Lately I have been around the neighbourhood listening to equipment said to be good hifi and on all occasions but one I have been deeply dissapointed by the poor performance - in allmost all aspects, musical as well as soundvise. Even a basic level Linn system playes music in a way most other systems don´t come close to.Efraim roots wrote:... I feel Naim is more commercial than Linn and often sold by random Hifi dealers who also sell junk, and everywhere on forums and magazines people talk about that Naim are sooo musical. This really make me wonder how bad other big Hifi brands must be.
The most recent non-Linn systems I heard were a Teac+Wilsson Audio (about 35000+Euro) and a Audio Research+Wilson Audio (100000+ Euro) system. Allthough the AR-system was much better than the Teac system it was really dissapointing in all aspects. A MajikDS/D+KikkinII+2250+A242 (a friend of mines) system totally destroys the AR-Wilsson-system.
The only system I found reasonably good was a Naim HDX+XPS+282+250+Audiovector system on Fraim shelves. We had to reposition the speakers (in the store) getting it right and after that it produced a quite satisfying sound, not conciering the price tag. Comparing with a similarly priced Linn system the Naim system would not get many points.