Art Dudley's Naim NAIT review in Stereophile

Posted by: u77033103172058601 on 24 April 2016

For anyone who might be interested Art Dudley's column in this month's Stereophile reviews a 'vintage' Naim NAIT, albeit one that has been updated. Some people will no doubt suffer coronary failure as a result of the potential blasphemy committed. AD does seem to remember Naim equipment with considerable fondness.

Posted on: 27 April 2016 by Ian Brown

I think Art has always liked Naim gear although Stereophile doesn't give the brand much attention. The AVOptics recap (rehab?) process is interesting - althought the cryogenic part seems a bit snake-oilish to me.

Posted on: 28 April 2016 by Brilliant

Without knowing much about the actual process used, I would worry about the transformer cryo treatment causing separation of the potting from the windings or similar damage due to any differential thermal coefficients over those dimensions.

Posted on: 02 May 2016 by matt podniesinski

A nice write up by Art Dudley. Makes me long a bit for the Listener days and maybe my own Nait 2 at some point. His five reasons why some old gear becomes highly sought after were amusing as was his comparison of the size of old and new Naim boxes. Chris West of AV Options serviced my SNAXO a couple of years ago. Top notch work.

Posted on: 03 May 2016 by jon h

See recent review of my mint Nait 1 in HifiCritic by Martin.

Posted on: 03 May 2016 by matt podniesinski

Will do.