Naim Chrome Bumper

You sneaked that one in :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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I think my response was taken down as it included comments about modifying. But I’d say try it and see if two 32.5’s are better than one a nice Supercap each would be awesome

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I have just added a pair of A 5s to my 250 Bd.

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Here’s my 42/Hicap/250 I’ve had forever. I am retiring it (or more likely moving it to another room) and updating to an active SBL Olive setup. One of the knobs broke so I made replacements. From aluminum.

Gregor

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Those replacements are,imo better than originals, and give the units a much classier look and feel. You could/should market them.
Ps. Then make some to suit the olives. Cash waiting.

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That works nicely! It reminds me of a friend’s 2005 Aston Martin when he got 3 of the plastic HVAC knobs replaced by aluminium ones. Looked much better.

Well, my custom, colour-coded XLR to DIN cables have arrived for the NAXO: Red, Green, Blue = Bass, Mid, Treble. Should avoid any unpleasant surprises when hooking it all up…

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@TimD- AVOptions?

Nice work!!! I’d love to see them anodised in grey… that would be rather special…

No, just a very helpful and friendly eBay store that’s done other custom work for me in the past. Those cables cost… £20 each!!! Now, I’ve actually got to get around to connecting everything…

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I love and hate naim connections the AV2 has some very tricky to wire in with alternative cable, what cable did you use ?



Sorry , IWC – only just seen this… I did none of the wiring myself: cool-novelties on eBay made them up for me…

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Ahh thats good to know @Murmur. I have a SNAPS between my 12s and 160 and I am very pleased with it and it ain’t going anywhere! Unfortunately the 160 isn’t a BD but it is working well.

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Never tried a bolt down SNAPS but would like to, assuming that’s the type you have.

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Yes it is a bolt down, all original. It definitely made an improvement to my 12s.

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I have the bolt down SNAPS that Darran described earlier. It is dual rail with twin out put capacitors and it really makes a dual rail NAC 12S a giant killer. Remember source first and the less complex CB sets don’t get in the way of the music!!

FF

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Several years ago I have done similar stuff to restore broken buttons on Nait2 and NAP110 as this is impossible to find them easily. 3D print PETG.




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Hi Folks,
What would be the best cable to connect a non-Naim preamp (with RCA sockets) to a NAP 110?

Assuming the non-Naim pre-amp has RCA Phono outputs then I would recommend a Naim or Chord Chrysalis 2 x RCA Phono to DIN4 interconnect.

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Thanks Richard