Share your Naim
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Any Naim owners on here? If so, care to share what you have with a photo?
I'll get the ball rolling with a photo of an interesting set-up, Naim Uniti 2 all in one system (CD, streaming, amp) along with a Witchhat Audio power amp. The latter's a small manufacturer that makes matching power amps for Naim kit (the CDP on the bottom is a spare!) We've got this running Focal Aria 926 speakers.
I'll get the ball rolling with a photo of an interesting set-up, Naim Uniti 2 all in one system (CD, streaming, amp) along with a Witchhat Audio power amp. The latter's a small manufacturer that makes matching power amps for Naim kit (the CDP on the bottom is a spare!) We've got this running Focal Aria 926 speakers.
passionforsound said:
Any Naim owners on here? If so, care to share what you have with a photo?
I'll get the ball rolling with a photo of an interesting set-up, Naim Uniti 2 all in one system (CD, streaming, amp) along with a Witchhat Audio power amp. The latter's a small manufacturer that makes matching power amps for Naim kit (the CDP on the bottom is a spare!) We've got this running Focal Aria 926 speakers.
Show off!I'll get the ball rolling with a photo of an interesting set-up, Naim Uniti 2 all in one system (CD, streaming, amp) along with a Witchhat Audio power amp. The latter's a small manufacturer that makes matching power amps for Naim kit (the CDP on the bottom is a spare!) We've got this running Focal Aria 926 speakers.
Cheib said:
Tell us more about the Witchhat? Don't have any Naim kit at the moment but that may change soon with an NDX
They're a small manufacturer that design and make the power amps in the UK, along with a range of cables (mostly) designed for Naim kit. They make both a stereo version of this power amp (seen here) and monoblocks. In most cases we'd partner a Uniti system with a Naim branded power amp as an upgrade path (usually a NAP 200, or NAP 250) but we'd just been asked to try the little Witch Hat amp and its an interesting alternative to a NAP in some cases. You need to hear one for yourself though to decide whether its interesting enough to choose over a NAP.As for the Naim NDX, its a good bit of kit - the most popular of their network players for serious systems. What are you pairing it with?
passionforsound said:
They're a small manufacturer that design and make the power amps in the UK, along with a range of cables (mostly) designed for Naim kit. They make both a stereo version of this power amp (seen here) and monoblocks. In most cases we'd partner a Uniti system with a Naim branded power amp as an upgrade path (usually a NAP 200, or NAP 250) but we'd just been asked to try the little Witch Hat amp and its an interesting alternative to a NAP in some cases. You need to hear one for yourself though to decide whether its interesting enough to choose over a NAP.
As for the Naim NDX, its a good bit of kit - the most popular of their network players for serious systems. What are you pairing it with?
I have some B+W 802D's driven by a Dynavector HX 1.2 Amp (you may not have heard of it but it's a great amp)....I have a Meridian G68 AV Processor but that may be getting replaced....no idea what with yet. I might actually just drop the G68 for the moment and just go back to two channel until we move next year. Have a Bryston BP-20 sitting in a cupboard which was from my previous system.As for the Naim NDX, its a good bit of kit - the most popular of their network players for serious systems. What are you pairing it with?
When I bought that system 6 or 7 years ago I loved the musicality of the Naim set up I auditioned but Naim's AV Processor at the time was left for dead for 5.1 by the Meridian.
I've read a fair bit about the upgrade path for the NDX...seems like a lot of people think the Naim Power Amp make's a huge difference.
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passionforsound said:
Funk said:
One of my old system:
CDX/102/250/HiCap2/NAPSC. Used to run it into a pair of Celestion A2s which I still have. Sold the Naim a while back and bought a Cyrus 8vs2 as a stop-gap. It's so good, I never got round to replacing it and it's still here...!
Nice set-up that!CDX/102/250/HiCap2/NAPSC. Used to run it into a pair of Celestion A2s which I still have. Sold the Naim a while back and bought a Cyrus 8vs2 as a stop-gap. It's so good, I never got round to replacing it and it's still here...!
kenny.R400 said:
Just sold a set of Celestion A2s. What a lovely looking and well made speaker.
I put them on Ebay at what I thought was a daftly high price............jeez they fought over them and buy it now was hit straight away. They seem rarer than what I thought.
I saw yours for sale; I've actually been looking for another pair to pinch the tweeters from but yours were only single-bar rather than the later three-bar. It'd also be a shame to write off a perfectly good pair of speakers just for the tweeters so I'm really looking for a pair of damaged A1s with the later tweeters that I can rob for drive units...I put them on Ebay at what I thought was a daftly high price............jeez they fought over them and buy it now was hit straight away. They seem rarer than what I thought.
passionforsound said:
Now that's showing off 
Very nice, like the Garrard set-up as well, nice to see one mounted in something contemporary for a change!
The Garrard works well in that plinth. For anyone that's interested, it's made by Peak Hi-Fi. It's two lumps of slate, the top one of which sits on four rubber balls mounted in the support arms, to de-couple the motor unit and pick up arm from the bottom part of the plinth (and the rest of the room for that matter). Very nice, like the Garrard set-up as well, nice to see one mounted in something contemporary for a change!Here's a 401 in one of their plinths - a synthetic granite one. The slate sounds better though....
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