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    Music, Home Theatre, when to give up integrating both?

    This is a conundrum that I faced back in the day when I had a Naim 2-channel stereo system and started 'adding on' to get surround sound. In those days, most audiophile thinking, and certainly many stereo manufacturers' claims, was that multi-channel setups compromised the 2 channel sound. In...
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    Your best Hifi/Audio purchases ever…

    Beolab 9s
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    Life after Naim

    I purchased a new Naim CDI as my first CD player when the new medium of CD was introduced, and when Naim finally started to make CD players. Auditioning competing players at a simple A/B level was very difficult, as most players that were 'lauded' by magazines at the time as a shortlist to...
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    Life before Naim...

    LIfe before Naim, was the era before totally subjective reviewing and the flat earth mantra came into fashion, and before UK magazines started bagging anything that wasn't flat earth and either Linn or Naim, with otherwise excellent Japanese kit seen as some sort of mid fi interloper. Life...
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    Are Custom Hifi Cables for Naim worth the money?

    I find it quite telling that Julian Vereker, who was the founder of Naim, thought that Cables made no worthwhile improvement to the sound in the greater scheme of things - so didn't offer 'exotic' ones - just well made and sensibly engineered cables best suited electrically and mechanically for...
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    Naim Warming up?

    I think much of it is purely psychological. When I owned a Naim CDI/72/Hi-Cap/180/SBL system, the instruction manuals suggested that the CDI and the 72 could take a week or more to 'warm up', and hence should be left on permanently. Ditto the 180, albeit leaving it on with a thunderstorm in...
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    Audio time travel: what would you do differently?

    Afternoon All.. A difficult question in a way, as over time one's attitudes, expectations, and approach with any hobby, tends to change. I wish I had spent the time when I first started with a HiFi system for the home, to read up on highly qualified engineers and academics in the field, as to...
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    Naim vs Exposure Amplifiers

    I'm surprised that there are flat earthers left; given the rather distant past when the marketing notion of PRaT was first advanced by Linn and Naim - the former with their 'tune dem' philosophy; decades have come and gone and the whole flat earth marketing jargon of the UK press and Linn and...
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    B&O worth it and pricing?

    When the assessment of audio reproduction of music is largely subjective within the audiophile community, your opinion thus formed, is easy to understand. And it must be said, can be applied to many makes and models of audiophile kit. However when it comes to B&O, I think your opinion is...
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    B&O worth it and pricing?

    I'm a little late to this thread, but some years ago I had a demo with my own music (CD) to a pair of Beolab 3's, coupled with the Beolab 11 subwoofer. I'd agree with Beoblokes summation of the Beolab 2 for music, as it was primarily designed for AV purposes, but the Beolab 11 is much more...
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    sad day for coatbridge tannoy factory

    I'd agree. The other issue, somewhat related, is that HiFi was and is the Provence of Baby Boomers as a hobby/interest that started in the 1950's and arguably peaked around the 1970s - 1990's. Todays generation are definitely interested in listening to music, multi-media and watching movies...
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    Bang & Olufsen Beocenter 9300 - CD/Tape/Tuner

    B&O is for peeps who love music, and appreciate iconic design and quality. Audiophile kit is for peeps who love kit and use music as a means to an end to listen to said kit. As Greta said: "How dare you" when an audiophile tries to part a music lover from their B&O equipment, thinking...
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    Thinking of selling it all, or massive downgrade at least......

    Many hobbies can become incredibly obsessive, and in my experience, perhaps none more than the Audiophile one. It's supposedly about the music, but rapidly can become about the sound of the HiFi itself, and how much 'more' detail one can get by spending ever increasing amounts of money. And...
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    Supernait 3 vs Hegel 190

    I'd respectfully opinion that what is more 'involving' comes down to what you're listening for, or to, in the music reproduction by the amp of choice. Cheers
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    Are Dysons really so much better?

    Two brand names come to mind, having sold them amongst other electrical items some years ago when working in an electrical emporium. Miele and/or Nilfisk would be my personal pick. Both bagged designs, but very well made, sturdy, reliable, quiet and efficient. They pick up the dust and keep...


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