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Post by dsjr on Feb 24, 2019 17:52:52 GMT
This is what Naim are selling loads of these days... In marketing terms, you DON'T want a several year lifespan as products become stale in the eyes of today (expect Future Harbeths too, to have much shorter lifespans in production, now some bang on trend marketing people are employed there and following comments from the owner/designer)...
Forget the 'legacy' two channel stuff, dual rail or not, as the streaming gear is what customers really want from them. Measured performance, analogue and digital, is old fashioned levels really and bettered by sub £100 DACs on paper, but absolutely no nasties at all and the low output impedance of the amp section was a surprise to me frankly. I've heard it a few times in isolation and can't really fault the sonics at all, but as stated, I've not been able to compare with anything else...
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Post by pauld on Feb 24, 2019 18:59:48 GMT
The only problem of any review of a Naim product is they will always get 5 stars, Highly Recommended or equivalent, but then on the next page (or pages if it is a website) you will see a cracking big Naim advert. I wonder, really wonder why it got a 5 star!!!! Cynical, maybe, but in reality it makes all the difference.
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Post by dsjr on Feb 24, 2019 19:23:19 GMT
The only problem of any review of a Naim product is they will always get 5 stars, Highly Recommended or equivalent, but then on the next page (or pages if it is a website) you will see a cracking big Naim advert. I wonder, really wonder why it got a 5 star!!!! Cynical, maybe, but in reality it makes all the difference. They didn't always. Stan Curtis was a bit critical of the 42/110 crossover and odd order distortion back in the day and in Stereophile tests, I totally ignore the subjective drivel going on for pages previously and jump straight to the measurements... I remember a fairly recent review (Stereophile again) of a Naim (Super?) Nait and the comments regarding the sound basically being 'condensed' to 'mid bass' to lower 'treble,' and that's how I hear them still, although the quality in the middle is very good to me, but in isolation obviously...
I doubt any purchaser of above item will read reviews anyway with an open mind. It's a Naim (with all the cachet and baggage that goes with it, mostly cachet outside of 'us'), it'll be serviceable for years to come and to be absolutely honest, it's a modern day B&O with basically ok technical performance and user abilities to keep itchy computer-fingers happy. In the flesh it's gorgeous in feel and finish...
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