Winning bid was £55,but they were damaged.needed a new driver £29 off e bay and some foam grills £19.
They sound great.
These are the third pair od Sara’s I’ve owned jn forty years and i am enjoying them greatly.
I think my hi fi mania has cooled and im just enjoying the music.
Although the system is 32.5, hicap ,250 now, so that might be the reason.
I do. NAC62 (replacing a NAC42), Hi-Cap, NAP250. Rebuilt earlier this year. Still fantastic after 40 years (a little less for the NAC62).
Does any cb veteran know what’s the stock Snaic 5 and din-xlr cables were like, in the mid-80s? Very interested to learn when did Naim switch to Preh plugs, and when the din-xlr switched to Preh and plastic xlr plug as well.
Been having fun circulating amps around my nearfield system, including CB NAP140, SMSL VMV A1 and WAD 6550.
Having bought an EAR Yoshino 834L a few weeks ago I sent it some a few days ago for a service, and a new set of their valves. Back top me yesterday.
Currently listening to:
Roon > dCS Network Bridge > Synthesis Roma DC69 > EAR 834L > Bolt Together NAP250
Into Grahams LS3/5a.
https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2340172
Great stuff.
The older DIN plugs with a latch were Deltron and I think the metal panel-mounted XLR on the NAP250 was ITT Cannon so the cable connector was likely the same brand.
Brochure like quality
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.
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 – thanks a lot for the information it’s 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 ‘analog’), 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 ‘free’, 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. I’m 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. It’s 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 it’s 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 don’t feel myself lacking anything from the bolt-down
Hope it’s useful information for members to fine-tuning their system to their own favourite style of CB
I’m 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.
Yeh. Suspicious. Where’s the dust ??
Just got it back, the magic tuning dust hasn’t had the chance to settle yet!
Thank you – this trick really improves things – a better dynamic and relaxing sound, love it a lot!
Looking back at the history, most Naim lovers agreed the BD series sounds ‘sweeter, warmer’.
I think the later CB series is comparatively more neutral (and so it was considered as an ‘improvement’ back then). Keep using those latching cables legacy from BD would make ‘cooler, more edgy’ 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.
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
I got the NAC 22 back from a friend that I’ve sold and regretted. It will be mated with a 160 BD which is being serviced.
Very nice! No cracked knob on that!
Hifi on a nice wooden sideboard looks the best to my eyes
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.