cliveb wrote: > > > I don't know if things have changed recently, but the problem with > Naim's (and Linn's) active offerings was always that they used general > purpose full-range (ie. expensive) power amps. They completely missed > one of the most important advantages of going active, which is that you > can use relatively inexpensive power amps that are matched to the drive > units they are connected to. The bottom line is that Naim (and Linn) > were always more about marketing than engineering.
And probably also expensive drivers developed for passive speakers with low order filters , there is an advantage to be missed here too ? And the box count , box + power supply I s expensive even more so with NAIM and Linn . My nr 1 problem is this PRAT nonsense , a major design factor is something that is unmeasurable by conventinional means ;) IE it's bs , an amp does not have rhythm and timing etc musicians have . So the so called engineering is done around a core belief that's pure new age ? Everything goes wrong from there . -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105507 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
