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In Reply to: RE:Good luck posted by Davy on August 13, 2010 at 16:59:00:
Hi Satie,
Just wanted to add I thought of an area where the 80s Naim amps are not so good (and others have noted this too), - the soundstage is quite small and compact/closed in comparison to most other amps, and is noticeable for sure. I don't mind this though as they do so many other things well and make real music so it does not matter to me. And using a large line source pair of speakers like the 3 series Maggies helps a lot to compensate for this. Indeed in a smaller room the Maggies might have a ridiculously big soundstage so perhpas thse older Naim combos can be a blessing in that situation, balancing things and bringing the speakers into better focus. Apparently the newer Naim gear addressed the small soundstage issue.
Also this 80s Naim gear I'm sure is bandwidth limited in the output from the preamp, - I am not sure the exact details but I know there is something inside the preamp circuitary that cuts off the output at 20Khz or just above over quite sharply, and a simialr thing is employed in the bass too (not sure which frequency it is there though). This is so the Naim power amp receives only the frequencies it is optimised to work well with. In pratice its not a problem at all when listening- from what I remember you don't hear any lack of extension at both ends and if it makes the power amp work better its a good idea I reckon. But I am pretty sure with the current range is not like this and is full bandwidth.
Cheers,
Colin
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