Indeed you have. I have been looking for a bottle for a while and just happened to find one when I was up in Chicago yesterday. Had a nice relaxing taste of it last night.
I use the A5's at work and am constantly surprised by how good they sound as "near-field" monitors. Why do you feel the NHT's would outperform the Audioengines?
Edit: Beaten by the Duster.
Exactly my point regarding Mikhail induced variance. It is unlikely that any two amps, even of the same design are exactly alike, and there is certainly the possibility that they are, and sound, quite different.
That's fine, I just prefer never to underestimate the absolute futility of painting a picture about anything to do with Mikhail using anything resembling logic as part of the palette.
Even without hearing the Nova I really like the way it looks. Very refreshing compared to the usual audio non-style. I will be interested in how it sounds.
Right now if someone said I could only keep one of my John Grado headphones it would be toss up if I would keep the HF-2 or the MS-Pro. That is saying a lot as the MS-Pro has seen a lot of headphones come and go in this house.