Nait 2 is back from a recap and one last pic before packing away for a move next week.
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Brochure like quality
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Nap 250 in mint condition, landed today from my Linn dealer, almost inexpectedly. It has still H& F transformer and red caps. Not used now waiting to collect this Snaps being serviced now.
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In 1982 my 32/Snaps/250 came with :
the stock 5 pin SNAIK was a grey cable.
the din-xlr cable was also grey and had an external metal cannon case on the XLR end.
I recall the black 5pin SNAIK was introduced circa 1999, as I got mine about 2003.
Cheers Dugby and RichardPW â thanks a lot for the information itâs very useful for my research on the CB machines!
I recently put time playing around with the old cables, and come to a conclusion that, the interconnect cables (Snaic+DIN-XLR) of 32.5/HC/250 really change the character of this system. of course the bolt down > CB was a cut off)
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Cables with deltron latching plugs carry more obvious prat, but also more forward, flatter/fussy (some say more âanalogâ), carry less information and with a grey-like colouration. Maybe similar direction to a Nait 1
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Cables with preh locking plugs carry more information, more relaxed and âfreeâ, sounds warmer, richer and have a better separation. The later the version the less colouration (black Snaic is best in this regard), maybe similar direction to a Nait 2
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For Snaic the earlier the version the more rhythm, but more colouration. Later locking grey Snaic sounds almost identical to black Snaic
I think chrome bumper is so great that the amps themselves are indeed neutral sounding (with proper servicing), but one could switch styles with different cables between different era. Iâm at the moment with my early locking grey Snaic and latching Din-plastic xlr, it carries very nice Prat, sounding warmer, rich yet not modern sounding. Itâs also go fine with digital source.
Latching grey snaic+latching Din-metallic xlr is very addictive sound but just feel bad that losing too much LP information. Also the digital source just sounds thin with it. I think itâs because those are cables for earlier bolt-down/CB with hand-drawn boards, which are warmer and sweeter sounding on its own.
With the Preh locking cable set I donât feel myself lacking anything from the bolt-down
Hope itâs useful information for members to fine-tuning their system to their own favourite style of CB
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Iâm running my last 62/90 with its own Snaic4 and i found it very nice overall with CDX2-2 and Rega P3-24 either
Naim recommends not to use the locking rings at all,sounds much better that way.
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Yeh. Suspicious. Whereâs the dust ??
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Just got it back, the magic tuning dust hasnât had the chance to settle yet!
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Thank you â this trick really improves things â a better dynamic and relaxing sound, love it a lot!
Looking back at the history, most Naim lovers agreed the BD series sounds âsweeter, warmerâ.
I think the later CB series is comparatively more neutral (and so it was considered as an âimprovementâ back then). Keep using those latching cables legacy from BD would make âcooler, more edgyâ sound, as the latching cables to me were leaner, focused sounding, supposedly balance out the warm sound of BD amps.
In 1989 the deltron latching plugs were changed to preh locking along with the Olive series. The grey locking snaic came a long way bringing back a warmer, definitely relaxed sound back to the neutral CB, while the CB definitely got better dynamic and deeper bass.
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My NDdac555 (aka ND5xs2/DC1/nDAC/PS555DR) plays beautifully into my 42yr old CBs that I bought in 1982.
Have 72 cards in my 32-5
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I got the NAC 22 back from a friend that Iâve sold and regretted. It will be mated with a 160 BD which is being serviced.
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Very nice! No cracked knob on that!
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Hifi on a nice wooden sideboard looks the best to my eyes
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I don´t think the change of DIN plugs that made the difference, it was the change of cables that made it.
I took some years before Naim came with the advice not to use the locking rings.
I agree that thereâs still something very desirable about the fluted Afro LP12
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Too shabby for me, that one
Are these all yours Richard?
These Chrome Bumper units are the Naim Amplifiers that I drooled over in the HiFi store all those years ago, well out of my reach price wise but hearing them attached to a LP12 of the era was the spark that got me going, it has taken a while but now I have my Naim/LP12 setup albeit from todays line-up.
Great to see these amps and still being used.
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This is the best looking for meâŚ
The knobs on the other earlier two do not look right, more suited to some scientific apparatus.