For Sale: Unique NVA TDS Monoblocks. Now £1750
The original - and best - Mk1 TDSs. Built like battleships in solid aluminium and almost as heavy!
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 were NVA’s final prototypes for their top amplifiers. As such, they’re not so shiny as the final production amps. But, soundwise, it’s another matter.
Crucially, these TDSs have four power supplies per channel. That means they deliver everything you love about the NVA sound, but in spades.
What’s more, they’re a total one-off, loaded with military-spec components, retrofitted by NVA 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 cost £6000 a pair. I believe the current Pre-Amp sells for £1200 new.
I’m asking just £3000 for the two monoblocks, pre-amp, no-compromise custom cables built for me by our own PAC, plus hundreds of pounds worth of NVA Super Sound Pipe interconnects.
They’re in Littlehampton, West Sussex. They’re 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.
Edit: It seems that Richard Dunn has warned he won't support them or repair them. Fair enough, they are well out of guarantee.
A word on repairs. The TDSs, like all NVA amps, use the same circuit based on a classic design and can be repaired by any competent amplifier repairer. As you can see from the photos, access is very easy and the whole thing screams quality and simplicity.
What I can say is that they have never missed a beat since I've owned them. And they've never needed repairs. I'm listening to them now.
If you have any questions, please message me here on Chews and we can have a chat on the phone.
Comments
In all the years we've been rattling around together Mr. Ugly, I've never actually seen these chaps.
I wish you well with the sale. With the cables too, it looks like a bargain. :-)
They also are very distinctive soundwise. Probably the ultimate expression of NVA, as Dave says. they utterly peed all over my more recent NVA TSS, which uses the modern PCB mounted version of the circuit.
Truly unique.
I agree, these may be the best NVAs available today (probably so IMO). They are certainly unique, and have very good detail resolution and drive.
Are these still available please?
kind regards
As far as I know, yes they are. Dave should be along shortly. :-)
In the meantime, I'll reduce the price to £2,500.