Not sure. The only way to know would be to do a side by side comparison. The seller was located quite near to me (twelve miles away) so I was tempted! But I only listen in a small room, so don’t really need a pre/power, although never say never etc… I thought that 62/140 pair would have sold for nearer £700, so the buyer will be getting a decent package (once serviced) for the outlay.
My first foray into Naim ownership was a 62/140 and I’ve always thought it was the sweet spot in the range (chrome & olive).
I suppose it’s open to debate - but had I purchased it, with exchange rate and shipping, it’d have been worth a compact 2nd hand vehicle in my country… no doubt more enjoyable mind, but a lot of money here.
Now the Goldring Karma is run in, gotta say what a nice little system it is, comprising Valhalla LP12/Ittok/Karma/42.5/110/Kan 1s. Nicely balanced in a small room. Anyone would think they were made for one another
Tried the 32.5/CB160 instead and, whilst it’s more musical, the balance is thrown slightly off and becomes too warm and soft for me. Top end is more refined with 42.5/110 too - hadn’t
noticed that until now. The 110 can struggle to keep the music together when driving some speakers at very low volume but seems happy enough with Kan 1s.
Using 323/5 cards and Kan 2 stands.
K20 speaker cable at the moment but might try to find some old NACA4 just to top it off
@Murmur, I bet that sounds great, close to an old main system I had. But 3 LP 12s!
Re. speaker cables though, I had always thought that Linn K 20 and NAC A4 were almost the same cable!
Yeah, I think it’s very close but then a friend recently compared the two and preferred NACA4, adding that there was more difference they he expected. So, I’m just curious really
It’s basically a double tri-amp system, driving ‘Split’ Isobariks. ‘Split’ ‘Briks have two sets of inputs: one for the front-facing drivers and the other for the top and internal drivers. I’m also looking to do a dual-mono preamp (it’ll only cost me the price of the cable).
Basically, each driver in the Isobariks gets its own stereo channel. Why? Because I can!!!
The ‘Fraim’ was built by me using 3D software. I then had the files sent for CNC cutting (shelves) and 3D printing (uprights). All the ironmongery was sourced from AliExpress.