Recent content by Bart001

My current set-up has my Roon server (a Roon Nucleus with 2tb ssd) in the 'mechanical room' in my basement where my furnace and hot water is, where my Verizon fibre enters the home, and where all the home ethernet converges for connection to a switch. I read a lot of reviews (in the press and...

It’s only been a few days and I’ve not had time for a ton of listening. And critical listening must await new speaker cable as my A3s can’t be placed properly yet. Early indications- very Naim like and very ND555 like in presentation. A jump up from my P10 is the initial impression. In...

When designing our new home I had the builder and electrician build in flexible conduits to permit in-wall location of speaker cables. Well when now all is done, it's 40' of in-wall conduit for the left channel, 30' for the right. Plus distance from amp to wall plate, and from each speaker to...

We're moving house in a couple of weeks and I've boxed up the A3's and the entire Naim system. I've been using Herbie's "sliders" under the A3's and the Naim Fraims for several years. These are looking a little tattered. We'll have brand new hand-finished (not pre-finished) white oak floors...

We’re having a new home built. Both my wife and the builder want the hi fi boxes inside of a ‘closet’ that he’s happy to custom build. Location would be not far from the Personally, I would be happy to recover the floor space lost to 2 racks. (I use Naim Fraim; 4 shelves on each.) Turntable...

I don't know where this belongs. Socially distancing gave me the opportunity to replace the 300DR amp with the 500DR amp. And to rebuild the racks, although the power cords need tidying.

I'm very happy with my big Naim system, but contemplate that at some point I'll want to downsize/simplify. Something like the Aavik U 380 + 03 speakers seems a pretty high end, but well-matched system. Owners of similar systems -- what did you come from and what sold you on the combo?

https://hometheaterreview.com/magico-a3-floorstanding-speaker-reviewed/#disqus_thread

I attended a Rockport demo this past weekend, and the rep spoke a bit about the tweeter waveguide. A and S series Magicos incorporate a waveguide, but it looks like M do not. Has the company spoken about this? Just curious!

I'm wondering whether my tt's performance might be improved by better isolation. We have a Rega RP-8, and it sits atop a Naim rack (Naim Fraim). Despite having traditional wood floors, it seems rather immune to footfalls. I've not TRIED to make it skip, but also it never has. We prefer not...

Our living room is part of a somewhat open floorplan townhouse and there are openings into adjacent areas on either side of the wall against which my listening couch backs up to. These openings are about 8 feet wide, on each side of that rear wall, and mean that the room cannot really be...

I got my A3's home over the weekend and even with just a few hours on them they are everything we'd hope they'd be. (And that they'd done in our short in-home audition almost 6 months ago.) Very very pleased with this purchase and happy to be part of the Magico family. These are quite the...

My A3's are still a couple of months away from arriving, but I'm wondering what other owners have found about ideal placement compared to whatever they had in the past. During a 4 day or so audition at home, I found that they were rather bass boomy when placed in my usual position (about 20...

Our RP8 arrives this week (our first tt), but the extra levels for my hi fi rack are on backorder. I need suggestions for something to use temporarily (on typical American construction hardwood floors) as a stand. Something better than a cardboard box! I thought that maybe there is something...