Gromit's music centre...

[Gromit]

Must admit I'd love to grab the old man's clamshell Brio to listen to along side the R, shame it'd be such a hassle to get it up here. What I can say though is that using a 'Rega' interconnect (albeit a cloned one) has tidied things up quite significantly. Cynics may feel this is a wild statement - and I wouldn't blame them for thinking so - but please trust me, the difference is obvious and demonstrable. Sure it's still bright (I'm using Sapphire 1's at the end of the day) but the 'spit' and piercing overtones have been subdued. It's still a tad one-colour with high frequency material (crash/hi-hat is a bit samey) c/w with the Sony ES CD player/Teac dac/Exposure (or 770ES) but it's a darn sight better than before.

Bottom line though is that it's a really enjoyable, listenable set-up. Hell, I'd even buy it new.

[Gromit]

Just arrived...



In really nice condition - 110's been serviced very recently, will get them hooked up later and report back.

[hoopsontoast]

Just arrived...



In really nice condition - 110's been serviced very recently, will get them hooked up later and report back.

I cant keep up (says me)
Looking forward to hear how you get on with the Naim Vs the Exposure/Sony ES and the Brio-R.

[brian2957]

You going into competition as a box swapper Richard

[istari_knight]

[Gromit]

I dunno....you boys eh.

Yup, a little bit of Salisbury's finest gracing the rig again. Why? Dunno really, just to scratch an itch that never really goes away - we'll see how things go put it that way, my reasoning being nothing more than 'what the hell'. But in a nice way.

I've never truly loved Naim amps, and am most certainly not a died-in-the-wool fanboi as I am with JF's Exposures (or now Mr Sony's finest too). However, I've always liked them and in ways they have a musical presentation which, whilst not always a smooth ride, makes it such fun.

Just got this little pair hooked up 10 mins ago so have some music playing now. As I say, the 110 has hardly been fired up since it was serviced so am expecting it to be a little bit raw for a while.

Using Talk 3 speaker cable - am I likely to get hanged by the Naimboys?

<yes yes I used to use NACA5 with my old Nait 2 - bloody hate the stuff>

[Gromit]

In situ...

[istari_knight]

Talk 3 is perfect Richard. Do you hate NACA5 for the sound or cumbersome inflexibility ? I remember heating mine up with a hairdryer to mold it around corners

[Gromit]

Talk 3 is perfect Richard. Do you hate NACA5 for the sound or cumbersome inflexibility ? I remember heating mine up with a hairdryer to mold it around corners

Good question, James. In the dim and distant past when I had my CB Nait 2 I always felt NACA5 sounded both harsh and sat-on. Sure it helped accentuate leading edge and made the amps sound sprightly, but for my ears it's an uncouth sounding bit of wire but hey, it as its devotees. Of course it could lead to being ex-communicated by the Naimies, perhaps even shot at dawn.

Would be interesting to hear it hooked up now, especially as my hearing (at 48) isn't what it was at 23.

Talk 3 works brilliantly with Exposure so no reason to think it wouldn't work well with Naim too.

[Gromit]

Playing aroung in mono...