Ah i see - not a true active but a powered passive. Thanks Richard.
Actually one more question if i may - where did the link with Mordaunt Short come from. Just a liking for the (DSB208 ?) bass unit or some other link between the two companies ?
James
That looks very similar to the 602
Just been clearing out some old paperwork, and came across the receipt for my first pair of Naim speakers - NA 702 Serial Number 2, for £285 in 1977 from Russ Andrews. That was some serious money for me back then.
Also from Russ Andrews was a Rega Planar 3 for £132.00 in 1978
And direct from Naim Audio in Salisbury, NAC22 for £74.75, in 1980 along with a Mordaunt-Short drive unit for £16.10, so presumably the original bass unit only lasted for about 3 years. ISTR going through a couple more over the next few years.
Wow! NA702s! I didn’t even know there was such a thing. Any pictures to show?
I’ll try to find some - I know I have a few but not good detail. I’m not sure how different they were from the 602s, though.
Some (not very good) photos:
Very interesting. Thanks for posting. Are the terminal plates and double terminals original or later mods?
I have to say how fascinating it is to see the heritage of naim on here! Lovely woodwork on the cabinets and nice to see the excellent DSB208 in another speaker from Naim. A mate of mine had original MS20’s with that bass unit in a sealed cabinet and I could never get my ported MS30’s to sound anything like as good and tight. I learnt then the value of sealed cabinet designs for firm bass.
Surely it would be worth naim putting together a heritage archive at the factory? It could certainly become a place of pilgramage with chargeable tours for fans to cover the cost.
Jonathan
Hmm - not sure what happened, but I lost a couple in that process. The first one there is the back of them after I had made them active.
Terminal plates are mine as part of the move to active - I removed the (internal) crossovers and used an electronic crossover (a Naim unit, about a quarter width of the standard Naim kit, but full depth and with a bolt-down top) and two NAP 120s (one was a copy that I made - mea culpa). Then a couple of 250s. Then I went to active SBLs with proper Naim crossover (SNAXO 2-4) and 135s.
I kept the passive crossovers, and when I sold the 702s I included the crossovers mounted inside some metal boxes (aluminium alloy of some sort). I think that the speakers are now in Italy.
Any idea what these old Naim speakers are worth now, especially in excellent condition? They must be rare.
So, there’s 402, 502, 602 and 702 - is that it?
They are rare, but I don’t think they’re worth much. IIRC someone was recently selling a pair in Scotland for around £100.
That is quite a good price for them. Mine went for, IIRC, £44.00, delivered to Sittingbourne, but I’m not sure that’s where they ended up.
Great thread - The very first Naim speakers have always been difficult to find info on so this has been an interesting read. There seems to have been a similar thread going on in the pink place too with some interesting info.
Could you summarise what’s there?
It’s become quite a long thread - and they’ve noted this thread here. Just have a look at the ‘unusual naim speakers’ thread in the classic section (it’s on the first page so is easy to find). Probably better than me trying to summarise the info there.
Thanks for that - found it. Yes, an interesting thread.
I can find no mention of 702s on the 'net - which is odd. If the photo of what has been suggested is a 602 at the top of this thread really is a 602, and it has a small port - as appears to the case - then the 702s might be very similar but without a port.
The drive units seem to be the same as with 602s - Goodman’s tweeter and Mordaunt-Short mid/bass.
Probably @Richard.Dane who lives down there, he has a museum of wonders and has obviously forgotten those lovelies😉
I’d be surprised - the person that I sent it to had a very Asian name.
I always think it sad when people- probably guests, put cups on top of speakers!
