I have the chance to get a Nordost Qbase at a good price. It does not have any conditioning or surge protection, lights or switches. So in a sense, it would be great for Naim gear.
But it has a star earth topology. Is this good for Naim? It also lifts the impedance slightly on all outlets, except the primary earth.
I don’t know exactly what this means. I know there are very technically savy people on this forum. Would any of this business be a benefit to Naim gear?
Absolutely Yes,
I recently got a Qbase mk2 after listening to a few others including the Chord products. I even preferred it over the mk3 in my 5oo series Naim setup.
The Qbase has a fuse in it. I did not check which value but there is protection. Depending on your country it is either necessary or useless. The Qbase has a circuit board inside and does not have an exact star earth. However, the primary connection is in the middle which might come close to a star setup. Ther are small capacities in there, but I am not sure between which lines. I have to admit it looks pretty un-Naim but it works fine for me. Try it if you can. It is not exactly cheap.
Jorg
Think twice before buying Nordost, this is my only opinion. If three times, better yet.
Best, M
If I’m not mistaken, @naimophile has a QBase in his system.
I’ve only used Nordost cables with my gear and I really liked the result.
If you are into nordost cables , then the qbase will have breed synergy … alone by itself it’s also good … I had plug my hiline power cord into the qbase , amazing … nordost has good synergy w naim , hence I am running full nordost on my naim . Many had heard when I demoed them , and they are impressed …
But again, it’s preference
Mine is Qbase mk 3
And it’s very very quiet 
There’s a few ways to uplift the Qbase - sort cones and QRT
Pic from stereonet
Hi @naimophile, sure, I’m using Blue Heaven and Red Dawn cables (and Norse 2 jumpers) but I’m keen on getting better ones like yours. I’m a Nordost fan and I’ve been very impressed by their performance as well and I do think they have a great sinergy with Naim gear (I have the NDX 2).
Out of curiosity, did you compare the cables I use with yours? Unluckily I’ve never been able to test Heimdall and Frey cables. I do wonder how your Frey interconnects sound and what you think of them. I suspect my interconnects will be the first cables to be changed in the future.
Frey 2 is open , deep and fast (nordost DNA) but will not be as punchy as heindall 2. The sweet spot for nordost is the tyr 2 - lightning fast , very open , wide , deep , punchy , airy , very detail , I am still waiting for new Tyr 2 stocks cos I will be running full Tyr 2 on my kits and Valhalla 2 power cord for the Qbase …
You will get the nordost synergy when you run full loom or maybe 3/4 of it . They are truly amazing to my liking , or loving 
Frey 2 will be the jump for you from the red dawn … u will hear the difference in everything when you demo them … just like when I demo the tyr 2 from heindall 2, I was… my god … many in the demo room had heard the jump when I demo naim kits
Your first step , try qbase
U try qbase , maybe you don’t even need to change any of your cables …
Another thumbs up here for Nordost…we are using the Q base mk 3 with full Heimdal 2 cable loom…speaker cable - mains leads - balanced xlr leads.
Also found the two sets of legs and Sort Kones made a further improvement to the Q Base.
The only item not using Nordost cable is the Naim Core…that’s still on a powerline lite.
No doubt that moving up through the Nordost range would bring further improvements/ changes , but for me I think we have found the sweet spot!…but you never know!
Steve.
