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RE: Fair enough. The Minis are a really easy load.





Being an avid mini-monitor lover since 1979, ranging from LS 3/5A's ( from various makes like Rogers | KEF | Harbeth ) which were driven with the original Sugden A21 upon my return from being stationed in Japan, along will about 4 variants on ProAc Tablettes | Linn Kan l's | ll's | Audio Physic Step SLE's | Reference 3A Dulcet's | DeVore Fidelity Gibbon 3s | Fyne Audio F501's most on average were driven extremely well by the original Naim Nait ( all 12 watts per side ) as well as two different Nait 2 ( Olive ), as well as a 16 w|pc tube integrated amp with EL84's all within rooms which were 12' wide x 23' long, and in each case it was done with ease......., not only driving the listening space, but our entire home, where it could be heard for either bedroom located at the rear of said home.

One of the biggest surprises to me was hearing said Nait 2 ( 18-21 watts per channel ) driving a pair of the original Totem Model Ones in such a manner, i was taken back to all the chat back in 1989 - 1999, about them needing 100-200 watts to drive them, in my mind I tend to say BS to what's written | and would rather try said tandems for the sake of truth.

Like someone else here ( including you ) my current Nait 5SI offers a sense of grip | control of the mid-bass drivers which easily replaced my previous Coda Technology Unison 3 Ultra Edition ( 50 watts pure Class A | 135 watts Class A|B thereafter ) which was trying its best to mimic the signature of tubes........, yet never drove any of my 84-91db efficient mini's in quite the same way said Nait's did or does.

In the real world, it's about trusting what " you hear " as well as what moves you......., it's far to easy to fall into the mindset that power rules, not when it comes to balance | an added sense of enlightenment | correctness which speaks for itself.

I might be wrong?, but as I've told close friends since 2014, of late it's more | more about " Mi-Fi ", not my buddies | neighbors | peers | siblings | parents, but " Mi - Fi " and how it speaks gently to me that matters as growth kicks in, to be misled isn't an option, synergy counts, and once understood, there's no going backwards or laterally.


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  • RE: Fair enough. The Minis are a really easy load. - el34eh@yahoo.com 14:35:27 10/26/20 (0)

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