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    Naim Supernait 2 or 3 Owners...

    ...Anyone ever run out of power with one of these amps? I'm seriously considering a SN3 and just want to make sure there's no lack of clean "horsepower" at higher volume levels. For the purposes of this discussion we'll define "higher volume levels" as 40% or higher on the volume knob. Chances are I'll not play my system that loud very often. But when I do I want clean transients...no audible distortion.

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    Re: Naim Supernait 2 or 3 Owners...

    Never on my Supernait2 but I don’t play at ear bleeding levels. I’ve heard my SN2 with your model Harbeth speakers and loved the sound. It was a clear, meaty and musical toe tapping good time.

    A great friend of mine has my original SN2 with Teddy Pardo power supply for at least 6 years now and will not change. That’s how happy he is with Naim. I bought another friend’s SN2 with HiCap (my current SN2) about a year and a half or a little more ago because I missed it so much.
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    Re: Naim Supernait 2 or 3 Owners...

    From a visual basis: typically on any NAIM volume control. The amps start to give out around 2 o'clock. How loud that is - totally dependent on speaker sensitivity and room size.
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    Re: Naim Supernait 2 or 3 Owners...

    Jock, it's my guess that even if you have low sensitivity speakers and/or a big room, 2 o'clock on the volume knob would be pretty darn loud. Especially with transient peaks intact. Sounds pretty impressive to me.

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    Re: Naim Supernait 2 or 3 Owners...

    I never pushed my old SN2 to near the 2:00 level (running Dynaudio Focus 160’s) that Jock mentions. I don’t remember quite where my average listening level was, but I always felt the amp had plenty to give beyond what I felt was loud. My guess from memory is about 11:00-11:30?

    The external power supplies likely serve to help the overall stability of outputting power. Naim watts always confused me cause the spec’d 80 seemed liked much more. High current, I suppose.


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    Re: Naim Supernait 2 or 3 Owners...

    the sn2 was here with several speakers , very muscular amp , i doubt if it would struggle with anything except maybe martin logan clx perhaps lovely amp , very nice holographic sound
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    Re: Naim Supernait 2 or 3 Owners...

    Even the Nait 2 with it's 30 watts was beefy as all get out. Back in the late nineties we would compare it with 200-300 watt amps and it would hang with them without question. It was a fun demo.

    I've never had a Supernait at home but I'll bet there are very few cases it would run out of steam.

    Quote Originally Posted by bluegrassphile View Post
    Jock, it's my guess that even if you have low sensitivity speakers and/or a big room, 2 o'clock on the volume knob would be pretty darn loud. Especially with transient peaks intact. Sounds pretty impressive to me.
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