Hello
There may be some articles dealing with how to connect a subwoofer to Integrated Naim, but I wanted to ask specifically for Nait 5.
On the back side of the Nait 5 there are connectors: Signal Out A and Signal Out B.
Can we use one of these signal out connectors by connecting it with a DIN to RCA adapter and connecting it to the low level input on the subwoofer?
thank you
I don’t think you can do it with a bare Nait 5. If you used a Flatcap you’d have the necessary variable signal out socket. @Richard.Dane will hopefully know for sure.
Yup, if you want to take a pre-amp level signal from the NAIT 5 you’ll need to be using a Flatcap or Hicap which then provides the necessary pre-out socket. The NAIT 5 does not have this socket just on its own. You’ll also need a slugged lead (preferably Naim’s own sub lead) to prevent instability.
Better is to feed a high level reference signal to the sub off the back of the speaker’s terminals.
thanks for the answer to this question.
So my conclusion, if I want to connect Nait 5 (the first version of Nait 5), then I have to use Flatcap too.
Ok, if I have the opportunity to get 1 set of Naim in the form of:
If it’s a Flatcap2 or 2x or 2xs then yes, you can use it to power both the pre-amp section of the NAIT5 as well as the analogue output stage of the CD5. Note that to do this you will need 2 x and 1 x SNAIC4. The Flatcaps came with a SNAIC5 as standard.
When you power the pre-amp of the NAIT5 with the Flatcap, it offers three stereo pre-outs. One will be used to feed to the NAIT’s power amp section, and you can use one of the others to feed a subwoofer, but only if the cable is suitable, as normally it doesn’t like to drive long interconnects (hence why the Naim sub lead is slugged with a 100R resistor).
Hi Richard,
The available flatcap is Flatcap 2
I see a problem that may arise, that I have not provided an interconnect cable that is long enough (4m-5m) to the subwoofer, because this is Naim, before I used a standard RCA interconnect cable without a DIN head connector like the Naim standard.
If I make a fairly long (5m) interconnect cable with head 1 using DIN and head 2 using RCA, do I have to add a 100R resistor? how to connect it?
thank you
If you can’t get a Naim one then I would ask your dealer to make one up for you. The interconnect should be low capacitance. Naim used their lavender/grey cable and used a 100R resistor to load it.
I am thinkting I’d better choose NAP-122X / NAP-150X rather than Nait 5 + Flatcap, besides of higher output power of NAP-150x, the subwoofer connector more convenience using NAC-122X because it has dedicated RCA connector to subwoofer
Am I right ?
It’s certainly more convenient, yes. There’s less risk of the resistor ladder volume encoder going wrong, and yes, it has the potential for better performance too.
Or the wonderful NAC152XS, Naim’s ultimate slimline preamp.
thank you for suggestion but now offer come from 122x/150x, I think it’s enough.
I actually used the Naim NAC-62/NAP-140 chrome bumper, but I was curious to hear the sound of the Naim classic series/black series, so I tried this 122X/150X offer
Do not reject the high level option:
https://forums.naimaudio.com/topic.php?oid=1566878606826321&coid=159503632588890
I was going to suggest either a NaitXS or Supernait as all variants of these have a dedicated sub out too. That means that you can keep to a single box if you prefer, but moving to separates is never a bad thing! You may still be tempted to add a Flatcap as it will improve the 122/150.
Adam’s suggestion of a high level connection is also worth considering with any Naim amp.
no offer for Nait XS or Supernait yet but one for NAC 122X/NAP 150X
Supernait 1 has an offer but I think it’s too old
Yes, with a Supernait 1 you would need to budget for a recap/service at some point soon.
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