Naim Chrome Bumper

Hmmmā€¦.

Thank you - It looks like a brand new one to me.

Thank you - they are Spendor ls3/5 Iā€™ve owned for 28 years.

@anon27418182 also was kind enough to help me find my CB Nait 2 back in 2008.

It then went straight to @Darran at Class A for the service and has been a joy ever since.

Enjoy yours @Bandit it looks great!

Maurice

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Thank you @Bandit and @daddycool it was a pleasure to help you find them but I donā€™t want a queue formingā€¦ā€¦ :grin:

Banditā€™s also had a service from @Darran at Class A before going on itā€™s way.

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Well 2 in a row makes you the specialist now :grin:

Small system change here (but long story) itā€™s currently driving very charming Royd Coniston R speakers from the LP12 and a cheapo streamer (pics still show the NAT05).

Have been experimenting with speaker positioning but ended up back in the original location. Well, it was a rainy day anyway so time well spent :slightly_smiling_face:


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Nice looking room. :+1:

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Thank you @daddycool - @anon27418182 was very kind indeed. Mine wouldnā€™t be serviced at class a without his help. Thanks again. :grin:

@daddycool Your room is very lovely. I like the way you place those speakers where you can see the view while listening to music.

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The CB Nait 2 seems to be popular around these parts, hereā€™s mine

Also fully serviced by Darran last year :slightly_smiling_face:

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Ah go on then! My CB Nait 2, also serviced by Darren last yearā€¦

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Itā€™s lovely to see these Naits in such good condition and being used. Great amps.
I hadnā€™t realised until reading a Stereophile article a few years back, that one of my old colleagues had worked at Naim and had the job of redesigning the Nait 1 output stage from complimentary to quasi-complimentary and a move to a double sided PCB for the Nait 2.

Anyway, as I donā€™t have a Nait 2, hereā€™s my minty Nait 1ā€¦

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Itā€™s the best looking Naim amp me thinks. Hell, itā€™s the best looking Naim product.

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Donā€™t think itā€™s possible to take a better Nait 1 photo than that. I wonā€™t even try :smiley:

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It is a lovely photo of a very nice looking NAIT.

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Thanks both. Itā€™s still a lovely looking little amp.


So, it looks like NAP 250 no. 5 has had an LED lamp fitted :grin: Actually, it looks way worse in the photo than it does in situā€¦ Iā€™m rather taken with it, TBH. Does anyone have any experience in sourcing / fitting these lamps?

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The bulbs are freely available but vary in length over the production of the CB250 so youā€™ll have to measure yours first.
Tom Tom are are Naim dealer and sell on their online shop.

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You can find them on eBay. They are easy to replace on your own.

I used to use the original bulbs but they blew every time my kids turned off the hicap, so I switched to LED. They donā€™t blow (as far as I can tell) and the lime green color nicely matches the lights of the 32.5 and hicap. Itā€™s a win/win.

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Messing around last weekend.

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Trying to think what you might be doing but struggling to come up with something.

Comparing 32.5/110 to 32.5/Hi/250 perhaps?