Naim Sound?

Posted by: Tom E. on 28 September 2004

Just what is the Naim Sound? I spent the past 30 years or so listening to a cobbled together stack of lo-fi kit, Speakerlab speakers, Luxman reciever, lampcord for speaker wire, that sort of thing. A few years ago I thought I would replace my reciever and wandered into a Naim shop. Now, a few months later, I have a stack of pretty black boxes in my living room and am very happy with my CDX 2, 282/250,HC and nicely used Credo Speakers...But I see reviews of different gear and read the term "Naim Sound", and wonder if there is a "Musical Fidelity Sound", or a "Mark Levinson Sound"...any thoughts out there?

thanks...

Tom

Posted on: 09 October 2004 by kuma

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Originally posted by BigNick:
but with the Naim your are there feeling it.

You mean they are *here* rather than they are *there*.

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PS would a CDX2/XPS/300/252 be a good start?

Yes. It would be an excellent start.

Posted on: 10 October 2004 by BigNick

Thanks Kuma,

I find the advice throughout the topics very useful and with the Naim upgrade path and company committment to past equipment I can enjoy many years of having them here.

Posted on: 11 October 2004 by bhazen

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Originally posted by Gregg:
Lots of good answers. Can someone now compare and contrast the "Naim Sound" to the "Linn Sound"?

Very similar, both fairly no-nonsense re: clarifying the music, not worrying so much about "round earth" stuff; but, Linn stuff is a bit tailored to the polite side IMO. As a rocka, I lean Naim; my classical music-listening older siblings would probably prefer Linn.