Hi-Fi Corner

Hi All,A mate of mine has had the rubber ring on one of his speaker drivers disintegrate with age and sees this as a good opportunity to buy some new speakers.Budget is $A800 (250-300 ukp). The rest of the system is an older model Marantz amp and cd...

I'm thinking about trying a Rel Stampede or Strata 5 with my Kan's but i'm worried it won't keep up with the speed of the Kan's.Has anyone had any success with Kan's and a sub? or disasters?

GentlemenBeing unable to hear the Neat line here in New York, I did the next best thing and asked the question here. The consensus at the time leanedtowards the Mystiques as the best for my system (CD5/FC2/Nait5). Yes, the Mystiques are wonderful but...

NBLs arrived last night on demo to replace active SBLs. Original intention was to go active with NBLs with the addition of another olive 250 and a 3/6 crossover. Unfortunately Naim were not able to supply the 3/6 in time and this should be here I...

Not a query or a question or an account of the impact of upgrades on personal happiness, just a concern about the ideological content of some of the site, particularly regarding the demarcation of gender roles. So, for a bit of self analysis between...

Just to remind everybody that there will be an open evening at the Studio on the 16th April between 6pm and 9 pm and a workshop on the Saturday. This will also include The Studio's annual clearance sale.On demonstration will be the latest Nait 5i and...

The weather is raining and there's beer. So, today I'm beginning a little DIY speaker isolation platform project.I have bouncy, uneven, carpeted floors, with pseudo concrete below, so the sound should improve. My plan:- Use 3 concrete anchors, 3/16" x...

Hi there - I hope you guys will be able to help on this one. Would sure apreciate it!Two factors are at work:1. I'm selling my Kans to a guy who's going to use their components in a pair of Isobariks (Before the Kan cult accuse me: I'm just the one...

I'm sure this has been trodden well before, and of course the party line is that Naim listen to the mains cables, choose the most appropriate, other cables drain the musicality away etc etc.My question is - who has actually done some serious...

Cooking breakfast for the gang this morning, I stuck on an old Little Angels CD on the kitchen Matsui £60 CD player, turned it up, and we all rocked out around the kitchen. I was thinking that this was so great, such fun, and it just blasted...

I bought a CDI a few weeks ago. It sounds absolutely amazing, as you can imagine it was a vast improvement over my DVD player that I have beeen using as a CD player for the last 2 years...The only thing is, it seems to have trouble skipping to tracks...

I have to choose between the CD5 and the CD5iI've heard a demo today and the difference were very small. Both sound great. Only the 5 was a little bit more "open" and detail.Butt the price of € 650,- more for the CD5 is that usefull.And you can...

Is it usefull to up-grade my nait5 with an NAP150. Then i use the nait5 poweramp for the tweeter and the NAP150 for the woofer.Is that an good combination or is it a less upgrade? and is the FC2 upgrade better?NAIM: NAIT5 / REGA:Radio,Planet /...

Im looking at upgrading in the near future...Im thinking of moving from a 102 to an 82 (funds permitting, also providing I can sell my 102)... How much should I be looking at paying for a mint second hand 82, which should come with a NAPSC if I am not...

i am pleased to say that this does not seem to be the case!the proof? we have just had our first $1 million (us dollar ) month!

HiThe other day my youngest daughter decided to try my Rega Ela's at full volume. the result is a problem with a mid/bass unit on one speaker. Have swaped over cables to make share it is the speaker.Can anybody tell me if replacement units are...

Which is the best ?Regards,David

Hello,My current system is CD5 + NAIT5 + Flatcap 2 + NACA5 speaker cable.My loudspeakers are Infinity SM 155 : 102 db/W/m, big 15" boomer, range 29 Hz - 20 KHz...The sound is quite good on the lower range, but medium and high frequencies do not sound...

System: CD 3.5, Nait 3, IntroHi GuysHopefully someone here can offer me some advice - I recently upgraded to a second hand CD 3.5 from a Philips CD840 + DAC Magic 1. The improvement in the sound quality in terms of accuracy, bass control and openness...

After 6 weeks of waiting, I finally got my CDX2 around 2 hours ago. When the dealer opened the box, we both recognized the remote is different and from the manual, it said it is called Narcom 3. I didnt study carefully but anyone can enrich me of...

I'm having big trouble following the guide in the manual to adjust the volume for the CD input on a NAC-282 I have for testing. The standard setup gives me way too much volume when the volume knob is on 9 o Clock.Help !!!

I've got a dedicated mains spur feeding a single outlet for my system. I'm considering replacing the outlet with an isolated ground unit, which I'd connect to it's own earthing rod. Anyone tried this with positive results? Also - any comments on a...

Hello all, I've just "returned" to hi-fi after an unforgiveable lapse. Some time ago something went wrong with my system which eventually turned out to be (only) the volume potentiometer on my faithful 42.5. In the meantime I had grown used to "single...

Other powercord than original naim, who has good expiriments?I always hear that you have to use the original powercords of the NAIM amp/cd/etc..Who try'd some other powercords and has positive results?NAIM: NAIT5 / REGA:Radio,Planet / Siltech:Chord...

JuHu!!!Have got a nait 3rrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrr on ebay.I am familar to its sound (having a borrowed nait 3) and will soon start the rca/din compare versus rca/Rcaas i have three(no naim) sources and the amphas only one cinch input.O.J.