Thanks too, @gthack
@graham55
Possible to get a photo of the ceiling ESL fruitbat pair? I’m curious how they ‘hang’, cant picture it in my ( admittedly limited) imagination!
PS Nice Velvets third! Hadnt noticed that before.
PPS - sorry for the thread drift, folks.
Good lord, I have one just like that!!
The vey helpful young lady who took the photo (and loaded it up) didn’t photograph that for me.
I’ll see what can be done, but no promises.
(They are screwed, upside down, onto a pair of aluminium strips, which are in turn screwed into the ceiling.)
Thanks Graham.
So… they hang down into the room then?
With their stand feet fastened to the strips…Fruitbat indeed, lol.
Knowing nothing of Quads, do they need space behind them or is the arrangement flat to a wall?
Sorry all, no more thread drift after this!
Yes, Stevie, they hang down. The silly little original feet have been removed, so that the bottom of the black-painted grilles are touching the aluminium plates, which are screwed into the ceiling - it’s all much simpler than it sounds.
There’s quite bit of space behind.
I’m sure it sounds amazing. Have an abiding love of the ELS 50
It does all make a very pleasing racket. Manfred Stein, MD of QUAD in Germany who made the ESLs for me, told me that he had never heard his own speakers sound so good. But he had never heard them on the end of Naim electronics before.
Perhaps he’d never heard them upside down, either!
That is probably true, although it would make no difference. The speaker is made of three panels which stretch the vertical length of the speaker - treble in the middle, flanked by bass/midrange panels on either side.
I’ve just heard I’ll get mine at the beginning of next week.
I am looking forward to connecting it to my Tannoy L Eaton and won’t hesitate to give here my first
impressions.
Re: Review samples I’ve already asked as I was very keen to pit the new Nait against my (just) factory serviced original Nait 1 for Soundstage Ultra. Naim loved the idea but I’ve since been informed by their PR that no review samples are available.
So I suspect sadly the only way to gain an impression will be at shows or dealers - or by buying one!
A pity as I reckon with 36 years of living with a Nait 1 and a lifelong passion for Naim I reckon I could have written a fantastically entertaining piece.
JonathanG
Whereabouts are you Jonathan? There may be an owner nearby willing to lend you one to try out.
Hi Badlyread - that’s a nice idea actually. I’m South of Guildford near Haslemere if that’s close to anyone. I’ve even still got my original Mk2 SBL’s here and of course my SCM40’s too. The SBL’s would have been a fun thing to pull in for a test.
Brg,
JonathanG
Ah, the Devil’s Bowl! (the tunnel is much quicker). I used to live in Southampton and so you could have borrowed mine but I’m now on the Devon/Cornwall border. Hopefully someone will be in the area for you to have a listen.
Sounds like you know it well 
My daughter actually works at the punchbowl cafe as a student job - quite a nice spot for a walk or mountain bike around.
I don’t blame you heading down to Devon/Cornwall - what an idyllic place to live!
Brg, JonathanG
Thats what I’ve looking for.
FWIW I’ve never had good results with vintage Tannoys and Naim, never understood why, something like old Radford and Leak were just fine.
Don’t want valves anymore though.
I’d love to compare with my Aethos which is a peach.
Actually the Eatons I own are from the Legacy series and therefore rather advised with solid state than valves.
You would be more than welcome to visit me in Brighton, once my Nait 50 arrives. (Lots of other nice Naim (and other) stuff too.)
But, as the 50 is a limited edition, might it then be too late to order one, if you like what you hear?
With such limited made products, I’ve always wondered if there’s a limit to how many pieces dealers can order.
When Technics released their Limited MK7L (12.000 made) I figured 32-35 only could reach my country, my dealer got two or three of them.
Sure Technics have a large dealer network.
With only 1973 made Nait 50, I wonder if Naim dealer network can get even one ?