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| Naim 5i Agree completely with Muzikat. I love the Naim 5i with Totems, and it will sound different than your NAD.But try these for "inner details":Simaudio Moon i-1 or used Moon i-3Primare I21 or used Primare A30Anything you could find and afford from Blu... | |
| Best Integrated Amp? Help... Musical Fidelity A5 - usedShanling A-3000 - newCayin A-88T Vacuum Tube Integrated/Power Amp - new ("only" 45 W, but you will be surprised)Vincent Audio - SV-236 Hybrid - newPrimare i30 - used if you can find one for under 2 grandBel Canto is inter... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please I have heard Triangles and compared them carefully to the Dynaudio Audience line - I clearly preferred the Dynaudios. Maybe it was due to cheap electronics (NAD separates) or the Triangles not being broken in yet. Dunno.I have listened to the Tote... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Dyanaudio Audience are great with the proper amp and placement as Mapman suggests. If you want more bass, you could look at the Audience 52, maybe used if you can find them.Question Rebbi: did you see the Dynaudios at Audio Systems? They used to c... | |
| Xindak Fuse Question Thanks, that is very helpful. | |
| Next Upgrade to My Totem Arros Setup - Need Help The Apollo is a capable player, no question, and probably between the Naim and Cambridge in personality. My brief comparison of the Apollo with the other two would be that it is a less musical but more detailed Naim 5i, or a more dynamic but less ... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Oh, you're in Austin. That's where I first heard PrimaLuna tube amps and Dynaudio speakers together. The same shop also carries Triangle and Rega. You should be able to compare all three speaker brands in one place with your amp.Audio Systems1102 ... | |
| Need Some Help Choosing an Integrated Amp Fair enough. One might say Naim's lower end stuff relies on some timing tricks that make music sound "better" than it really does(?), perhaps almost a gimmick. But I like it. Whatever floats one's boat I guess... | |
| Xindak Fuse Question Tubemiser,I am using HiFi Tuning Fuses (3) in my in ss integrated amp to great positive effect. Your comments prompt two questions:1. So the Xindak silver fuses are a bit brighter or "tipped up" compared to the HiFi Tuning fuses, or less bright?No... | |
| Next Upgrade to My Totem Arros Setup - Need Help The Apollo is probably the best sub $1000 players around. But you just stuck it in a league with two more expensive players, and they sound better to me.Lots of people describe Naim gear as "forward". You could look at it that way, but in my exper... | |
| Next Upgrade to My Totem Arros Setup - Need Help Replace the CDP first.I listened to the Naim CD5i with the Arros using a Nait 5i integrated and it sounded good although the room was probably too big for the speakers. The Totem Forests sounded better with that pairing. I think that the CD5i coul... | |
| NAD vs Cambridge audio vs Music hall NAD is going to be more rounded and laid back sounding - perhaps the most neutral of the three. Cambridge is going to be more forward and "exciting" sounding, but 640 is a more capable amp than the NAD C320 (might want to look for an NAD C352 as I... | |
| Need Some Help Choosing an Integrated Amp Blue Circle, Naim SuperNait - are super choices in my opinion. Can't agree with hater above. Also have heard the Musical Fidelity A5 sound very very good with Totem and Revel speakers, but don't know they compare to yours. Might also consider Prim... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Quad 12L - well rounded and smooth soundQuad 11L - if you can't afford their big brotherTotem Rainmaker - imaging kingsB&W 685 - front firing and good valueB&W CM1 - little speakers, big sound, and sound good next to wallEra Design 5 - not... | |
| Nakamichi cassette playback in non-Nak deck? My roommate in college had the Nak that was one below the Dragon - don't remember the model number - this would have been about 1980. It made the most amazing tapes I have ever heard (he had a very good preamp and turntable/cartridge combination t... |