speaker cable plugs

Are you using A5?

Naim plugs give excellent matching to the material of the sockets on Naim electronics and the shape allows a much narrower angle of approach which is good for near wall speakers.

But they are not a commandment.

feeling_zen posted:

But they are not a commandment.

They are in this house.

Then again, I once met Paul, one of Naim's mechanical engineers, at a Naim event and came away with a very clear sense of the mechanical engineering effort Naim put into things, to make a good system great.

C.

sjw,

Your profile does not state your cables, but otherwise having an all Naim system I'm not sure why you'd hesitate to use their plugs. I guess there's lots of silver and gold out there if you like bling.

joerand posted:

sjw,

Your profile does not state your cables, but otherwise having an all Naim system I'm not sure why you'd hesitate to use their plugs. I guess there's lots of silver and gold out there if you like bling.

If possible, the contact metals should match or be of similar properties. To that end, the Naim plugs are the best match for Naim gear (but there are other plugs out there of compatible materials.

Since the OP uses Naim speakers I think you would need a reason not to use them (such as completely unsuitable cables fo rthe plug). If you use speakers that have a non nickel terminal such as gold or brass, I do feel they are best avoided in favor of something closer.

Use the supplied Naim Speaker Connectors. Best bit is that they come free with your Naim power amp.

Unless of course you use Super Lumina speaker cables - they also come with free banana plugs.

"Free" might be better stated as "supplied"

the very helpful Audio t reading kindly soldered them for me.... time will tell!

And how are the new naim plugs?

C

well settled in

fuller sound...feel like a fool that I didn't do it before. Thankfully AudioT Reading (excellent) did it for me and saved me from mucking it up/burning my fingers by doing it for me