Team CB! Love it
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Tried my serviced CB Snaps with 32.5/160/Saras this morning. Seemed closer than before and I really liked the sonic improvements, especially the top end, perhaps cos the Saras are especially hard work for the 160. However, underneath all that, it just wasn’t quite as groovy. But unlike last time, I could happily live with it and if the sound was too ragged across a lot of material then I’d probably insert the Snaps to clean it up. I did have a CB Hicap but found the Snaps more rhythmic, albeit less impressive, so sold it.
Tried the Nait with Saras yesterday. Blimey, is there nothing this amp can’t handle!? A bit too thin sounding for me (as is common with Nait) but still amazed by what it did.
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Looks very cool. Nice mixture of different makes and styles. Neatly stacked!
perfect
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Chrome & gold Naim 32/110 recently hauled out of retirement for TV room duties. (Bonus points for chrome bumper TV?)
The poor amps have never been serviced. I’m starting to feel guilty. Maybe I’ll treat them to one for their 40th birthday. Life begins at… etc.
That said, even with a TV and cheap DAC as source, and a fair amount of the high frequency response MIA, the sound is still unmistakably Naim – and reminds me why I bought the amps in the first place.
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simple and nice system
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Upgrade to 72
Looks good, but what’s the Atom for?
Indeed, great pic!
Very nice 
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Of course… 
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Any specific improvements you can share with us?
Did you go for any of their deep cryo options?
I did not have the deep cryo done on the 140’s transformer, although I did have it done on my CB Nait 2, CB hicap and CB 250. The rebuild came with a new SNAIC and one of AVO’s proprietary power cables, both of which were deep cryoed.
The main improvements were to have the old school flat DIN sockets on the 62 and 140 replaced with locking preh DINs, and to have the BNC inputs replaced with WBT RCA jacks. The craftsmanship is first class as usual.
I can’t compare the before & after sound because I acquired the 140 from the U.K. and the voltage was not converted to U.S. until I sent the units away for the rebuild.
To my surprise, one of my first impressions is that I prefer the SL2s with the 62/140 over the 32.5/hicap/250. I think it’s simply due to the small size of the bedroom the SL2s are in. The power of the 250 is somewhat overwhelming. However, in the bigger living room with the smaller ATC HTS 7s I prefer the bigger system (although the 62/140 is not underpowered and sounds great with the ATCs).
Restored chrome bumper gear is shockingly good, especially when somebody like Chris West brings it up to a level that is arguably better than factory new. It’s also great value for money.
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Nice! Congrats on the purchase, both units look in lovely condition. I had a 62/140 for many years and thought it a wonderful set up.
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I see you have an RP6/CB Nait 2 setup. Fabulous. You really can’t go wrong with a nice CB amp and a good source.
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I forgot to mention that Chris upgraded the gain resistors to deep cryo’d Z-foil resistors
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