NAC A5 for Nait 50

[Richard.Dane]

I thought Peter at Cymbiosis was very much a proponent of properly soldering Naim SA8 plugs to NACA5.

[graham55]

I bought my second LP12 from Peter. The Nait 50 was supplied by Audio T in Brighton, who put on Chord Cable plugs (which I don’t think that I asked for specially).

[Premmyboy]

Yes I realise NacA5 is a very good cable. It is what I use in my main system. The Chord cable I use with the Nait50 does in fact use the supplied Naim plugs at the amp end and bananas at the speaker end.

[graham55]

I had a little smirk to myself when I read your post. I am very familiar with the term ‘banana plugs’, but I was just imagining the confusion (a WTF moment, perhaps) of someone who hadn’t heard that term on reading about bananas being used to attach cable to loudspeakers.

[PerF]

@Igel

Chord cables will alter the sound to a more lean sound,NacA5 is what Naim have voiced it with.

I believe this isn’t the whole truth.
Back in the days Naim A4 was used and before this, something else.
A5 was used through decades thereafter
I am not sure where Superlumina fit in, ? (apart from the profit in accounts book)

Getting another loudspeaker cable can indeed voice users setup, not necessary to more lean sound, as each setup is individual and many other component factors in.

[Igel]

The NacA4 was probably not what they used to voice the Nait 50 with

[gthack]

@Blackbird

But it is indeed strange that they claim using other speaker bananas is bad and in need of a WARNING. Does it say why in the manual? Mechanical stress?

I didn’t see anyone respond, so hopefully this helps. Apparently it’s to stop you poking the plugs into an appropriately shaped mains socket. I couldn’t find a Naim staff response, but I usually find ChrisSU sensible and/or well informed

Speaker connections to 250DR

The warning originates from Naim’s rather strict interpretation of an EU safety regulation designed to discourage people from accidentally plugging the speakers into a mains electrical socket! The spacing on the Naim plugs makes this impossible. Unless you think that you might actually do this, you can safely ignore the warning and use your existing bananas. Having said that, the Naim plugs are a good match for Naim amps, and I would recommend using them if you can. They are quite tricky to sol…

[robert_h]

For the same reason, Cyrus switched to using bfa sockets for the speaker terminals. You can’t fit a bfa plug into a mains socket (or much else for that matter).
However hollow Z plugs fit in bfa sockets and mains sockets too!

[robert_h]

The latest Cyrus amp - back to banana sockets by the look of things, but twin plugs = yes, separate plugs = no!

[ChrisSU]

Clear as mud, then! A bit like Naim with their EU compliant, idiot proof plugs supplied with the amp, and Super Lumina with normal separate bananas.

[PerF]

@ChrisSU

and Super Lumina with normal separate bananas.

Thats just their method to enter the “real” High End market (for overpriced items)