"Shoe Box' components and remote

Posted by: Jerryl on 05 April 2004

Question One:
I'm on the market for a second hand Naim setup for my office. I like the older smaller "foot print" components, my question is does any of smaller components Nait or NAC have remotes, volume only would be satisfactory.

Question two:
What is your experience in pairing the above mentioned equipment with Royd Envoy speakers?


Thanks for your help?

Jerry
Posted on: 05 April 2004 by trickytree
Hi Jerry,

None of the "shoebox" pre-amps have remote control.

Have not heard of the Royds you mention but I have owned the smaller Royds in the past. My own and other peoples opinion s that Naim and Royd go together very well in general.

Paul.
Posted on: 05 April 2004 by prowla
I have shoebox items in my office and a CD3.5 (unfortunately it's not wired up at the moment...).
There's a mismatch though - the CD player is full width, and the 62/140 don't have remotes.
I'm contemplating getting a Nait 3R instead.
An alternative front-end would be Meridian 20x CD players, which can stack, but they ain't Naim!

Paul
Posted on: 07 April 2004 by Jerryl
thank you all for your replys.

I read elsewhere on the forum that NAC 72 has a remote. I found a picture of a 72 which was shown as half width, can someone confirm this?

Jerry
Posted on: 07 April 2004 by Phil Barry
72 is shoebox. no remote. wish it did have a remote.

Phil
Posted on: 08 April 2004 by trickytree
Jerry,

If you want a remote controled shoebox pre-amp you will require a soldering iron and a different forum Wink
Posted on: 08 April 2004 by domfjbrown
Or a Cyrus...

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Posted on: 08 April 2004 by trickytree
Thinking about it, I "heard" a Cyrus a few months ago. I was in the local TV cum mid fi shop and they had a Cyrus system playing. I've no idea what it was as there was a tall stack of about a dozen or so near identical boxs all lit up and the speakers were all lined up on the floor, but........it didnt sound to bad.
My first real bit of hifi was a original plastic cased Cyrus 1, and no it never gave any trouble at all and sounded great.

Paul.