Room for NBLs
Posted by: Ian P on 28 August 2001
Just thought I'd pop by the forum to ask this one :
What's the smallest size room anyone's got NBLs working well in ?
I'm converting my garage, and in the process will end up with a dedicated music room (at last) which will be about 10'6'' by 12' (for you young'uns that's about 3.25m by 3.75m), but with a small alcove in one corner (about 3' (1m) square) in which I plan to put the equipment rack.
So anyone got any real world idea of whether this will work ?
Thanks,
Ian
The NBLs sound superb.. very very musical and excellent imaging.
Bet you can't wait to get it all up and running!
I posed a question on the NBL's a couple of days ago. The question: what is the run in time, and assuming they run on a 250, do you have any comments on relative performance. tw
...the pair I am using are on loan from my dealer so were "run in" before installation here.
When we were on the factory tour I was told that Naim were waiting delivery of the cabinets from Scandinavia.
It will be interesting to hear how the run in period develops when I receive my own pair from new.
I am running them on a pair of 135's with CDS2 and 52 by the way.
are you f***king deaf? It hurts at 8 oclock!
hope you'll still have the nicely run-in demo pair when John & I pop over!
Looking forward to hearing them.
cheers, Martin
Be nice to get my own pair though!!
Maybe the cabinet-maker is growing the trees to order :-)
I'm sure they're worth waiting for.
Cheers
John
Oh yes, I am certain that they will be worth the wait.
Michael
you will get row A presentation big time, and will end up spending thousands on boxes to try and recreate a decent sense of space and scale.
forget it, get a pair of sbls/allaes or whatever and better amps.
cheers
dev
quote:
you won't hear any deep bass
I'm getting deeper bass in my little 8x12 foot room than I ever did in my 19x19 foot apartment. Perhaps it's so small that it's being energized, just like my ear canals with headphones. Beyond that, I'm not sure why it works as well as it does.
I do have a problem with resonance at a couple of frequencies. I need to find time to fiddle with that a bit. It happens only with certain recordings, though, played at higher volumes.
-=> Mike Hanson <=-
quote:
Originally posted by Dev B on the wheels of steel:
sorry to be controversial, but I think your room is way to small for NBL's (unless you have really high ceilings). you won't hear any deep bass ...
Dev,
I have found using Isobariks in a small room (11'x12') that the bass can pressurise the room and still achieve deep bass. In fact it's the best bass I've ever had out of my system, including in a 13'x19' room.
With the rest of his system he might well get away with it.
DEFINATELY needs a home demo, though!!!
cheers, Martin
quote:
Originally posted by Martin Payne:
Quote: "Originally posted by Dev B on the wheels of steel:
sorry to be controversial, but I think your room is way to small for NBL's (unless you have really high ceilings). you won't hear any deep bass ..."
Dev,I have found using Isobariks in a small room (11'x12') that the bass can pressurise the room and still achieve deep bass. In fact it's the best bass I've ever had out of my system, including in a 13'x19' room.
With the rest of his system he might well get away with it.
_DEFINATELY_ needs a home demo, though!!!
cheers, Martin
Hmm. Thanks for the input chaps. As I already have the NBLs (they're moving from the lounge to this new, yet to be created room, which is part of a garage conversion) I guess I'll have to give them a try and see.
If they don't do the business I guess I'll be trading back down to SBLs, or the SBL replacement if there is one. Hope that doesn't have to happen though ...