System Pics 2019

Is there any glass or anything under the naim boxes? I put Quadrasphire bamboo sound stage :+1::+1::+1:

very nice! i love this white rack, with black and gree naim. Can you explain the choice of nac 552 with quad dsp amp and nap 202 amp. It’s original.

Thanks; yes I’m certainly going to look into it although I should invest in some Fraim or an equally good rack. Unfortunately I do live in rented accommodation and it feels like no sooner have I moved in its time to pack up and move to another apartment due to rising rents etc so I have to careful about how much furniture I acquire.

Yes, the choice is original…and bizarre! I guess like many I upgrade in stages and when something I planned for turns up either ex demo or used. The 552 came up at the right time and replaced a NAC282/Supercap DR with the Nap200. I also had the Quad as a redundant piece of equipment (I think it’s an unfairly maligned amplifier and unfortunately has no resale value). I had spare speaker cables and just experimented one day and found a useful uplift without any apparent downside… the speed, timing, urgency and overall coherence are still there…vocals are beautifully and soulfully rendered and when I play some faster music, say New Order…my goodness… it gets my heart pumping. That said I wouldn’t recommend biamping … better to buy a better power amp. In this case I just happened to blindly luck into this combination.

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It works, it’s the most important. Perhaps the neat are not very power hungry?

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The sun shining. Hurray.
Not much has changed since a while, apart from new tv, Sky Q and the little wireless box from the old Sky + on wifi duties for the serve.

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i love this rack! glad that finite elemente is still in the party today.

Nice to take some time and listen to new music!

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Inspired by ChrisSU NSat above here is one of my Allaes

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Glass shelf, for the Nova which is moving down to this room (office/media room) when the SN2/NDX2 arrives for the lounge.

Glass shelves for the SN2/NDX2, not going here though, the Uniti2 will be here when it moves from the office/media room.

Need to tidy up…

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Just been listening to that album. Not sure.

@mike_s Mike … don’t you find that the Totem Hawk is a tad close to the back wall ? Mine are about 14 inches away … closer and the bass seems to boom in my room … just asking

They’re 40cms from the back wall, so about 2 inches further out than yours. It’s a best fit with the desks as it’s a media room and office. I’ve found the bass good, might boom at bit at high volumes. My dealer is installing the new gear and the Nova is moving to this room, so we’ll see how it can be optimised.

Here’s a better view:

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Still no Naim (sorry), but I did finish up the system with a new Quadraspire. Thought long and hard about the wheels, but happy to say they are not only convenient but don’t seem to meaningfully impact stability or sound.

Cheers
EJ

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I upgraded this week. nd5xs changed to NDS and bought Naim Headline

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I haven’t posted in a quite a few years. A very simple system these days.

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what is the turntable ?

It’s a bit little but is it super?

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My guess Funk Firm Grande with an AT33 sa

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Catswhiskers is almost correct, it’s FunkFirm LSD with an AT33Sa.

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