I wouldn't know, I've not heard the 50. But I do think there is often a trade off between detail and musicality.Perhaps that one video, but not what most users have experienced
Naim Nait 50
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Ian Stafford
pfm Member
I agree, and for me, as others, the N50 has both in spades.
badlyread
pfm Member
It’s white not blue - blue is just wrong.
You need to listen. I’ve not heard an XS3 but others have said it betters the XS3. And then there is the shoebox form factor that a lot of people want. Gone are the days of a HiFi rack for a lot of people. They just want something unobtrusive that fits in their living space.
Please go and listen then make up your mind.
Howdy
pfm Member
A guy on the green/white forum decided to stick with his Nait 50 and will sell his 500 setup
This is a crazy world.
Or are the differences we pay thousands for actually insignificant?
kernow
pfm Member
What's he going to do with the 16 spare fraims?A guy on the green/white forum decided to stick with his Nait 50 and will sell his 500 setup
This is a crazy world.
Allan Probin
pfm Member
Nothing unusual really, this has often been the way of things for decades. Enter with a Nait, upgrade incrementally, with every step being ”jaw dropping“ / “night and day”, get to the top years later, out of curiosity and/or nostalgia try a Nait, find it to be 95% (or more) as enjoyable as the big system. Scales fall from eyes, big system up for sale.A guy on the green/white forum decided to stick with his Nait 50 and will sell his 500 setup
This is a crazy world.
Bas V
pfm Member
Been there done that. Maybe our ears deteriorate in the years inbetween...?
Use them to build some sort of outbuilding in his garden using tarpaulin perhaps on the outside...an igloo like structure...much like a teepee
Mynamemynaim
38yrs a Naim owner
Im just still safe with 6 shelves then...fewwŵ
Let’s see if you stick at 6
HiFiman
Don't tell him Pike
Only a base and two levels
I think the problem is that too many people at Naim believe their own hype.
daytona600
Registered User
Nait owned one and great value new for ÂŁ179
ÂŁ2699 inc Naim tax 2024
price tag might raise your eyebrows (it did ours, both of them) as the original Nait 1 cost between £179 and £199 in 1984, according to our What Hi-Fi? archives. In today’s money, that would be equivalent to roughly £600 – a price point occupied by today’s Arcam A5 and Cambridge Audio CXA61 amplifiers.
ÂŁ2699 inc Naim tax 2024
price tag might raise your eyebrows (it did ours, both of them) as the original Nait 1 cost between £179 and £199 in 1984, according to our What Hi-Fi? archives. In today’s money, that would be equivalent to roughly £600 – a price point occupied by today’s Arcam A5 and Cambridge Audio CXA61 amplifiers.