So, I am embarking into making a pair of Oris Horn/OB with a Lowther PM6CAs and Onken/Vifa Cabinets. I do have plenty of amplification to get the pair running, but I am somehow intrigued with this whole Naim idea.
Why? About 1-2 years ago, I was asked for HIFI advice from a female friend of mine who had her Pioneer Elite receiver FRY when there was a thunderstorm. In order to replace them, we ran into different choices. Was it going to be a Naim Nait 5I, a Blue Circle Integrated or separates.
We ran a friend's Naim Nait 5I with the speakers that we were going to use, the same pairs that I have, which I also recommended to my friend along with her Pioneer Elite receiver back in 2001.
My friend was a Naim convert and he kept on barking up this entire PRAT stuff...That it controlled the speakers well etc....
So, in the end I wind up getting a Naim Nait 5I from the used market and had it run at my place before handing it to my friend.
While I had it in my use, I kept on feeling that something was missing. Was it the soundstaging or something else that Naimies always keep on claiming is not important. I do not know, but perhaps I was not easily convinced.
FF, now, Naim is coming out with the Supernait, and there is a new line of speakers that are supposed to be a match made in heaven....The Kudos.
I read in a review that the Naim with the Kudos monitor, the C-10 or some other model and someone wrote the unamable word along Naimies, "soundstaging." Actually, that someone expressed great admiration with the almost holographic soundstaging.
Now, I wonder, am I missing something or are Naimies into something GOOD? Are they smoking something or am I missing the whole NAIM point?
Are there any NAIM converts or vice versa, people who switched out?
PS: The possible heresy I might go for.....Oris or Basszilla like set up with a Nait 5I. Is this nuts?