You appear to have the space, so low and wide looks best to my eyes. Also, try the 52 on the spare top shelf, it apparently likes a lot of air around it.
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Enjoy PeterLooks great Peter. What are the boxes on the right stack? Power supplies for the 500 and CD555. What is the third?
Twin 555PSDR for the CD555 I suspect.
I was at a demo at my dealer last night, fun to listen to brands other than Naim sometimes. Chord electronics heaviest pieces together with Magico speakers ā¦ It did not sound bad if you say so ā¦ 
(Hope this post does not violates any rule, admin is welcome to remove it in that case)
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Hi snarfy, yes itās dual PSs for Cd 555 
ATB Peter
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@Naim_The_Dragon
The unit is made by Ercol and is part of their Bosco range, available from all good furniture retailers.
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Dear,
Iām interested in knowing more about the tiles on your wall.
What is the brand ? Where did you buy them ?
Best regards.
GreG.
Dear,
Iām interested in knowing more about your TV longboard.
What is the brand ? Where did you buy it ?
Best regards.
GreG.
Like the spacing between the racks and I suspect it makes cable dressing a lot easier.
Hi Graham, absolutely right and also the 500 head didnāt like the close proximity of the S1ās transformer. To me it stopped having a deleterious influence at a 12 inch distance. Iām aware that the set up to many looks a bit stretched out, but with a dedicated listening room everything is set up for easier cable dressing and best sound. Mad old, eh?
Best Peter
I thought it was quite interesting that in the Solstice promotional photo with a Statement, a 500 head unit is on the lowest Fraim level and looks pretty close to the powered up Statement trio:
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I must admit that if and when factory tours are re-started that would be a helluva system to listen to
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Iāll say
I popped into a store in another city here in NZ, with a full Statement, and they refused to play anything! Owing apparently to there being a lack of an adequate source that day.
Not that I was even remotely in the market. Which I guess theyād sized up by that time as well.
Edit: Fair enough that there wasnāt a source available that was up to the job. Source first and all that. I didnāt mean my post to be sarcastic. The ambiguity of the written word.
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Have heard that system (not the TT of course) on a couple of occasions. Great system but hated the Focal speakers unfortunatelyā¦
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What a bizarre reaction. Maybe they feel they already have plenty of customers and sales and donāt need to bother with moreā¦
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Iāve seen more spaced out systems (physically, not mentally 
), think yours looks fine.
Whatās the make/model of the power distribution block between your brain and brawn stacks?
Hi Graham, itās the Musicworks G3 distribution box ( also called the dogās box 
) and it works really well in conjunction with dedicated mains. Interface between the G3 bottom spikes and floor matters btw. 
ATB Peter
Iām not entirely unsympathetic here. If you donāt have a decent source then any demo of the Statement (or indeed any other amp where the source is not up to par) would be a waste of your time and theirs and leave you wondering what the fuss is about.
Znai, hopefully they took your contact details and will arrange something when they have an appropriate source back in the dealership?
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Their reaction seemed a little off hand Richard but maybe Iām misinterpreting based on what Znai wrote ("ā¦ refused to playā¦") so maybe they were a bit more diplomatic.
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