final prototypes for his top amplifiers. As such, they’re not so shiny as the final production amps. But, soundwise, it’s another matter.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1475694/TDS%20pix/P1010033_opt.jpg
Crucially, these TDSs have four power supplies per channel. That means they deliver everything you love about the NVA sound, but in spades.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1475694/TDS%20pix/P1010035_opt.jpg
What’s more, they’re a total one-off, loaded with military-spec components, retrofitted by the factory to their thick gold-tracked circuit boards. That’s why I say they’re probably the very best sounding NVA amps available.
The Mk1 TDSs sold for £7000 the pair - the current Mk3s with plastic casings and reportedly fewer PSUs cost £6000 a pair. I believe the current Pre-Amp sells for £1200 new.
I’m asking just £2500 for the two monoblocks, pre-amp, no-compromise custom cables built for me by RFC, plus hundreds of pounds worth of NVA Super Sound Pipe interconnects.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1475694/TDS%20pix/P1010036_opt.jpg
They’re all in Littlehampton, West Sussex. They’re probably too heavy to ship safely, but I can meet the purchaser anywhere south of the M4 and east of Exeter for the cost of petrol. Or come and hear them at my home.
This could be your only chance to own The Definitive Statements from NVA.
** Potential buyers of these amplifiers should read the warning here, from their designer, before going ahead with any purchase **: http://hifisubjectivist.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=44759&p=89079&sid=28337880b19b93749aed0f1f3e0c4443#p89079
Please also understand that there is nothing about these amplifiers that any competent amplifier engineer couldn't fix. There is no mystique about NVA.
Please PM me if you want to know more.