... and the next step will be ?

Posted by: mykel on 25 June 2001

A power supply, but that will be next year.

I just picked up my "new" 32.5 (72 boards & black snaic) and 160 - recapped 2 years ago. Its now 2:15am; just finished racking them, the cableing is a no-mans land that I will sort out tomorrow, but I had to get them powered up tonite. The pre has been off for several weeks, and the amp for a couple of days.

First impressions, even though NOTHING is sorted yet are positive. Compared to the Nait1 more swing, better extension at both ends, and alot of the "harshness" is gone. Just expect it to get better as it warms. ( not to mention dressing the cables and fitting the Naim plugs. )

A couple of questions.

How long of a warm-up to full song?

Phono2 is wired direct.
Currently I have some BNC to RCA adapters fitted to both Phono inputs. I will get a cable made up for the TT, as well as an RCA to BNC. Do they muck up the sound much ?

Right now I have the CD on the Tuner input, and the Tuner on Phono2 using the converters. My CD is my primary source, should I run it on Phono2 or does it matter? ( assuming the correct cable and no converters )

Thanks, and I will post an update on the new kit after it and I get settled.

mykel

Posted on: 26 June 2001 by Steve G

I'm currently running my CD player into the tuner connection and a DVD player into the aux/phono-2 BNC connections (using a couple of RCA-BNC convertors). I contacted Chord about getting a 5-pin DIN to 2xBNC cable and they said they could make one but recommended sticking with the 5-pin DIN tuner input.

My system (CD3.4/32.5/SNAPS/140/Credos) is fully warmed up now and sounds fine using the tuner input.

Regards
Steve