System Pics 2023

I had rigged up an old mono Bogen tube amp and an Altec speaker that my father had, with a portable cassette deck, and played as loud as I could with the windows open. Our neighbor from across the street came over, but not to complain - he really liked “Here Comes The Sun” and wanted to know more about it!

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We may not have had a TV before I was five years old, but we had a stereo! A Philips AG4956 portable unit on which I played Jan Johansson’s Bitar, Cal Tjader & Stan Get’s Sextet and The Beatles Revolver. Everything else was classical and unappealing to my young ears.

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My Hifi ‘journey’ started here circa 1978 I think. It sounded not too bad I recall.

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That’s a great looking thing! Was the speaker built into the same unit as the turntable!? And is the other unit the other speaker of the stereo pair?

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Yes, exactly.

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What cartridge do you use with the ARO Mario?

Thanks

Looks like a Linn Krystal

Yep Linn Krystal.

Get the Kandid Mario :crazy_face::crazy_face:

I previously had the Krystal on my ARO

Kandid kills it , well worth the money :+1:

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More info. It’s a Garrard turntable and it’s quite well reviewed I see.

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Finally found a use for my Naim Aro. I frend have it on loan for a longer time. He is happy with it.

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Its alot more expensive, but it sounds like deminising returns are not a factor with that move forward.

Ever hear the Kendo Bevo??

Hello everyone,

new owner of a used Naim NAIT 5Si integrated amp, I would like your opinion on what the seller told me about the amp: all Naim amps do a “speaker pop” when turned on (by design for sound quality reasons, power supply/electrical related), he also told me that the loudness of the pop is relative to the sensitivity of the speakers. My speakers are high sensitivity DIY speakers of 99 db, I am a little worried that the pop might damage my speakers.

Would love your thoughts about this. Speaker shown behind amp, going to be my first proper stereo setup with a DAC connected to my PC.

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Most Naim amps do a pop on startup.
Although on my Supernait 3 it’s very minimal.
Best to follow Naim advice for reliable performance and leave on 24/7
It’s always ready for action and stable.
However it makes sense to disconnect during lightning etc.
Or long absences. :+1:t2:

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I have 97db speakers and my Nait2 doesn’t scare me when it “pops”. My Nova doesn’t “pop”.

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Unrelated to your question, but I’m interested in diy speakers. Would you be willing to share a bit about the design and/or the build?

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The speaker is called DIYSG Titan-615LX, it is a three-way speaker with a 15" woofer, 6,5" midrange and a compression driver in a horn waveguide. It was really just put it together and paint, since the cabinets came as a flat pack and I bought the crossovers pre-assembled, so it is possible for a novice to build their own speakers.

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I was about to ask the same question :grinning:

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Do you hear a loud “pop up” sound while switching between sources, also when muting/ unmuting?