500 Series vs. Statement?

The sale was not done through a dealer; it was private, through AudioGon.

There is a full Statement system for sale here in The Netherlands for 89.900 euro! From a trustworthy second hand high end audio salesman.

Text from his web site:

The Naim Statement consists of the NAC S1 preamplifier and the NAP S1 mono power amplifiers. By many insiders and reviewers the Naim Statement combination is considered as one of the very best, if not the very best, transistor amplifier design on the market. The Statement is a non-plus-ultra design where Naim has combined all their konow-how with the very best components available. Thus resulting in a combination with a weight of approx. 260kg, a newprice of 209.500 euro (pricelist is available) and naturally a phenomenal musical performance.

Pleaae note that for the pictures we have not removed the visible wooden baseplates that cover the spikes and are needed to place them in the flightvases. Naturally removing these will enable to place all three units closer to each other.

This combination has been supplied by an official Dutch Naim dealer. It comes with the original flightcases and remote. Price: 89.900 euro, incl. VAT.

Please note that the following terms and conditions apply for this offering:
ā€¢For EU buyers these items come with a VAT invoice, the aforementioned price naturally includes 21% VAT.
ā€¢For non-EU buyers the VAT tax amount included in the aforementioned price can be deducted if the items are physically exported outside the EU, please ask us for additional information.

Is it risky to buy on Audiogon Mitch? How can you be assured that you will receive it? Does PayPal can insure you if a problem or fraud ?

That is the item I just bought. It is no longer for sale. some negotiations took place over posted price, which did not include the conversion to 110v or shipping to US.

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Congratulations MItch, you got yourself an amazing dealā€¦ and an even more amazing system no doubt.

Iā€™m in Montreal and in better times we do lots of camping in NY state and around, I think Iā€™ll contact you next time Iā€™m around for a listening session

BTW half the fun on the Forum is the Music room, Iā€™d be curious to hear about your musical choices someday

Claude

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I have bought most of my equipment through Audiogon, mostly from actual dealers, but on occasion, from an individual. In the case of the Statement, the individual is the owner of a reputable record producing business, Chasing the Dragon. I have no doubt about their integrity.

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@ClaudeP
Hello Claude. I would love to meet you when next youā€™re in the area. I have not yet visited the Music Room, but it is now on my list of things to do. and, since it is probably more fun than most of the other things on my list, Iā€™ll put it at the top!.

Congratulations. The next month will certainly be full of anticipation! Weā€™ll all be awaiting the moment when the Statement lands in LI NY with keen interest. My eye keeps drifting to my piles of boxes and wondering what a Statement would look like there. Unfortunately Iā€™m unlikely to be able to save up for one before I head off for pastures new :rofl:

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Iā€™ve reliable been informed that Bach is writing quadruple fugues there for Angelsā€™ choirs. Naim Statement does more look like something from the dark side.

Would he call it ā€œairs on the g strings?ā€

Spot on Mitch.

I wonder how Statement sounds into SBLs! 89k is only skipping two cars and within limits when the kids have left the house.

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If you bought it from Toni, all will be good. :+1:

@Ardbeg10y
It help when you never had any kids to begin withā€¦and no wife until the past 2 years. lol

I figure each mono block is one kid and the pre is the wife

@afgverhart

I bought it from Mike and Fran

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Is that the high end audio guy? He appears to have interesting stuff.

Congrats on the purchase Mitch. So 3 monoblocks represent no wife and kids.

mmm I think I did it wrong - 3 wives and no sign of a Statement system in the offing. :roll_eyes:

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The original ad in AudioGon was posted by a broker, not the owner. I ended up dealing directly with the owner.

@bruss
Thatā€™ll do it. Ouch!

That explains it. Even better!

Congratulations @Mitch. As you probably already know Innovative Audio in NYC are listed as Statement level dealers on the Naim site. You may need help with setup and may be a good source.