CB Nat02

Greetings from down under everyone. Long time Naim user here LP12-SL-252SCDR- 250 and recently (and rather unexpectedly) a CB Nait 2.

I’m now on the hunt for a matching Nat02 - a Herculean task know! Considering they were only produced for a few months in 1989 I’m guessing they’d be only 100 or so in existence?

Glen

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Welcome Glen. Note I’ve made an edit to your post - please note forum rules here, thanks.

The CB NAT02 its indeed a rare one. I don’t know the total number - Naim might do, although a lot of the earlier records are missing these days, presumed lost. However, they do crop up for sale from time to time in the usual places so keep your eyes peeled and prepare to be patient. Alternatively you could seek out a CB NAT101 + SNAPS, which should perform a little better too…

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Thank you for the warm welcome Richard, I’ll be sure to keep my eyes peeled.
Starting with Olive and then moving to Classic I never thought I’d be seeking CB as a side project but here we are!

Enjoying the community immensely.

Thanks again,

Glen

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A warm welcome to the forum.
I have also bought a nait2 CB last year in like new condition.
Advertised him a few months ago as I now have a nait 50. could have sold him in a bit, but hesitated and kept him.
Sooo nice,
CB nat 02 is a task. But it will of course be a perfect match.

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Thanks @drago,

Wow at Nait 50! I haven’t seen any of them in Australia, I doubt many made it here.

@fergch - you’re not tired of listening to your Nat02 are you?

Glen

I’m pretty sure Bevo of this parish is both resident in Aus and a (double) NAIT50 owner. So some made it there!

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Sadly the NAT02 has gone to a new home where no doubt it will get more use (before the shutdown of BBC FM services - streaming seems to have gained some traction (not and never in this household)). Sorry to disappoint you.

While the NAT was in my system it sounded rather good, and with my Rogers BBC Monitor speakers, and almost line of sight to the Wrotham transmitter mast and the first class Ron Smith Galaxie 14 aerial, I used to imagine I was hearing exactly what the folks in the OB vans heard for themselves, and wanted for the broadcast. Some live studio R4 broadcasts were excellent, but I am talking about pre-digital (and pre-dumbing down of speech at the BBC) when for me at least things were better.

I listened less and less to the BBC, so seemed best to find someone who appreciated the NAT. Pity to loose it, it looked wonderfully understated, especially against most - no, all - tuners sold in the golden era of the Naim “Chrome Bumper”.

No golden era these days where I think the design has got lost along the way.

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I traded in my NAT01 tuner last year which went towards the Solstice turntable. There wasn’t really anything on the FM band that interested me anymore and also there were pigeons sitting on my Galaxy 14 breaking off the elements, so unfortunately it had to go. I have the NDX2 which does everything i want.

I believe that my tuner is a Naim Audio NAT02. It is a single box unit in Olive style. Although I used the aerial installer recommended by my local Naim dealer, it only receives BBC stations in stereo. Local stations never light up the ‘stereo’ indicator on the fascia.

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I have an olive NAT02 and can verify it sounds terrific (not that you are asking that question). We listen to it all the time.

Best of luck with your Quest!

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