Naim together with Elac sounded muscular and fast. It does not have a relaxed or laid back sound in any sense. I would describe the sound signature as “aggressive”. If that is what you are looking for then I would recommend this combo. Sometimes I do find this setup may may have a little bit extra bass for my own taste, but the high frequency do sounds incredible due to the tweeter design of the Velas. None of my gears have been run in yet so I am not entirely sure how this setup would sound eventually, but I do think the general sound signature of this combo is already brought out.
Walking down the Edgeware Road one day, when an aforementioned familiar face appeared , he had a glamorous early twenty something with him , her left breast promptly popped out of her blouse and she calmly put it back in.
It was at this point I wished I had embarked on a life of sex, drugs and rock and roll instead of working for an insurance company
Well done indeed. How the memory fades. I remember having an option to see the Stones at Earls Court in ‘76, but as a young teenager it was vetoed by the parents.
Clean lines, no clutter, TV on the wall…Beautiful.
Sweet setup there davidf!
Really nice racking solution, I’ve got Hi-Fi Racks solution myself but I really like the combination you have there, food for thought, been to their website now and yes, looks very good vfm and good choice of solutions. Cheers!
Hi @Bram, I forgot to ask: May I ask what lowboard this is? Looks very appealing to me …
Thanks.
That rack looks dodgy to me - having the top and bottom shelves joined is a perfect way to transmit transformer vibration to the head units, and just imagine trying to level 8 spikes when four is hard enough. Two entirely separate racks makes so much more sense. It just seems poorly thought out.
Its a fair point, I just think visually it looks a clean and elegant solution, the thing I was particularly attracted to was the bottom plinth with the concept of hiding cables and the fact that at first glance looked like it could be a HiFi Racks solution made me think I’d missed a trick.
Had my own personal levelling nightmare over Christmas when fitting the “boing” feet to the Planar 3, my word, that was fun, different length screw for the centre back fitment, eventually got it there. Pain compounded by now having removed them as I prefer the sound with the as factory feet on it, which don’t come with the same grief on levelling.
The lowboard is made by the manufacturer “TEAM 7 Natürlich Wohnen” from Austria, but bought in the Netherlands. The cabinet is made of oak and completely finished with gray (lead?)glass. At the bottom of the cabinet there are ventilation grids, for example for the heat dissipation of an amplifier (not applicable to me), possibly to be expanded with fans.
Thank you very much. It is really beautiful and it seems to have well thought and useful details.
I’m never sure about the sonic issues, I do know that things I thought were irrelevant do make a difference, eg cables. How much is always subjective.
I think the clean lines do work and aesthetically it’s a great solution. Problem with the average hi fi rack they are generally quite unappealing to a lot of people, especially the most critical, the partner. If they don’t like it them you have a problem. Unless your fortune to have a separate space.
The point is you enjoy your music and a peaceful life.
To tidy the living room I have moved the Fraim stack to the back room.
Left stack
ND5XS2
300HU
MScaler / Qutest
Right stack
272
300PSU
555DR
Wouldn’t it be Keith moving out of the way based on that photo?
G
Very neat. The SL2s are a good looking speaker.
Like the cabinets,I was looking for something very similar?
Thanks James, they sound great too
Still a few things to do, Naim Fraim chips on the right hand stack, a new 282 hopefully arriving soon and I may stain the maple fraim base!
You need to follow the thread up to PaulD’s original post and check out who is behind Mick.
Ah ha!
Ta.
G