Since we’ve been working from home for more than a year now - with no end in sight, I invested early on in a system that in my mind would allow me to have all those meetings from AM to PM without a bunch of unnecessary audio related fatigue.
Here’s the system:
USB out from work machine into Chord Qutest Dac
Naim Supernait 3
Harbeth P3ESRs
The Harbeths were chosen since they’re supposed to do ‘natural voices’. Not sure how much of that is true or just marketing - but I’ll go with it.
The SN3 were not so much chosen as I had one at home. Overkill - and I guess I could get by with a Nova or something like that - or a Nait 5si/Nait XS.
Chord Dac - again, something I happened to have at home.
All in all - money well spent, IMHO.
On days when for one reason or another I have to resort to tinny PC speakers - I’m glad to have this system.
They do voices brilliantly , that is the amp and speakers I nearly went with and then I auditioned a Rega Aethos which drove those speakers very well , the Aethos went for reasons unconnected with audio and I now have a Nova.
It drives the speakers well and I love the streaming , but I think a Powerline and better speaker cable may be helpful.
If you WfH and can afford it, I don’t think there is such a thing as overkill for an office.
Cost-wise I put together something similar (non Naim) which will migrate to the office in due course next year.
A UQ2 and Qacoustics served me well for 7+ years but as the realisation dawned that most of my listening is here, slapping down serious money for a rack of separates seems logical.
A quality music system is the hallmark of a sophisticated office in my view. It shows you enjoy work and invest in enhancing that enjoyment.
