System Pics 2023

Does the isolation cork improve the light lumens?

Take note @frenchrooster :wink:

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It eliminates the risk of an accidental scratch mix. :wink:
If I knew who owned it I would ask them.

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I see your vintage transistor radio and raise you a gramophone :rofl:

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Maybe HH could shed some…err…light on that?

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Thanks All! My partner’s living room is a lovely room though sadly a Naim-free zone. This despite my exhortations and enthusiasm!

Thank you! The chair is by Andrew Martin. I have been told the design has changed slightly since this one was bought.

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I hope that wasn’t the starting point for the Solstice TT !

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It’s one of the very first active loudspeaker designs!

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Well there’s certainly no crossover in the way :wink:

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Fancy giving these a run out.

Don’t think they are on equal runs of Nac 5.

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Can’t get near the fire tonight! :fire:

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Ah, salesforce.

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Not my Naim system…but I finally got my Marantz receiver back from the shop in working order. The guy is really slow, but there aren’t a lot of choices for vintage audio repair, and he is a really nice guy and his prices are very reasonable.

Can listen again in my “world’s smallest man cave.”

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Marantz were always an aspirational brand in the in the 80s for me (and probably more). Their blue light was a draw card and still looks cool. :+1:

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The man along the top right of the picture had my father arm wrestling with when he was in Sweden in 1958, it’s a bit fun to have a picture of that.

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Yup, partner conference in Amsterdam.

Excellent build quality as well as aspirational! I foolishly traded in my Marantz tape deck for a Nakamichi and wished I hadn’t. The minor sound quality uplift was more than wiped out by a myriad of mechanical issues :face_with_symbols_over_mouth:

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I could only dream about a Nakamichi in those days. :grin:

I had one back in the day, but dropped tape as a medium before 2000 and let the deck go to a friend.
Don’t think I miss it, but it did sound good through my Linn Intek of the time😊