I’m thinking of trying my 32.5/hc with my scm40a’s. I plan to run the din-rca cable to a rca/xlr converter, and xlr to the speakers total length 8m. I have bought a pair of cranford xlr-rca converters, which i believe use a transformer to manage the conversion. Do i still need to get a resistor fitted in the din plug to “slug” the cable?
Naim preamps are not designed to run long cables, so I’m not sure this is a good idea.
Personally I would also try the passive ATC’s against what you are thinking about
Personally I preferred the passive 19’s… I know a lot of posters will say yeah we’ve heard it all before and that’s just fine with me but before you decide to get the active ATC’s please try the equivalent passive versions with your current setup up
I personally think that Naim produces a better power amp than ATC do… so I urge you to try passive ATC’s before finally deciding
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If you read the OP’s first sentence you’ll see that they already own the 40 actives.
I think it’s best to use slugged cables in this scenario, just as you would when using an active subwoofer.
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I use a Naim 552 with actives ATC’s and it’s a lovely match. ( I run long cables c8m no problem, din connector into 552 power supply with a cable that splits to go to the active ATC’s - cable supplied from my dealer but pretty sure he got it from ATC) - if you have questions call ATC directly they are v. Helpful.
In my experience the front end and pre make a big difference to active ATC’s, they really expose lower quality sources, it was the same with passive when I had them on demo.
My atom certainly couldn’t drive the passive 20’s so as you are active already trying your Naim front end is a worthy experiment!
ATC sound great at low volumes but if you hit the volume boy do they sing, the active ATC’s especially sound so good above 10.00 volume wise.
Gary
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I run ATC 40 actives with Naim NAC 332, 5 metre XLR lengths, sounds great.
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Over the years we sometimes use a 10m single 4 pin din to 2 x XLR (L + R ) without anything in between and without any issues.
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This has more to do with some of the previous generations of components.
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I wondered if an older pre, in this case the 32.5, would be up to the job. Maybe @NeilS would be the man to ask? Also the signal path is a bit messy, going preamp/SNAIC/Hicap/DIN to RCA cable/adapter/XLR cables/loudspeakers. I’m sure it would work, but it’s not exactly keeping it simple.
I have a 4-pin din to 2 phono from my Supercap to the Canford unbalanced to balanced transformers, then 5m XLRS to my SCM40A speakers. Nothing else required.
I don’t think the HiCap differs from the Supercap as far as an output signal is concerned.
Many thanks for the replies, the configuration is a bit messy; I did think about getting a 7m din to xlr cable but the rca-xlr converter gives me more flexibility to use in other situations.
I would think as long as the unbalanced cable between the HC & converter boxes is not too long, it should be okay.
Regards
Neil.
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I’ve just checked my order history from Designacable: my 4 pin din to 2 phono cable was / is 1m in length.
Thanks for the input Neil, i’m planning on using a 1m 4 pin din to rca so that is good to know.
Tell me about it! Keep it simple. Simple is best.
