cliveb wrote: > Yes, they did state that you needed to use a minimum of 5 metres (IIRC) > of their speaker cable to "complete the output circuit". (Although it's > funny how Naim power amps were available for years before they ever made > their own speaker cable - how did their output circuit work in those > cases, I wonder?) > > My understanding from people with engineering knowledge is that Naim > power amps pretty much operated on the verge of instability. > But the weird thing is that they *were* utterly reliable. Go figure.
Once in a while every amp designer is gunning for that zobel network at the output , this is what makes output impedance go up in the treble on many amps , it's there for stability . An equally well working advice could be use ten meters of normal zip cord . Audiophile grade cables tends to make this worse . GamuT amps for example came with an extra output without this protective circuit , that you could use if your speakers did have certain impedance characteristics . -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
