Why change a winning formula - stick with what's on the passive preamps.

Wonfor14 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 3:57 pm Back to some old classics like the Ink Spots, my age is showing poo.

I thought I was ancient.
Just been listening to Django - Modern Jazz Quartet

I called my doctor because I could hear voices in my underpants.
He told me not to worry as they were only talking bollocks.

Some years ago it was explained to me, by an amplifier designer, that a volume pot should be compared to the brakes of a car. He asked - would you drive your car with your foot permanently on the brake pedal. Even allowing for different pot characteristics he considered volume settings below about 1...

Anything that promotes and sells NVA has got to be good but I think an agent could put a lot of time and effort into little reward. Travel time and costs, including congestion charges for an agent running into even the outer London areas, would be substantial without any guarantee of a return. Even ...

"Drastic times require drastic solutions "
but I trust we won't see: NVA designed and engineered in England , made in China
like so many home grown products.

Do the NVA critics who fault lack of amplifier inbuilt protection also moan about Naim amplifiers which for years specified not only speaker cable type but also minimum lengths to "protect" their amplifiers?

As a fairly recent convert to an NVA "starter system" may I suggest just enjoy the new amplifification first and worry about speaker synergy if and when you hear the need. Prior to the NVA purchase I had already gone down the full range, single driver speaker route so don't need to questio...

My wife has asked for a spa day for her birthday.
When I've finished wrapping it I'll explain the correct pronounciation is spade.

I got tip from my old boss at Godfrey Photographic in Basildon (I was a saturday staff) he used tyre wall cleaner to bring back the spring into old belts, and it worked. Thanks Mr. Mike Goldsmith He was one of the first shops to take up my Claymore amps, they sold a lot. A good place to work, camer...