The Naim sound....vs. Bryston,creek,etc....

Naim is lively but the colorations / lack of tranparency got to me. It quickly ran out of steam if you really wanted to "crank it" with Nautilus 804's in medium room.
Creek is okay but again does not have a lot of power. Interesting review mentioned how "passive pre" integrateds lack bass dynamics and definition. I found this the case with Creek. But superbly musical with A50 and Epos M15 (which have no power-robbing x-over and easy load).
I liked the Musical Fidleity A300 150wpc integrated way better than Creek 5350 in side by side with N804's. Maybe Creek is more tranparent but it did not have the power to get the job done other than little 2-ways IMHO.
I've been greatly interested in the Portal Audio Panache for $1,795. But no remote. They offer a 30 day trial period.
Also Brinkman is high on my "interested" list but costs over $3,000.

naim sound very musical, rythmic, open much different than bryston. must have speakers that are fairly effient however.sound you either love or hate!

I would seriously look at the Blue Circle CS.

It is VERY musical, and sounds like just what you are after.
I love mine very much.

Check out some of the reviews at
www.bluecircle.com

Cheers,
Nick

I am going to participate on a gathering, and the main gear of choice will be Naim. The expensive separate ones etc... This will be in 1 week.

From other people I know, people who are into various things such as SET and SS, large speakers, the last time they heard a simple Naim system, with the Nait 5, people were surprised at the accuracy and exciting sound that it produced paired simply with a Naim CDP and a pair of NEAT speakers.

The old Naim is history, the newer Nait gear and its sound is as different as the looks of the Naim gear.

I will let you know what I hear in this Naim based audiorave.

Paul