AMAZEBALLS. I’ve a spare pair of MkIIs in the UK I can try this with.
A friend of mine in Singapore has one of the v early QM60 models. Remember those? He absolutely swears by them. V Rare on auction sites and I suspect a murder might have occur before he passes them on. If memory serves he’s got Vitus amplification.
My local dealer only just spoke to me in last two weeks about giving his emporium pair a go in the cabin…
Mk1 and Mk2 had different tweeter and main driver, however the main characteristics were the same and given some serious money multi driver speakers use different materials etc its not as different as one might expect. You only hear one speaker with the two pairs, it definitely works in this case.
If I was forced to I would always keep the mk1’s over the mk2’s, they just have a certain magic, bit like the Toyota MR2 mk1 vs mk2.
Think Mk3 and Mk2 are identical from specification perspective, just the finish differed so should be a great match.
Gone.
Will have a pair over easter for home audition 
No way! From whom? Mine are hopefully shipping this week, so you might beat me to it.
Sorry, not your new 28’s, the original Q60
Wow. Great news! I’d be interested to hear your thoughts.
After a week or so of dismantling, replacing numerous belts, designing & 3D printing replacement parts, cleaning & greasing my late father’s ~1989 Beomaster 5500 which has been in a box for the past 12 years is now looking great, and working well. It looks better than it sounds - perhaps a re-cap is needed but that is getting close to the edge of my skill-set.
I’ve wired up a RaspberryPi c/w RoPieee and so even have Roon(/Qobuz) on the AUX socket.
The B&O CX100 grilles are not correct, but add a sense of fun.
I felt the best performing part was the cassette deck. I still have the turntable somewhere. I only held off selling it as it had a slightly noisy motor.
Gosh……what a collection you must have. You are a Naim classic, your self👍
Since the topic is ‘best looking vintage gear’, I think the Linn Klout should be mentioned as well …
Used to own one back in the days and I thought it was better than my 2 LK100 power amplifiers it replaced.
Picture from a quick Google search ..
My parents had both those Beomasters.
(beer monsters)
For most of the 90s the Klout was my pinup power amp. However, I’d not say it feels particularly vintage. If it was released today, I doubt anyone would think the design looks dated or old.
A friend of mine had two pairs of Quad 57s supplied by Naim kit and he swore there was no better sounding speaker, or amplification, for the price. So you can be forgiven for a little prattling on …
Amazing when you realise that this amp was introduced back in 1992! I think the design is excellent and I still have fond memories of it!
You know, thanks to that post, it got me thinking to find a few second hand for the AV setup. They’ll be old and Linn don’t recap or service discontinied amps but I can recap one myself.
In my first response I’d considered a snarky comment about how at least on the Klout, the fins were rounded unlike some new Naim products designed to slash your wrists and palms. The Klout looks a lot nicer than a 250.3 in my eyes.
I didn’t at first consider my “second system” as being a suitable candidate for this thread but in it’s time (in production from 1899 to 1903) there was nothing more “high fidelity” in the world, so just may be?
I didn’t buy it from new and I think the warrantee may have elapsed.
I have done some repairs to keep it (basically) working but some parts are quite fragile and if something breaks then you have to make yourself!
Hope you enjoy.
Paul
