It’s an earlier incarnation of my LP12.
And yes a CDI player, all the olive components in the picture i still own, hicap, NAP180, 72. The other boxes are hicap2 (for prefix PS), an Armageddon2 (traded-in), and on the middle shelf of the target stand is a Nakamichi ‘Cassette Deck One’ which still works fine.
My CDI sadly passed away a few years ago but continues to lie in state within its original naim audio cardboard sarcophagus buried deep in the hidden depths of the spare bedroom. The cats and i continue to worship Osiris in hope of an afterlife
@suzywong Here is the Active Systems Connections graphic - I created this image from a PDF I have of the newsletter. An NAT03 was shown as an additional source to the CD3.5, though in my view, showing a 7 box system would have been fine!
My first foray into the Olive series for about 15 years, wanted to simplify my setup to a 72 and 140 with a Klimax DS Renew and SBLs…loving it!
Next up will be a hicap and headline
Another by Andy Cahill (I think) the NAC102. I wasn’t involved in the production/direction of this picture but I did use it in some of the material I produced.
@Debs. As mentioned, I wanted to ask you about the olive 72/HiCap/180 you still own - are they in use in a 2nd system with a green Rega turntable, I think I saw in another thread? Do you have many cassette tapes for the Nakamichi?
Yes & yes.
2nd system is in an upstairs room, it’s a bit of a lounge room with a telly to include an A/V connection with the DVD player. It’s very cosy and snug up there on a cold winter night.
Nakamichi is presently off duty and residing in it’s box. Have about 100 tapes, various, recorded over the years going back to the late 70s. Only about a dozen or so are pre-recorded
My downstairs main system doesn’t have television, although that may change soon.
Some ongoing developments should hopefully improve the cosy-snug factor downstairs soon.
BTW, there’s a beautiful full moon tonight, and just saw a bat fly past
Good to hear from you @Debs, I wanted to let you know that I have cleared my schedule to finish the bat drawing on Thursday. Obviously, you were given a vision of this future event.
Nice that you have 2 systems from different naim era’s. I still have my old Yamaha cassette deck, and every now and then I plug it into the system for a nostalgic trip.
You are lucky if you can separate your TV from your hi fi - into a different room. How do propose to cozy your room?
I don’t know if you saw, but my day started quite well with a like from Charlie H!
You are right, the moon is full, I might grab a photo.
Cheers @GeoffC…might try and take a better photo next time! Lol!
I’m already on the look out for a hicap and also looking for an attenuating cable to give the volume a more usable range
There are plenty of people on here who can give you better help with that than I. However, I would advise you to be careful with Olive HiCaps when buying second hand, because you need to be sure that any unit you buy has not been ‘modified’ but serviced by naim or recognised dealer.
Yes, that was my worry so I will have to curb my enthusiasm just a little bit before pulling the trigger!
I know paid a little over the odds for both my units as they came from Naim dealers who knew the provenance.
@snarfy you are probably correct about the volume, the photographer made that call!
As far as the slimline system goes, that was a case of promoting a more affordable range to new customers at the time, and eventually purchasers might consider an upgrade to the bigger boxes.
@Debs The drawing is almost finished - I had considered posting a screenshot of the incomplete version but decided not to until I am fully happy with it.
I keep finding naim (design) stuff I haven’t seen for a while. I am quite organised, there just is a lot of it!
Yesterday I found a pair of unused naim speaker badges which I picked up from the factory, a long time ago! I was going to put them on my iBL’s but decided against it, I will post a photo of them on Friday.
