NVA 'TFS': 'The Future Statement' lands at Marco Towers...

[tubehunter]

the tfs has a very nice sounding dac/sound card the Xonar Essence DAC, i use one myself on my upstairs pc.

i think nva have tweeked it a bit, not sure what

[Marco]

Marco, if you want a good dac for hi rez, try this one -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Finished-2...item19c90b8fe5

Don't let the low price put you off, it saw off a MF M dac in my system.

Interesting, Ali. Noted. Would it be any better, though, than the in-built on in the TFS? That's the question...

Marco.

[Darren]

Well.... I think it looks wonderful and I'd love to have a play with one myself. You are very fortunate Marco.


But, please dont tell me this means we have to put up with the madness of king Richard again....

[Marco]

There are a number of ways to get good file-based sound; the TFS is a perfectly valid approach aimed at a specific market.

Then you have usability - quite possibly the TFS can be used by anyone, not just some hifi geeks who don't mind a few quirks in name of music.

Thinking about the main approaches for high quality file-based sound are there serious contenders I've missed?

1) specialty developed/assembled computer purchased as a product

Regarding the bit in bold - precisely! I ain't no computer or tech geek, and nor will I ever be.

1) (above) fits my needs exactly

Some of the Linn/Naim (the background I originally came from) computer audio users, with rather more expensive solutions (!) would get a big shock if they heard the TFS, as it has all the sonic traits thay they value (PRaT) - and then some!

Marco.

[Ali Tait]

Interesting, Ali. Noted. Would it be any better, though, than the in-built on in the TFS? That's the question...

Marco.

Only one way to find out mate.

[Marco]

Well.... I think it looks wonderful and I'd love to have a play with one myself. You are very fortunate Marco.


But, please dont tell me this means we have to put up with the madness of king Richard again....

Lol... Thanks, Darren. Richard and I get on very well now, and I have always had a lot of respect for his ability as an audio designer. Neither of us are ones to hold grudges.

However, we also both realise that on the platform of an audio forum, we're not ideally compatible

Marco.

[Marco]

Only one way to find out mate.

True. I'll bookmark the link for reference. Right now, as you'll appreciate, I'm still getting my head properly around just what the TFS can do, so that later I can articulate it properly into words.

Marco.

[Ali Tait]

Aye, no worries mate. I do think this dac is very good, and unmatched in the SPPV stakes of anything else I've heard so far.

[keiths]

Nice one Marco. Seems like the ideal solution for you.

[Welder]

First, congratulations NVA. This would certainly seem to follow more closely my views regarding building a music server.
From what little I have been able to find out about the product there are still a few things that could be improved upon but overall, a far more versatile and well thought out product than most of the servers I've either heard or read about.

There have been a few comments about the price. When I costed my design, if built with new components the total cost came well above £2000 and that doesn't account for much of the experimentation and doesn't include any marketing.

Oh yes, congratulations Marco. Perhaps we'll read slightly less dismissive comments on file based audio from now on. Ripping your CD's is going to be a major task and you will have to do it if you take to file based because CD replay just wont cut it.