Hi-Fi Corner

I am again thinking of moving away from my Spectral gear which is entry level Spectral. The amount of boxes/power conditioning stuff, weird looking cable has completely taken over my LR.I am not looking to surpass my sound from my Spectral gear, only...

Wow, what's with the super-sensitive gain on the Nait 2 - it's really difficult to get the right listening levels with a CD player plugged into the Aux inputs - is this a known characteristic?Other than that, fine wee amp.JohnPS. Does anyone know of a...

At the moment, all my gear is on a S****style 3 legged 4 shelf stand. With the prospect of more boxes appearing sometime, I was beginning to consider my options for creating more shelf space. I wandered onto the M*** site and noticed their Reference...

After plenty of hard driving to get my system run in I was merrily enjoying some great bass playing on various albums on Saturday (sounded pretty good 2 floors down I was told) but was curious to note that a strange addition to the bass guitar at high...

Some of the more seasoned contributors will probably realise that i have asked this question before but, since then, there has been a considerable turnover of people who post to the pages of this site, so - once again - just what was your worst...

Despite making a number of upgrades to my system in the last twelve months I've been quite happy to continue using IBLs. The IBLs are very communicative, digging deep into the essence of the music and have never failed to pass on the benefits (or...

I thought I would report to all you naim lovers about a facelift for my old style 01. I have an old 01 circa 1989. It had been losing the stereo signal and I thought it would need a realignment of the tuner head. When I spoke to dave dever at NANA...

Just bought a pair of near mint walnut kans with kan 1 stands, I've heard that kans are incredibly sensitive to setup so I thought you guys could give me some general tips. The room is approx 4*4mwith laminate floor (pergo) and the walls are drywall...

Hi.I have a Nait5, CD5 and Flatcap2 and wish to use some headphones with the system. Of course, my initial search turned up the Headline. Has anyone used a headline in this system?The issues specifically are:1) Can the Nait5 be used with the headline...

Wow! What a speaker!!!!After nearly a year of saving up I finally replaced my trusty Royd Albions with Wilson benesch ACT 2s. The speakers came in huge monolithic boxes that slid off to reveal a clam shell padded box unit inside. My first impression...

Hi,ihave got a cd3.5/Nac102/HiCap/Nap180 and i can spend between 2500£ and 4000£ to get a pair of speakers.Which one would you choose?-BW Nautilus 804 or 803-Egglestonsworks Isabel-Quad 988 or 989-Martin Logan Ascent-Audiostatic ...

Someone mentioned using a stethoscope to listen to equipment vibrations a while ago. At the time I grinned and filed it under 'I'll have a go if the opportunity ever arises'. Courtesy of the great British taxpayer I had a loan of one for an hour last...

Any suggestions on how to get more vocal presence, that is, to get the vocals to be more forward/ projected in the stereo image. I could do with a more transparent tighter mid bass as well. Otherwise I'm happy with my 'old Linn- Naim' soundMy system...

Any ideas?Every so often I hear a foreign radio signal through the speakers, without switching on the tuner! This is volume independent and continues in the background if a source is playing. I think it appears during periods of high atmospheric...

Having heard some of the new formats recently I now honestly think that we are close to the beginning of the end for CD and here's why....The main reason is that a cheaper player (say sub £1000) equipped with the necessary decoding seems already...

Dear all,my current setup consists of a CDS, a NAC 72, HICAP, NAP 135 and the SBL. I´m quite happy with that so far, but there are still some black boxes around...I see two major upgrade ways:1) To go active with two more 135´s plus Snaxo...

I seem to be getting intereference (an audible hiss) from my speakers, it is not very noticable when music is playing, but when it isn't it can be quite clearly heard... any suggestions??System:Nait 3RArcam Alpha 7SEMordaunt Short MS 814 (to be...

I have a Pioneer PDR-05 CD record to record music concerts from my NAT 01 and record LP's, and do compilations for friends, etc. Overall the quality of the recording is excellent - for sure you can hear the loss and there is a bit of digitalness but...

Just came from the Naim home page. In most of the product lists, components are normally listed from highest in the heirachy to lowest. Noticed that for the list of Pre-amps, the new 112 is listed above the 102. Anyone has any ideas if this was meant...

I have discovered the availability of the above three items for prices ranging upto about £350. I only have an Arcam 7SE Cd player at the moment with a Nait 3R and some recently purchased Dynaudio Contour 1.1's. What would people recommend as...

As I promised a couple of months ago, here is a photo of my system. Had to try and fit everything in as it was the last on the film.Didn't quite turn out as I hoped, and had to try and do some processing. Originally the electronics was just a mass of...

Is there going to be the first sighting of the new and elusive naim mini system with graphics all fully equalised and tape to tape to tape to tape recording?

Could someone tell me the difference between these two players as I am relatively new to Naim gear and can't seem to find much info about the CD3, however I want to upgrade my CD player but can't afford the 3.5 but I have seen the CD3 for something...

For the past several weeks I have been shopping for hi-fi/home theater for my folks and I have had the chance to hear some "alternate" systems at the local hi-fi salons here in Seattle. Some expensive and some priced within the 5 series. Again and...