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NVA Timeline

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I'm looking to put together a timeline of NVA's history.

I've found this thread: viewtopic.php?f=29&t=44849&p=66511&hili ... ory#p66511

And there is the History article brought over from the previous version of the website: https://nvahifi.co.uk/pages/nva-history

But I'm sure there's stuff missing, and neither article covers the last 7 years. Can you add to it for me, guys? Events and dates are great, anecdotes would be wonderful, too.

Thanks in advance...

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Hi Paul.
Interesting site.
Would you know if there was ever a fellow named Mark Westley involved with NVA or Tresham before?
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He was mentioned by RD in a discussion about Tresham:
Dr Bunsen Honeydew wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2017 9:23 pm I remember the name of the production manager who went to Tannoy, it just dropped into my head as things do if you leave it long enough = Mark Westley.
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Thanks for that, was he involved in design at all?
Ps, how does one allot a thank you thing.?

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worked out the thank you thing, so ignore last line, Lol.

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Anther PS, I know a guy who built his own fretless bass guitar, and was actually featured on Tomorrow's World.
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toprepairman wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 9:17 am Thanks for that, was he involved in design at all?

According to RD, Mark Westley was not involved in design - just production.

"The production manager went to Tannoy, he had nothing to do with any design work he just knew how to build them, that is what a production manager is for."

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Back to the original topic - I am missing a paragraph on the semi-omni Cube speaker system based on the Allison design.
Working with a room acoustic and not against it.
RD's distrust of crossovers and his doping approach. Doc Mods with mass-loaded, rigid, sealed cabs. No wadding.

Passive pre-amps as opposed to powered. 'Direct' non-switched input option.
The amps became more minimal: The power-amp 'on' switch went from being illuminated and front-mounted to rear-mounted (as possibly the first to do that). 'Leave it on'.
Tape monitor switch vanished from the pre-amp as unnecessary.
Phono stage became a separate entity outside the preamp with external PSU's.

In many of these, NVA were the first to incorporate them into amplifier design (as far as I know).

BMU?

Richard had 'golden ears' with the sound of equipment as the only unit of measurement needed.
He also recognised the importance of big power supplies and the importance of 'clean' power for components.

He liked to experiment: Turntable, CD player, and the 'Statement' series.
He would build bespoke things for his own pleasure - the 'Jammy Special' headphone amp, for example.
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Upstairs:
Vinyl
Pro-Ject 1.2 + Grado Sig Jr + Cambridge Alva Duo
DigiVolumio PC + Kiss DP-500 + Sabaj A20d
NVA: P50sa - Cube2 - SSP - LS6+ Sabaj A10a (x2)
Downstairs:
Vinyl
Logic DM101 + Syrinx LE1 + Grado Sig MCX
DigiDenafrips Ares II + Volumio PC + Cambridge CXC
NVA: P50 - BMU+ Aiyima A07 MAX (x2) + Arcam One
HP: HifiBerry Digi+ PRO + Sabaj A10d
Office:
Allo DigiOne SIG + SMSL M300se + Douk G4 (x2)
Mission 760 + Monolith THX AAA 887
Headphones: German Maestro, Monolith & AQ

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