AV upgrade advice valued.

Posted by: Roy Donaldson on 07 February 2007

Hi there,

I am a very happy Naim AV system user today, however, as I've not upgraded anything for about 9 months now I'd value other peoples opinion on what I could do to improve my system.

Current system is:

Naim DVD5
Naim AV2

Front: NAP250 Olive
Centre: NAP140 Olive
Rear: NAP140 Olive

Speakers:

Front: Linn Kaber
Centre: Linn Centrik
Rear: Linn 5110's
Sub: Rel Quake.

Sensible suggestions accepted.

Roy.
Posted on: 07 February 2007 by neil w
hi roy

1 a video processor
2 a projector if youve the space

regards

neil
Posted on: 07 February 2007 by Allan Probin
I'd have a think about that sub as well, seems a bit outclassed by the rest of your gear. I've owned a few 'S' series RELs in the past for home cinema use and they've all sounded like mush compared to, say, a 15" servo-controlled Velodyne.

Is this system for movies and music? If this is your main music system as well, then looking at your current speakers, maybe look at the Linn subs (Sizmik, Melodik?).

Allan
Posted on: 07 February 2007 by Stuart M
Same amps as me Cool

Possible sound upgrades:-

A. Get a matching olive 135 or use half an olive 250 for the center

B. If you do A then you could use the 140 to power another pair of rears so you have 7.1

C. Upgrade or add a 2nd identical sub (try this before you do it can be better or worse and depends on the room)

What are you using as for display, that setup demands a projector.
Posted on: 07 February 2007 by Adam Meredith
The centre is VERY important and you should benefit from using a NAPV 145 mono power amplifier http://216.149.62.210/products/napv145.html to drive it.
Posted on: 08 February 2007 by yeti.fro
Roy,

any specific improvement you´re looking for? What are you missing in your system? Music or AV?

Kaber is designed to go active, with passive ops you´ll never see their best. Get a second 250 and a tunebox, or go directly to a C4200 with active cards.

The Quake isn´t bad, but might be a bit slow fot the Kaber. I´d suggest a Strata which is more musical and tighter. Wouldn´t recommend AV subs like Velodyne, IMHO they´re too slow and wobbly.

brgds..TC