Sums it up well…
Hoping that Isoblue will count as ‘something of the sort’…
Sums it up well…
Hoping that Isoblue will count as ‘something of the sort’…
I’d be interested to hear your impressions on isoblue feet.
I’ve tested from vibration damping to absolutely solid feet and many in between. Both introduced their particular benefit but robbed the sound of its life.
For example, carbon fibre base with silicon nitride ball bearing. I took this idea from tonearm designers whom have to pay extra attention to damping. Nope. The sound suddenly lost all its flow, bass and excitement.
Moving onto my Audio Note DAC 2.1 x Sig.
This comes with rubber feet similar to that on the olive gear albeit larger in size. This DAC is heavier than the NAC52 so I thought there would be less benefit of the solid feet here. Yes, the carbon fibre/ceramic were not improving on the sound. However, nickel plated brass spikes& base feet attached to the DAC, sitting on a solid granite surface worked amazingly well. This combination gave the DAC a boost in dynamics, flow and energy. I was very surprised that the original feet on the DAC seem to be holding it back. If there are any Audio Note users here I would highly recommend you try this. It’s a very affordable option and honestly it’s like adding another power supply to the device.
Ok, my largely olive (with a little CB and Triptych too) system.
Comprises NAC82, Supercap, CB250, with CDX, and Stiletto LP12 through Superline/Supercap
Whole system combined with AV hence two more olive 250s to work with the Oppo and Lexicon processor for the centre and rear
channels, plus a Nap150x sat ready for when a couple of Atmos speakers go in.So here’s an Olive related bit of fun!
As a cheeky young photography student Naim kindly let me borrow a selection of the current Olive range to photograph as part of a major project where was I simulating a commercial commission. Looking back at it now it’s not the greatest bit of creative thinking in the world (before anyone says it ) but a big part of the project was the then very technical and manual method of combining separately shot individual image element to form the finished image. In this case the three parts are the background and each box, which were painstakingly combined using pin registered lith film masks made from each 5X4 transparency on a great big process camera. In many ways the method is the same as I would approach it using Photoshop today, only it would take a couple of hours not several days!
Anyway, here’s what would have been a newly launched 52 and 52PS floating in space
Naim did have a copy of all the shots but I don’t think they’ve ever seen the light of day before!
I think you’ve done an amazing job. Especially considering the limitations you would have had then.
Nap 135 users, which speakers are you using?
SBL MKii. (passive).
PMC Twenty5 23’s
I’m using B&W804S.
SL2s but previously Focal Micro Utopia which were wonderful
The stunningly unpopular Usher Audio CP6371
Linn Kan mk1
Art Alnico 8.3 Signature. Before these, Proactive Tablette 2000 Signature, EPOS ES14, Linn Sara
Kudos Titan T88s
Love them
Before- s400 naw s600 passive
Looking for 4 boxes more…
SBL (ii), they just do everything right for me and sit flat against the wall so SWMBO loves them!
I used to use a pair of olive NAP135s to drive my NBLs. Now they’re driven by a NAP500DR.
Yes, there’s a lot of people ‘downgrading’
Did you find the NAP500dr added weight to the sound of the NBLs. Did they lose any excitement?