Short review of the 5(00) series, or an evening at Pohl's

First sory for my long absent period.
I finished my thesis and now changed my job to
an IT-Employe. At present i'm dealing with planning and running a network.
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So far...
Last friday (27.10) there was a little hifi event
at Klnagstudio Pohl in Mainz. There i had a fantastic meeting with Mr. Paul Stephenson.
(Bye the way, thanks for that meeting paul, i enjoyd it very much.)
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So, i guess you are mainly interested in the hifi objects presented then in my talks with paul and thomas.

They shiped over the holy grail, consisting of the super gear, CDSII, 52, 500, NBL. This gear is without questions a big landmark where one can not pass bye without a closer look. They presented this on hutter racks. (Joel you are right, this hutter stuff looks very beautifull and sounds good.)
Mabye DBL's would sound better....but i thnk they wouldn't look that coll in the domestic environment of the studio.<br>
Nevertheless i poped in later the evening, so i started with the listening of the holy grail, and if bank balance would allow i would order a CDSII right away , maybe alos in caouse of this sweet remote control "Flash"... YEP the old 72 lover found a remote attractive. Folks i can tell you the Flash is a lovely gimmick and a state of the art industrial product. It feels heavy and comfortable...<br>
I think i don't need to make much words about the music comming out of that gear, it was simply earth shaking. Paul brought a lot of nice cd's with him, and it was a pleasure having him changing and electing the music for that evening. One gets driven into the mood, that they realy do know what the customer likes.<br>
GOOD JOB!!!<br>
As it goes, the CDSII presents the music with such a detail and fluidment that there is no miss for a Turntable.<br>
It was my third 500er i heard, and as the last times, it's simply impressiv. The music just sucks you in.<br>

Enough of this. They also shipped the new 5series, where i hadn't heard any component up to now.
So i came late i missed the nait5, but they also brought other gimmicks.<br>
We changed from the monster to CD5,NAT05,112,150,Credo. First we heard the CD5 with the same track as before with the big boys.
So you have to reset the brain. The first seconds where a tiny hint of what the big gear has presented. But after a few seconds the music returns to the listener.<br>
I don't wanna talk the little gear bad, i just want to tell that if you heard the components up the ladder, you will recognise the downsteps. But if you hear into them you will recognise that there is this naim-sound, the way naim touches your soul. Even in this tiny boxes it is inbuild. Out of that they are also to be rated high.<br>
Nevertheless, it was my first contact with the new five series they where touchy. The CD5 is indeed a big jump from the CD3.5. (Ok, maybe this is not mainstream i'm writing here, but you know me...i alwayd say what i think, so ignore me if you've got another opinion.)<br>
Paul explained a few of the changes in the 5series, so the electronics is hold in another way then before, it has more freedom to move. So microphonic effects are downsized.<br>

The little gear was fired also with a new flatcap2, which dirves the cd5 and 112 at the same time.<br>
The 112 is a good new product. And i would love to compare it with a 72 or a 102. The 150 maybe similar to the 140, but not near the 180. But the design looks cool.<br>
They also presented the nat05, which is more or less a replacement for the 03. In fact it's not a replacement, it's far better. And this touch pad is nice to use. BUT WHERE is the tuning knob ....ok, one hast to go with the mass so it's remote controllable(i didn't get whether the flash can do it) and has presets.

Thanks again to the guys from naim who made this evening take place. Thanks to paul who made it an outstanding experience.

Hopefully, you can share some of your experience with me. Feel free to comment and ask questions.<br>

Reagrads, mathias

PS: Take care of the purple people.

<br>Regards<br>
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