I have looked at the Naim gear and do own a phono stage and hi cap combo which I love. their amps are impeccably clean and true to detail. I have a local dealer that is a very knowledgable and also very close freinds with the regional Naim rep. who lives in the area. You might contact him with some mquestions he is a very helpfull person his e/m is sales@audioalternative.com his name is Rick and tell Ted referred you. My experience with Naim is through his store and I have really considered switchinh from Mcintosh to him if I can bring myself to take the loss on sellin the mac stuff. Good luck
Naim recommendations
I am really curious about Naim gear, and I was thinking about getting a Nait 5 here to see what the fuss is all about. Nevertheless, I wonder if there are older models, as a preamp+amp combination that will give me a great taste to Naim sound, as well as a path to upgradability in the long run. I am interested in investing a good $1500-2000, for the pre and amp set up. What models have the following cosmetics:
OLD COSMETICS=I think they mean the classic Naim that is rectangular with two or one prominent knob, square cut.
what line is the one that has what is looks like HALF case size?
Finally, will the set up run a speaker combo that has 89db sensitivity but that needs at least a good 100watts to get it going....Pair of monitors on top of a pair of passive subs?
OLD COSMETICS=I think they mean the classic Naim that is rectangular with two or one prominent knob, square cut.
what line is the one that has what is looks like HALF case size?
Finally, will the set up run a speaker combo that has 89db sensitivity but that needs at least a good 100watts to get it going....Pair of monitors on top of a pair of passive subs?