Then you doubtless understand that most Naim gear is designed to give of its best in a synergistic all-Naim system...
Personally I find the (all) Naim sound rather tiring and I've never liked Naim gear in mix & match system...but that is purely my personal subjective impression which I wouldn't expect anyone to agree with. In my circle of friends (admittedly not a statistically significant sample!) there are strong pro/anti Naim camps. I do agree that the SB 2/3 DAC is a bit "vague" at the top and bottom end - it certainly doesn't sound like any Naim I'm familiar with - you could never accuse them of being "vague". I also agree that the SB DAC is less engaging than the DAC1 - but whilst the DAC1 is good there are alternatives. I personally prefer the presentation of the MF DAC's, but my system is not straightforward. Most (all?) NOS DACS are going to be more imprecise and vague (and warmer) than the stuff you've been listening to...if you want detailed and warm/sweet/engaging at least give the MF's a try... OK - and here's the REALLY controversial bit: for me the difference between being happy listening for an hour or so vs. deep relaxed listening all night was room correction - regardless of source. Once the room correction is engaged, the difference is "night and day" - way WAY more significant than the difference between DACS for instance. My wife - who is a complete sceptic on technical matters - has very "touchy" hearing and without room correction she'll get up and leave the room to do some ironing or something. She won't say anything but I've seen her doing it. With RC on she'll happily sit through all sorts of rubbish I put on and read her magazines/books etc. Occasionally she'll start tapping her foot or singing along... YM (and W!) MV Phil -- Phil Leigh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23871 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
