Hi-Fi Corner

I have just bought a pair of Cherry DBLs driven by FM Acoustics amplification. I must say that the DBLs has got to be the most musical big loudspeaker that I have heard and owned.Congratulations to Naim on making such a great loudspeaker and wish you...

I'm sure this has come up before, but a quick search here provides precious little on the relative merits of a P25 and a P9. That said, I've just gotten rid of my Lp12. I was increasingly finding it more difficult to use (damned suspention) and less...

hi, what are your views on how the new naim stuff 112/150 compares with 32.5/140 or 62/140, say, driving a pair of Kans, or any other compaticle speaker -- but i am primarily thinking of Kans. can add hicaps/flatcaps to either if you like --anyone...

I am considering ditching my Optimum rack in place of something better. I do not wish to reopen the Mana/ Hutter debate. I like Quadraspire - they have a certain naturalness to their sound. I am prepared to spend a little extra on the Music Works...

hi guys:all my amplification electronics are at naim for a thorough service prior to the active installation, hopefully soon.in the meantime i have borrowed a pre/power to keep me entertained -- grahams could only spare 42.5/140.when i rigged this up...

I need some help finding a solution to my short interconnect problem. I have a Linn LP12 with Ittok LV-II arm, but the interconnect is not ong enough to reach the new placement of my Naim 72. I need about a 5 ft run at minimum and the supplied Linn...

Thanks to all 7 who offered suggestions. This may be of help to others in the same boat: I have approached M & S who act as agents for CGU (now under the Norwich Union umbrella) and do not put an upper limit on your household goods and will take on expensive hi-fi as long as items costing over £4000 to replace are declared and then, at their discretion, they may impose the following 2 conditions: locks on all entry/exit doors to the British Standard they currently support and a "police...

Dear all, at the moment I'm looking at acquiring a new(ish) cd player, either a CD3, CD3.5 or CD5, running into a 72/Hi-cap/250/SF Concertinos. Whilst price is a consideration, if a CD5 is what is deemed suitable it will be acquired.Anyway, I have a 5...

Hi folks.Due to an unexpected sale, I'm able to look at getting a new power amp or power amps, and potentially may at this point push the boat out and get a new preamp as well. Amongst the usual suspects (including Naim), I've come across a brand...

Having had my QS rack for 6 months (i am very pleased with it before you ask!) I am wondering whether i have it set up optimally.It is a 4 tier and the spikes sit directly in contact with the quarry tiled floor. Can anyone suggest materials that i...

Hi fellas,I read some very, very positive words on theforum lately about the old Linn Kan's.Now, my Naim-dealer is offering some old Kan'sfor a very acceptable price.As I still listen to my old beloved Nait-2 Iwas wondering this:Some people have the...

Speaker Life - Crossover Re-capping & Speaker replacement A lot has been written on this forum about the re-capping of power supplies. Can anyone elaborate on the useful life of capacitors in speaker crossovers. I am currently contemplating replacing the galvanized steel spring clip speaker terminals (now just beginning to show signs of corrosion) on my Yamaha NS1000M monitors with some quality gold plated binding posts and was wandering whether I should replace the whole crossover unit or...

The curent edition of Stereophile has a review of the NBL by Paul Messenger, has anyone read it yet?

I'm sure many members of the Forum will be interested in getting some feedback from Naim regarding the new products. I wasn't at the Bristol show and I've not seen anything from Naim here so I'm a bit in the dark.So how about a thread where we can ask...

Hope this hasn't been flooged to death in another thread but...does anybody actually routinuely use there balance control and is it really necessary?Matthew

Hello all,If you have followed the news today we had a 7.0 earthquake in Seattle and my CDS played through it without any skipping! Needless to say I didn't stay inside long to listen and the whole experience scared the shit out of me.I wish I my...

hi folks,what is your experience of mini disc (musical)performance? "better" than cassette tape?? what MD machines are worth a look in? are we going to see a naim md deck in the near-ish future??enjoy...ken

A bit off-tack for a Naim forum, but many of us have mixed systems,so...Does anybody know where to obtain a replacement stylus for a Linn K18 cartridge? My Linn/Naim dealer was not able to help.I liked the K18 and only have a MM input on that system....

Hi there,going through the 'knob' thread, I was just wondering, how forum participants would define 'listening to my system'. Does this mean concentrating on the music only, or do some -heresy(?) - read the newspaper, do some ironing, ...or any other...

I know they're not hifi, but if you read on you'll see where I'm getting at. When the weather gets a bit milder and the mornings are lighter, I like to go for the occasional run - perhaps twice or three mornings a week. I'd like to be able to take...

Dear Colleagues,As I'm just joining this forum, I probably missed some older discussions. With interest, I followed the ideas re: removing the phono boards on the 82.I like to change /up-grade to an external MC-phono-preamp (to fit my Benz...

Hi folks.Can anyone who uses Neat Petites either with or without the Gravitas subwoofer let me know what they think of it. The search for a small speaker has uncovered a good deal on a pair of Petites and I want to know if they are as good as I've...

For those that are interested, Stereophile has just posted on their site a review from their archives (October 2000) of the NBLs: http://www.stereophile.com/fullarchives.cgi?318.Cheers,John Schmidt"90% of everything is crud" - Theodore Sturgeon

I live in Poland, there is very poor s/h market of Naim gear. I have found that there is many second hand components in ebay.com (mostly from US) and loot.com (mostly from UK). Question is if there will be no problem to use it in my country(Poland...

I have a pair of original Saras and the original stands. However, the stands are missing a few bits that are likely irreplacable. Anyone try another manufacturer's stands with the Saras? How do they compare to the original stands?