Why can't we talk about.....
Posted by: trickytree on 12 January 2004
.....modifying our Naim kit. Yes I know that this is Naims own site and they pay the bill's and are fully entitled to dictate the rule's. But, could they not learn something if they were only willing to listen? Be it relatively minor mods like splitting the power supply tracks and adding a second Hi-Cap, to the wholesale replacement of components, there seems to be a common pattern to these mods.
There seems to be a great number of web sites detailing various modifications to Pre-Amps in particular. Are all these sites just a variation of one (man's?) theme or did they all come to the same conclusion after identifying areas of the basic circuit that could easily be improved on?
Sailsbury will wheel out the old chesnut about kit being returned to there service department to be put back to standard after being modified. But why is it returned? Is it becouse the mods dont work, or is it that in these particular cases the work was carried out by uninformed amatures with more enthusiasm than technical knowledge?
Im sure that many differing component combinations were tried during the development stage, but they could'nt have possibly tried them all, is it just conceivable that someone in the world has found a combination that sounds better? Advancements in component technology and the development of audiophile grade components can bring improvements simply becouse they were not available to the designers at the time.
Of course some people will tinker with most anything just for the enjoyment of it. Some do it for financial reasons. I have succesfully improved the sound of my Kef Coda's with some very simple and practically free mods. If they were ever returned to the Kef factory they would probably pour scorn over them, but to my ears and in my system and room they sound much better than standard. Why can't the same be true of Naim amps?
Many Naim principles are well worth adhearing to in my veiw, yet things move on. After years of insisting on the use of Nac-A5, the new Nait 5i is designed to use any type of speaker cable. Some things are not set in stone then.
Paul.
There seems to be a great number of web sites detailing various modifications to Pre-Amps in particular. Are all these sites just a variation of one (man's?) theme or did they all come to the same conclusion after identifying areas of the basic circuit that could easily be improved on?
Sailsbury will wheel out the old chesnut about kit being returned to there service department to be put back to standard after being modified. But why is it returned? Is it becouse the mods dont work, or is it that in these particular cases the work was carried out by uninformed amatures with more enthusiasm than technical knowledge?
Im sure that many differing component combinations were tried during the development stage, but they could'nt have possibly tried them all, is it just conceivable that someone in the world has found a combination that sounds better? Advancements in component technology and the development of audiophile grade components can bring improvements simply becouse they were not available to the designers at the time.
Of course some people will tinker with most anything just for the enjoyment of it. Some do it for financial reasons. I have succesfully improved the sound of my Kef Coda's with some very simple and practically free mods. If they were ever returned to the Kef factory they would probably pour scorn over them, but to my ears and in my system and room they sound much better than standard. Why can't the same be true of Naim amps?
Many Naim principles are well worth adhearing to in my veiw, yet things move on. After years of insisting on the use of Nac-A5, the new Nait 5i is designed to use any type of speaker cable. Some things are not set in stone then.
Paul.
Being able to change the colour and or brightness of the green logo's on the front of the 5 series stuff would be cool.
Blue LED's anyone??
It would look like a Krell but sound better!!
Blue LED's anyone??
It would look like a Krell but sound better!!
C'mon boys. This is like buying a DB7 and then taking it to Halfords for a stick-on spoiler and a "KENWOOD" windshield sticker. If you want an Imprezza WRX buy one. If you want a hot-rodded hifi, build one from scratch. You know it makes sense.
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If you want an Imprezza WRX buy one. If you want a hot-rodded hifi, build one from scratch. You know it makes sense.
What if someone wants a hot-rodded Imprezza WRX, should they build one of those from scratch? I dont think that makes much sense
I'm not talking about attacking a 500 or a CDS3 with wire cutters and a soldering iron, (though if anyone wants to its quite legal to do so, providing it's there property in the first place). But if my old 62 could be made inproportionatly "better" why are some people against such a practice?
There have been a number of posts recently of people using Supercaps with a 72. It would be interesting to know how good a 72 could sound if it used more of the Supercaps regulated suplies. Im led to beleive a 72 can be modified take upto 8 rails, how close to a 82 would it get?
Paul.