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I was possibly one of the earliest users of Naim equipment having spent my first student grant cheque on a 42/110 combo back in the 70s.
Today, however, I find myself confused, let me explain; the fundamental cornerstone of everything that Naim makes is the belief that breaking the system up into sections and putting them in seperate boxes with seperate power supplies is the proper way to do the job. I remember a CD player that they made that didn't have a digital output because 'it upset the timing'.
So how are we supposed to believe that the SuperNait with all its digital circuits, digital inputs, connection to a Playstation, connection to a PC etc is a proper hi-fi product? Surely by Naims own philosophy it must be severely sonically compromised. Or have they U turned?
Personally, I cannot reconcile the SuperNait with the Naim philosophy, by their own arguments it cannot sound as good as a Nait5 and yet it is 3 times the price, what is going on here? Are we expected toaccept a compromise in sound qualityin exchange foradded functionality, that maybeOK at Cambridge Audio prices but we are talking serious money here!?
Today, however, I find myself confused, let me explain; the fundamental cornerstone of everything that Naim makes is the belief that breaking the system up into sections and putting them in seperate boxes with seperate power supplies is the proper way to do the job. I remember a CD player that they made that didn't have a digital output because 'it upset the timing'.
So how are we supposed to believe that the SuperNait with all its digital circuits, digital inputs, connection to a Playstation, connection to a PC etc is a proper hi-fi product? Surely by Naims own philosophy it must be severely sonically compromised. Or have they U turned?
Personally, I cannot reconcile the SuperNait with the Naim philosophy, by their own arguments it cannot sound as good as a Nait5 and yet it is 3 times the price, what is going on here? Are we expected toaccept a compromise in sound qualityin exchange foradded functionality, that maybeOK at Cambridge Audio prices but we are talking serious money here!?