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Posted by: kota on 27 April 2004
Hi there,
My first post here but hopefully not the last.
After a long desert crossing into AV land, I became bored and decided it's time to go back to 2 ch once again hoping to get the Music enjoyment I used to have with a Linn LP12/Ekos/Troika, Naim 32.5/HiCap/250, Linn Kan's which I regrettably sold twelve years ago along with all my LP collection.
No AV system I owned ever since could provide, not even remotely, the sort of musical pleasure I got from that kit and I simply have no interest in multichannel anymore ...
I also don't believe one should have more than one set of speakers in your hi-fi room so a multi-purpose system is out of the question being it Naim or whatever ... AV is AV and Stereo is Stereo ... period.
Now, I happen to know the local Naim distributor quite well (he heard his first Linn/Naim gear at my place long before both brands were officially available over here and he was so impressed with it, he managed to get their agency not too long after that experience !!!) and he's helping me out sorting what could be my next system.
Unfortunately, at the present moment my business is sort of in a stand still mode and I'm not really able to buy top of the range stuff so I'll have to compromise ..
I brought home the new Cd5i/Nait5i combo together with some Neat Mystique's speakers and I simply loved it !!! After all these years of Music starvation, this little kit gave me everything I was needing and hoping for .... great fun to listen to and in a word, just forget the hi-fi and listen to the Music !!
After that, he insisted I deserve better so he gave me the cd5/flatcap2/112/150 still with the Mystique's to try at home but to tell you the truth, this combo didn't really moved me ... I was not getting the same emotion and enjoyment I had from the previous system .... maybe better in hi-fi terms but not really as easy and comfortable as the starting one .... call me nuts but that is really my opinion ... have I gone deaf over the years ????
He's next option is to let me try an ex dem cd5/flatcap1/102/naps/Hicap/250 (recently serviced) but that's going to be more expensive than all the rest and maybe I shouldn't listen to it in case I like it too much and spend more than I'm prepared to ...
Should I stop now, forget it all and go for the the first kit I loved ?? I think so ..
What do you guys reckon ???
Regards from sunny Portugal
Cheers,
Pedro
My first post here but hopefully not the last.
After a long desert crossing into AV land, I became bored and decided it's time to go back to 2 ch once again hoping to get the Music enjoyment I used to have with a Linn LP12/Ekos/Troika, Naim 32.5/HiCap/250, Linn Kan's which I regrettably sold twelve years ago along with all my LP collection.
No AV system I owned ever since could provide, not even remotely, the sort of musical pleasure I got from that kit and I simply have no interest in multichannel anymore ...
I also don't believe one should have more than one set of speakers in your hi-fi room so a multi-purpose system is out of the question being it Naim or whatever ... AV is AV and Stereo is Stereo ... period.
Now, I happen to know the local Naim distributor quite well (he heard his first Linn/Naim gear at my place long before both brands were officially available over here and he was so impressed with it, he managed to get their agency not too long after that experience !!!) and he's helping me out sorting what could be my next system.
Unfortunately, at the present moment my business is sort of in a stand still mode and I'm not really able to buy top of the range stuff so I'll have to compromise ..
I brought home the new Cd5i/Nait5i combo together with some Neat Mystique's speakers and I simply loved it !!! After all these years of Music starvation, this little kit gave me everything I was needing and hoping for .... great fun to listen to and in a word, just forget the hi-fi and listen to the Music !!
After that, he insisted I deserve better so he gave me the cd5/flatcap2/112/150 still with the Mystique's to try at home but to tell you the truth, this combo didn't really moved me ... I was not getting the same emotion and enjoyment I had from the previous system .... maybe better in hi-fi terms but not really as easy and comfortable as the starting one .... call me nuts but that is really my opinion ... have I gone deaf over the years ????
He's next option is to let me try an ex dem cd5/flatcap1/102/naps/Hicap/250 (recently serviced) but that's going to be more expensive than all the rest and maybe I shouldn't listen to it in case I like it too much and spend more than I'm prepared to ...
Should I stop now, forget it all and go for the the first kit I loved ?? I think so ..
What do you guys reckon ???
Regards from sunny Portugal
Cheers,
Pedro
Many thanks for the warm welcome, JN 
I thought it was customary for all new members to this forum to get it and was feeling a bit sad about it but you made my day !! (Joking, off course).
Believe you me. I will surely go with my ears and get whatever sounds best within my budget.
I think I'll just take advantage on my friendly dealer, hold down my horses and simply listen to all kind of gear (mainly old) he has in the shop and make my mind up .. I'm not in such a hurry and I still have to sell my AV stuff which will hopefully cover for the new system.
Wish me luck.
Regards,
Pedro
I thought it was customary for all new members to this forum to get it and was feeling a bit sad about it but you made my day !! (Joking, off course).
Believe you me. I will surely go with my ears and get whatever sounds best within my budget.
I think I'll just take advantage on my friendly dealer, hold down my horses and simply listen to all kind of gear (mainly old) he has in the shop and make my mind up .. I'm not in such a hurry and I still have to sell my AV stuff which will hopefully cover for the new system.
Wish me luck.
Regards,
Pedro