Hi-Fi Corner
A little while back I said that I would post information of Bristol cafes, pubs & restaurants. After some consideration I thought it might be best to recommend a venue that is all three rolled into one. May I suggest All Bar One. It is a wine bar about 5 minutes walk from the show. It is a refurbishment of the old Corn Exchange in Bristol. Outside the wine bar are the original 'nails'. These are waist high bronze columns where corn was traded. From these came the expression "paying on the...
More info on the Lingo:I tried the ferrite clamps to no avail. They certainly affect the sound - for the worse in my opinion. I tried 1-4 clamps on the power cord of the Lingo and Linto both together and separately. The effect is interesting but...
I am using a Naim CD 5+ Hicap with Spectral pre/amp and Dynaudio 1.8 Mk II. Because of furniture anangement in my living room, I can't do nearfield listening. I need to sit about 11-12 feet from the speakers. In order to keep a reasonable relationship...
Hi all,Having lived with my new 5 series kit for 3 weeks now, and had a number of enquiries with regard to my thoughts on it, here is the low down on 3 weeks of musical enjoyment, and lack of sleep!I recently upgraded from my previous system (LP12 /...
I have never had the opportunity to hear both versions of the SBL side by side (and probably never will). I have heard both separately in identical systems (and of course in different rooms). I own the early SBLs which I liked from the very first time...
This is more of a request to Naim or those in the know.1) I am currently under the impression that the DBL demo is a limited ticket event - can anyone confirm? If so, where in the hotel would I get the tickets from?2) Will the forum meeting be on the...
Hello there.I am new in this forum. But I been reading this forum quite a long time.Currently I staying in UK due to my work. My hifi system started with all Arcam until early last year when my friend ask me to buy 42/110 for him at dealer near my...
My dealer, who shall remain nameless but is a major player, has two guys who disagree about my next upgrade. System is CDX/XPS, 82/S'cap, SNAXO/S'cap, 2 x 250, SBL's. One says go for the CDS2 first, the other says go for the 52 first. I know source...
This is my first time on the forum and I would appreciate any guidance regarding the following....An electrician is installing a seperate spur for the hifi now for the choices...Do I1 Have say 10 sockets fitted to this and if so any preference for...
At the Chester Hi-fi Show of last year all the systems featuring JM Lab speakers sounded awful because the company director for the UK insisted that the speakers be placed too close to the audience, and too far apart, thus creating the proverbial...
Does anyone else have problems acccessing the Naim web site ( not the forum )? I can enter the site, but I NEVER get the menus to navigate to the various links!( The bit with the image of the SBL's and CDSII...CSS hey! whatever happened to normal href...
I've been thinking for some time about calling it quits with audio forums. Not because of censorship. Not because of any heated exchanges with me or anyone else. But because I spend far too many hours of my waking day reading about and replying to...
Most of you who have run good tables over the years have noted an all-too-common problem. You can't get a decent comparative dem of cartridges any more. It certainly isn't the mid-to-late '80s, a time when the better flat earth dealers used to have...
Hi,Has anyone compared Spendor S-100 and Isobariks with Naim electronics? Any views? What would be a fair price for a pair of S-100 in black ash with stands from the year 1990 (one owner, excellent condition)?Anders
www.isoblue.com has some very pretty pictures of Naim gear sitting on their stands...
System as it stands:3.5/Hi, 32.5(72'd)/Hi, 250, Kan 2's/Sara 9's.What should be my next step? I like the sound of my system, but having heard a CDX, I know that it is source light . However, as much as I would LOVE a CDX, with the format wars raging...
I discovered this yesterday so I hope it helps those with the classic Naim CD player problem.... namely inability to find tracks with older CD players, particularly with the old style "top-hat" pucks.This is generally caused by a) some manufacturers...
Is it me or what?By no means am i saying that all contributors are guilty of this, but it does appear to me that certain of them don't appear to take seriously anyone who has invested less than £10k in their equipment. (i.e. people with large...
hello - i need some help - are the Naim DIN-DIN plugs directional and if so... how can i tell (since the writing on the jacket has run off)cheersc
Dynavector have stopped making the XX-1L/H. It is being replaced by the XX2. Basically, the XX2 is an XX-1L with the body removed, the damping switch removed as well as much of the internal cladding. The new cartridge looks a lot like a Te Kaitora....
Dear all,You may have seen my report on CD players a short while ago where I reviewed the CD12, CDS-II, CDX and Marantz SA-1. You may also recall that the CD12 came out as the winner. Since my making the decision to go for the CD12 I had a demo of the...
No.... this is not about different types of speakers- this is about ways of 'supporting' equipment. Pursuant to J. Petriks valedictory posting, I vowed to spend more time listening to music instead of reading about it on the forum or newsgroups. Which...
If the Nait 5 is converted into a pre-amp, is it identical sonically to a Nac 112? Alternately, could you add a Nap 150 to the Nait 5 and biamp?