viridian
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| Perhaps we should stick with midfi... I think the Brits focus on system building through mating sympathetic components and the Yanks focus on appliances and just string them together with little regard for compatibility. The US audio mags are chiefly responsible for the jaundiced pers... | |
| Altec A7 yay or nay? Amp, source? Should we just take a punt and say “yes”? | |
| How long should a clearaudio maestro v2 last? How many hours you listen per week tells very little. What arm and turntable are you using, are you buying new, or used, records, are they cleaned with a machine, and, if so, what machine are they cleaned with, are you playing primarily 33rpm, 45 ... | |
| Recommendation for input coupling caps The only way that obviates the need for the input coupling cap is if all the sources used will be cap coupled, or have DC servos. DC in the signal path will surely have catastrophic results if there are no DC blocking caps. Hey lots of folks skip ... | |
| Top Ten "Reasons I Don't Like This Component" Millercarbon, let me guess, you were not buying high end gear (or sports cars) in the 1960s and 1970s. Half the stuff was ergonomically hostile, underdesigned, or required constant attention from techs. That didnt stop many of us for reaching for ... | |
| Gold Lion KT77 tubes for Primaluna Amp - a few questions They are all the same, except for the accuracy of the matching, as you correctly surmised.I can heartily recommend Viva Tubes. Great prices and the match is always excellent, at least within my ability to test on my Hickock 752 and TV7/DU tube tes... | |
| Do preamps have a material affect on high level sources? I would add to the excellent explanation above that the preamp acts an impedance buffer.I think that the preamp does the most violence to the signal of any component, including speakers. Why? First because it manipulates the signal while it is at ... | |
| A little Patience sometimes pays off! (Kef LS50 content) Your take is kind of strange. The sound of the LS50 is not to my taste, but I consider them neither disappointing nor overhyped. Audio types love their polemics even more than their speakers. | |
| Recommendation for input coupling caps The silver/oil pretty much is what you are looking for including the dry bass. | |
| Is there a standard for number of LP's per inch? You know guys can’t judge inches; they always overestimate. | |
| choice between integrated dac amp vs non integrated I come down on the other side of the fence, but nothing to do with Naim or Lyngdorf. Amplifier design is a mature technology and is advancing somewhat slowly, whereas streaming technology is advancing much more quickly. Naim, for example, just cha... | |
| Naim Nait Integrateds... Sound Quality Comparison, User Comments and Bang for the Buck Tonic, I’m in Portland so would be happy to take you up one your offer one day. I’ll bring the Rye! | |
| Naim Nait Integrateds... Sound Quality Comparison, User Comments and Bang for the Buck JS, great going. The Naim forum is the perfect place for these kinds of questions. Best of luck! | |
| Naim Nait Integrateds... Sound Quality Comparison, User Comments and Bang for the Buck Mr_m, thank you for entertaining my rather oblique question. It is thoroughly appreciated.JS, absolutely, go for it, the XS is much less soft than the 5 series amps, so it may be your dream machine. Please post back on the results. You have piqued... | |
| Naim Nait Integrateds... Sound Quality Comparison, User Comments and Bang for the Buck Yes, my apologies, as I should not have generalized. Thank you.The OP has 2Cs I believe, and I had 2CE, and my take is that mine were reticent, in my room, with the gear that I was using at the time.I do feel that one of the few benefits to Naim o... |