Don't worry, they want straight back to the walls where they belong. I get what you mean with he honk analogy but they do push the sound out into the room. Having started to really appreciate the system I noticed that it sounded really good but on the other side of the room, hence my belief the soun...

There is a definite improvement in the balance especially at lower volumes but the presentation is a little harsh when listening to a soprano solo. A work in progress, the copper pipe is a temporary measure, 20mm clear acrylic rod coming Monday. beam problem: http://i781.photobucket.com/albums/yy92/...

http://i781.photobucket.com/albums/yy92/inthepub/IMG_4481_zpspqzve9eq.jpg [Admin- tidying] Having now spent a lot of time with my NVA I have experienced complete aural nirvana. I am blessed (cursed really) with a highly critical ear, whilst I will derive huge pleasure from the resonance of a single...

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After much experimentation, isolating cube from the stand is the way forward (IMO) There are a myriad of solutions out there, The Doc was using a puck devise to great affect. I had some anti vibration material originally used to isolate a ton of generator, cut into 1 1/2" squares and placed bet...

It's not a cheap solution but custom ear inserts work. One of my customers is a specialist http://www.sensorcom.com/. He comes around and injects some stuff in your ear which goes off after a few mins, these moulds are then used to make custom tight fitting ear plugs. I had some made to go with my S...

I've tried a number of options and have settled on the coupled option, heavy duty steal stands spiked on oak suspended floor. By chance happened upon on neat solution for speaker to stand coupling in place of blue tack; recently took delivery of some glass and was peeling off the semi sticky pads th...

I wonder what you could do with a PlayStation 3, it plays any format disc and has many media capabilities And it's a Sony Just need to do your magic and shut the noisey fan up. I've even got one you could experiment on.

Just printed out a return note for the oppo 105, just doesn't match up to the NVA kit!!! Prior to reading this thread I had been looking at a Marantz SA14SI but if there is a NVA CD round the corner I'd be up for it. Couple of questions first though. 1.Could the statement version be one of the 10 ? ...

And - It does perform well across all formats I've tried certainly more musical than the M-Dac, plenty of inputs/outputs. I certainly have no regrets.

I found this article useful although a bit technical for my limited knowledge.

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/oppo/1.html