Full NAIM system

[joeinid]

Ha!

All great points. Please keep the updates coming.

Thank you very much.

[RDSChicago]

I have a friend who after both of us going through some Burmester and DarTZeel gear, found Naim. I got him a Supernait 2 and Teddy Pardo power supply. He’s going on 6-7 years with that system which includes a Berkeley dac and Bel Canto spinner. He’s more satisfied now than ever with nightly multiple hour listening sessions.

Joe, what speakers does your friend with the SN2 use?

[joeinid]

Joe, what speakers does your friend with the SN2 use?

He has Infinity Kappa 8. They are a little difficult to drive, but as long as he’s judicious with the volume control in the hottest summer months, he loves the combo.

[the professor]

I agree

There is something special about the Naim sound. I tell people that the entry Naim is 99.9% just as musical and there top of the line. As you go up the line, you get the hifi things and they are great, but they really aren't more musical.

Yes, I am playing at the lower end of the Naim food chain here, but strangely enough, very satisfied/content that it really is very much good enough.

I am done playing at that upper end of anything these days, and find I am actually “listening” to the music more, and not thinking about the next upgrade or where I am headed. It is a nice feeling, and place to be.

I say all this with some past context, several years back my Naim system comprised of top spec Linn LP12, Naim CDS2, Nat02 tuner, NAC82-was headed towards 52, Supercap, Supercap, Snaxo 2-4, pair of Nap250’s and of course, active SBL’s. All olive series. All on three Audiophile BASE racks.

In all honesty, yes it sounded wonderful, fantastic, as well as it should have for the outlay. But really, I enjoyed my music no more than I did when I had my simple Nait2 and CDI and Kans to be honest. After a divorce, I sold it all off, took a few years to reset and reassess what was important. Hence, I bought my Uniti 1 and have lived with that, it was my main amp/source for well over six years, until my other system came in. But now with retirement looming possibly fairly soon, I am once again looking for that simplicity, yet updating the streamer end seemed like a somewhat necessity.

Probably my main system will be sold at some point, and the Nait XS3/ND5XS2 will become it. I may rethink speakers at some point, I really love the Duevel Venus though, and they work well on my current Uniti, will see in due time. May be my last little quest here. Tim

[Frazeur1]

I received the Nait XS3/ND5 XS2 this morning and got them all set up. The new streamer was absolutely simplistic to get set up, almost laughingly so, compared to my original Uniti. I even managed to update firmware and install my trial Qobuz, all without a single swear word! Amazing!

Now we just play music for a good while and let things do what they do, and put a more critical(Haha)to it all much later. My poor Uniti now looks on forlornly from the side. What a great run it has had, but there is still more life left in ya!

More at some point later, and a huge shout out to Tyler at Next Level for making it all happen!

[Frazeur1]

Well, things are running in nicely thus far, must say, the Duevel Venus sounding really good on the end of these two little Naim pieces! I realize that they aren’t cheap to buy, but I also feel like they play above the cost of them. Maybe too, it is that I am just so pleased with them!

At some point I will get my Guru Junior Plus speakers out and see how they do as well, which I pretty much have no doubt it will work quite well. Having the hind sight of using them on my Uniti and loving the combo, if anything there should be an up-tick possibly. Strange thing is, I really have no idea what the ceiling is on the Guru, where better gear might make little to no difference here. Anyway, more to come in due time!

[joeinid]

System looks great!

[Frazeur1]

Thanks Joe! It is a work in progress. Since moving from my house and having the more open plan, which is in my signature line pic, I still am thinking about this smaller space a bit more. At least the Venus work well, maybe even better in this space. More work to do though, all in due time!