Naim and Dynaudio Thread

Running special 40’s here with cs5si, linn lp12 , 32.5 hicap and 250. They are very good for their size.

Yes, if your amp isn’t up to the task of driving your speakers upgrading that first is a reasonable thing to do. As others have noted a 250 will not provide DC power to your preamp, so a HiCap might be in order. A new preamp isn’t necessary.

Sometimes I think the source-first mantra becomes overly dogmatic and rigid. I’m a fan of the source-first approach but it’s not always the right answer for every situation. I once had a UnitiQute with a pair of Contour S1.4 speakers. It struggled to drive them so I added a 250-2, long before I went down the path of upgrading pre and other sources. The 250-2 was exactly what I needed, and it improved the UQ system in every way.

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My Dynaudio Heritage have just arrived.

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Congrats, enjoy and don’t forget to post a picture :wink:

Really curious to hear how they work out for you. :+1:t2: Enjoy them! :notes:

Have only listened for a few hours, but is really well satisfied. It’s a fast speaker and the details available are very good. And you don’t need to turn it all the way up to appreciate it.

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pictures!

The sign of a good speaker. :+1:

And the sign of a good amp as well.

Congratulation, i am sure this is a very nice (albeit expensive) speaker. I would love to hear them one day. Have you compared them to the Special Forty?

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Hello,

Someone with experience of Supernait2 and x34 speakers?
I use hegel h90 today. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

I had a SN2 and added a HiCapDr… was using Dynaudio S40 in my family room, didn’t sound great, it was OK but not as good as it should. Then moved it all to the larger living room about 4.75m x 6.5m SN2 really didn’t have the guts to drive the S40’s HICap DR didn’t really do much of anything. I also found that for me the Dynaudio’s with Naim just a bit too forward sounding. I think either one with other equipment would have fine.

So moved back to ProAc’s ( I’m a ProAc guy at heart) and added a much beefier amp. Considered a Boulder Audio 866, Luxman
L-509X . Decided on the Aestheix Mimas. It’s a hybrid, Valve preamp solid state power amp 150wpc at 8 ohms almost 300 into 4 ohms. It’s also much more expensive than the Naim €3499. vs €8750 so not too comparable.

This would put you in a very rare group , :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: but did you compare the HS to Confidence 20?

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