Could I put two sets on nSATS on the surround output of the nVi?

Posted by: Consciousmess on 21 January 2010

Hi all,

I'm currently enjoying the new experiences of the nVi and it has totally transformed my watching of movies and Sky. Having said this, I am keen to change the front nSATs for floorstanders and have spare outputs on my rear cables (they were previously used to go from the single out on the Naim to a bi-wire input on some B&Ws). The cables are great, but I therefore have spare speaker outputs from both cables.

The intention is to put both my pairs of nSATS to this connection (i.e. what would have been speaker cables going to bi-wirable sockets instead will go to two sets of nSATs). This would make the surround speakers bigger in their presence.

Could this be done and is it advisable? I noticed that a separate power amp (e.g. the 200 or the 250.2) can be bridged with the nVi and that could power moderate floorstanders.

This wouldn't be too expensive and I can imagine would improve the front end alongside the surrounds.

Thanks for your advice.

Jon

Posted on: 10 February 2010 by C P

Thanks James for your constructive advice - I'll do that. And thanks Munch - I hope some of your other 19000 posts are more constructive. of course I read the book but as James suggests sometimes these things are not so clear. I find some of Naim's manuals less than crystal clear on some issues.

Posted on: 10 February 2010 by C P

I also vaguely remember someone from Naim suggested the cut-off between sats and sub was recommended to be 66 Hz

Posted on: 10 February 2010 by tonym

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Originally posted by SC:
True to an extent....Send all the signal to the n-SATS you like, but one thing is for sure, they certainly won't be reproducing the 30/40/50 even 60Hz stuff !

You can knock down the cutoff on the n-Vi to lower than 80Hz though, no ?

A while ago I threatened to start a topic on bass management in multichannel A/V systems Steve. I'm not going to do that yet!

Thing to bear in mind here is the way the disc itself has been mixed and encoded. To complicate things this of course varies from disc to disc...

Most of them seem to send anything under about 60-70Hz to the .1 channel & OK you might miss some LF content by setting the sats to Large, but IMO very, very little. Certainly, in my setup, after much messing about, I've found it definitely sounds better with sats at large.

It's another case of trying it in your own setup of course.

Posted on: 10 February 2010 by C P

Just my pennyworth again - switched the Sats to large this morning and a definite immediate improvement. V useful tip. Thanks.

Posted on: 11 February 2010 by rackkit

quote:
Originally posted by C P:
Thanks James for your constructive advice - I'll do that. And thanks Munch - I hope some of your other 19000 posts are more constructive. of course I read the book but as James suggests sometimes these things are not so clear. I find some of Naim's manuals less than crystal clear on some issues.

You'll have to forgive Munch C P. I think of him as Naim's own little mascot dog who enjoys running around the place, barking at anyone and everyone but is harmless really. He soon quietens down when he gets to know you.

Woof.

Posted on: 11 February 2010 by C P

OK woof - point taken.

Posted on: 14 February 2010 by rackkit

quote:
Originally posted by C P:
OK woof - point taken.

I'm rackkit CP, woof was the sound of the forum mascot aka munch.

Posted on: 14 February 2010 by C P

Sorry rackkit - all too confusing. Anyway, looking forward to the 282. Woof.