Nirvana reached, so goodbye!
Posted by: Elsa on 15 October 2012
Now I read and read and listened and listened and GOD so many opinions there are about naim equipment! 
The joint summary is:
1. That many here is completely stuck in the upgrade hell! 
2. That naim sounds like naim sounds, not like the music does! 
Therefore, I have now given up my naim system and bought something that sounds like it should sound, like music!Audio Research Vaccum tube preamp, Vaccum tube power amp and a CD8. All from the Reference Series. And this comes together witha pair of second-hand Wilson Audio Sofia 2.
Really nice and sounds like heaven! 
Sooo Goodbye all Naimianer and good luck in the quest for nirvana!Tip: If you want to reach nirvana, change brand!
/Elsa
And Germans . . .
The latest German joke: Germany 4 - Sweden 4
Hahahahah Nice that was one of the best football experience one can have
Sweden
On Norwegians – “-How do you say ‘genius’ in Norway?” “- A tourist”
Swedes often make fun of Norwegians, much more than of Danes and Finns. They are told to be rich because of their oil and gas, but the jokes usually features Norwegians as rustic dumb and rural guys who go mountain climbing to take care of their hangovers.
On Danes – “- Why do Danish people never play hide and seek?” “- Because nobody wants to look for them”
Sweden was in the past just a part of the Danish Kingdom. For historical reasons, Swedes still bears the Danes a grudge. Danes tend to be depicted as untrustworthy and imbued with the spirit of dolce far’ niente, a beer-drinking, happy-go-lucky, vaguely unhygienic and profoundly disorganised people.
On Finns – “The difference between a Finnish wedding and a Finnish funeral is that at a funeral there’s one person not having vodka.”
In Swedish jokes, Finns people are depicted as alcoholic, provincial and backward people. But for historical reasons, Swedes would rather make jokes about Norwegians than Finns.
Finland
On Swedes – “- What is the difference between Swedes and Finns?” “-The Swedes have nice neighbors!”
Finns mainly make fun of Swedes, their direct neighbors. They depict them as not very bright guys with no sense of humor. Surprisingly, Finnish people tend also to make fun of themselves and their alcoholic habits.
Denmark
On Swedes – “Keep Denmark clean – show a Swede to the ferry.”
Since there was a historical fight for hegemony between Denmark and Sweden, Danish people tend to depreciate their northern neighbors in their jokes. The joke above may be a reference to the Swedish habits of coming to Denmark to buy alcohol and get drunk in the ferries on their way back to Sweden.
On other Scandinavians – “Two men were sitting on a bench in a park. The first was drunk, and the other was also Finn. ”
Danes tend also to make some jokes about other Scandinavians, but less than about Swedes.
Iceland
On Danes – “Hey, I’m Danish”
Icelanders bear a tremendous grudge against Danes, from whom they get independence only in 1944. Icelandic humor can be very dark and sometimes misinterpreted by foreigners. Most of the time, Islanders make jokes about the Danish language, such as in the stand-up comedy of Jón Gnarr, who was elected mayor of Reykjavík.
We're all funny in our little funny way.. except the germans!
Just so it is! You have captured the Nordic vein quite right, I think. And although we joke about each other, sometimes quite crude, there is a special bond between the Nordic countries. Because of all the history together we understand each other and fundamentally we like each other's countries and cultures. The brotherhood is strong between the people in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland, it shows, for instance, if you are on holiday in any of the countries. And that is really nice!
By the way, we have one more thing in common. We do not like arrogant and boastful people like Americans, Germans, Englishmen, etc.
I bonded with a few Finish Icelandic and Swedish birds in the early 70s in Brighton.
Stu.
Adam, for a change I understood your post and laughed. 
Elsa - like you I am a Swede and I am a woman.
As a Swede I despise all my Nordic neighbours because they are ugly, stupid and often non-blonde. The Norwegians I hold in special contempt - their humour is similar to that of the English. I feel excluded when I hear them laughing together. It is not Swedish to laugh so God can hear and, besides, the Norwegians eat too much fish.
As a woman I delight in hifi forums, hifi shows and the company of hifi enthusiasts. I wear sandals, use Linux and (presently) live at home. Like you I have appeared to listen to all Naim has to offer, preferred something "completely different" and yet will post here - as I do on the forums of all products I haven't bought.
I am passionate and I don't care who I offend as I declare the truth.
Pippi Longstocking (Mr.)
Visbey
Gotland.
* Those inspecting the lists of famous Swedes may not know that countryman August Strindberg invented the smiley - in 1888.
Strindberg was struggling to conclude Fröken Julie when he realised that a void in the Swedish language meant that he literally (literally) could not express what he wanted. Searching inspiration, he looked out the window at the faces of the children playing Kubb - yet still came up with the smiley.
Like the daemonic, rictus grin of a hyena slithering ever closer, the smiley lightens intended insult like a dock leaf relieves child birth.
As Alexander Pope, presciently, noted:
So well-bred Spaniels civilly delight
In mumbling of the Game they dare not bite.
Eternal Smiles his Emptiness betray,
As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
"By the way, we have one more thing in common. We do not like arrogant and boastful people like Americans, Germans, Englishmen, etc. "
I think "& Co" or 'inter alia' rather than etc.
You think? Don´t flatter yourself
Three pages on how to say goodbye They don't like it up um.
Three pages on how to say goodbye They don't like it up um.
Gale if you stop writing so I will not have to answer. So simple, so simple. And what about troll? Do you think they are for real? Do you believe in elves, too? 
Three pages on how to say goodbye They don't like it up um.
Gale if you stop writing so I will not have to answer. So simple, so simple. And what about troll? Do you think they are for real? Do you believe in elves, too?
My post was not a question ???? So no need to reply.
You had reached Nirvana and said Goodbye.
So Goodbye end of.
You say "Yes", I say "No".
You say "Stop" and I say "Go, go, go".
Oh no.
You say "Goodbye" and I say "Hello, hello, hello".
I don't know why you say "Goodbye", I say "Hello, hello, hello".
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello.
I say "High", you say "Low".
You say "Why?" And I say "I don't know".
Oh no.
You say "Goodbye" and I say "Hello, hello, hello".
I don't know why you say "Goodbye", I say "Hello, hello, hello".
(Hello, goodbye, hello, goodbye. Hello, goodbye.)
I don't know why you say "Goodbye", I say "Hello".
(Hello, goodbye, hello, goodbye. Hello, goodbye. Hello, goodbye.)
Why, why, why, why, why, why, do you
Say "Goodbye, goodbye, bye, bye".
Oh no.
You say "Goodbye" and I say "Hello, hello, hello".
I don't know why you say "Goodbye", I say "Hello, hello, hello".
I don't know why you say "Goodbye", I say "Hello".
You say "Yes", I say "No".
(I say "Yes", but I may mean "No").
You say "Stop", I say "Go, go, go".
(I can stay still it's time to go).
Oh, oh no.
You say "Goodbye" and I say "Hello, hello, hello".
I don't know why you say "Goodbye", I say "Hello, hello, hello".
I don't know why you say "Goodbye", I say "Hello, hello, hello".
I don't know why you say "Goodbye", I say "Hello-wow, oh. Hello".
Hela, heba, helloa. Hela, heba, helloa. Hela, heba, helloa.
Hela, heba, helloa. (Hela.) Hela, heba, helloa. Hela, heba, helloa.
Hela, heba, helloa. Hela, heba, helloa. Hela, heba, helloa.
Exact! Life is not easy!
Three pages on how to say goodbye They don't like it up um.
Gale if you stop writing so I will not have to answer. So simple, so simple. And what about troll? Do you think they are for real? Do you believe in elves, too?
My post was not a question ???? So no need to reply.
You had reached Nirvana and said Goodbye.
So Goodbye end of.
Noo, noo its not so easy. (see above)
Says Jan-Erik ; ))
Thank God and Greyhound, you're gone
That load on my mind got lighter when you got on
That shiny old bus is a beautiful sight
With the black smoke a-rollin' up around the tail light
It may sound kinda cruel but I've been silent too long
Thank God and Greyhound, you're gone.
But little gizmos, you're taking in so you almost turn blue in the face. Breathe, breathe, nice and slow.