Full Naim Audio System, Curated with the BEST Components!

We did all the work so you can purchase a full system in one swoop and start to enjoy it. No researching, piecing together, or wondering if the stuff will marry well.
This is one of our favorite brands mostly because of its design simplicity, execution, and sonics. It also looks gorgeous as a system.
We hand selected our favorite Naim components from the last 20 years in the classic olive series including all the special Naim proprietary cables, connectors, power supplies, remotes etc. Then we set them all up in the best rack made by any audio manufacturer (also Naim).
We didn't settle for a single amplifier, no sir! We went all out with a tri-amped active system that features one amplifier dedicated to each driver, all driven by the purpose built Naim SNAXO 3-6N active crossover.
The speakers are top of the line Naim NBL models with active inputs. We installed new tweeters to ensure another 30 years of stellar performance.
For sources we added a CD player and a super rare Tuner that we sourced from the other side of the world. If you'd like a matching turntable (perhaps a custom Linn LP12) let us know.
The preamp and crossover are powered by no less than THREE total outboard power supplies.
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SkyFi Audio is a small startup business specializing in the purchase, reconditioning, and reselling of select high end audio equipment. We only buy equipment that we admire and are passionate about. No mid-fi, no gimmicks, and no junk.
Each piece of equipment is cosmetically restored and fully tested in our well-equipped lab by an engineer with 30+ years of experience in the HiFi world. If it does not meet or exceed the original manufactures specifications, it will not be sold. We are very selective about the equipment we purchase, focusing on mostly analog, high-build quality, American, and European built units.
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[@domo3552]

Wonderful overview.. Naim kit is utterly reliable. My NAP 140 stopped delivering out of the right channel, so I took it to my NAIM dealer and when I told them about the issue - you should have seen the expression on their faces - they said "We've been equipping customers with Naim gear for over 25 years, and you are the only customer to ever report a failure, but we'll fire her up and leave her running for 48 hours." They called me back and said "She's been singing beautifully from the first note. Bring your interconnects in when you pick it up, she'll still be singing when you arrive." They checked my interconnects and said "Ahh... a slightly bent pin on the 32.5 - 140 DIN interconnect, that's all, easy, no problem, give us 2 minutes." Twenty years later, my Naim is still singing beautifully. As the guy in the shop said "Naim gear just doesn't go wrong."

[@markstewart1807]

This seems to be from the golden era of Naim where they were really pushing boundaries and making the best equipment they possibly could without compromise.💙👍

[@theworldaccordingto4555]

They still do. Just check out some of their high end amps (it's all high end, just some is extremely high end, with high end prices to match). Get a demo of the NAC S1 preamplifier and NAP S1 mono power amplifiers etc.

[@anthonycsimmons7215]

I have had a full Naim System since 1987, absolutely love it. The Fraim Stand is not just great looking, but is a major upgrade to the sound. Great video thanks.🇨🇦

[@kritischer_blick]

Thanks for the great video. This was the first Naim system I had the pleasure of hearing many years ago. A test piece or two would have been very nice. 😀👍🏻

[@w1nchester32]

Hi ! and thanks for this very enjoyable video SkyFi. I am in the UK and for about 15 years now have loved owning the 'chrome bumper '32.5 pre-amp and the matching NAP 250 power amp and Hi-Cap power supply. Its good to hear you express very well what I love about this stuff - it's understated simplicity & elegance. I play records through it using a Garrard 401 and one of those SME 3009 tonearms that we both like so much ! Solid and built to last and I love what it does to the 'pace - rhythm - and timing' of the music. I cannot keep still when this stuff is working well !

[@domfjbrown75]

Well, my CD5 is 20 years and a month old, and still works perfectly. My 1986 Hicap has been serviced, as have my 72/180 amps. Into a nice pair of Tannoy DC2000s I boot boxed, mint for £15 15 years ago. Good investment!!!

[@ggladiolus]

H. The speaker is now as NBL nestled box loudspeaker. It's derived from the highs and minds section are nestled within the whole speaker cabinet. The CD player is most probably the CDX. It is upgradable through en external dedicated power supply known as the XPS. There is a biggish black plug behind. Remove that and plug the XPS in, you'll get a HUGE improvement on the sound. Comments are from Singapore. Cheers!

[@spotshooter1]

NBL stands for Nested Box Loudspeaker. The Tweeter and Midrange mounting screws have very specific torque settings. They need to be set on a yearly basis or they will not sound good. The CDX uses a heavily modified transport/mech and has long since been discontinued...only the laser can be replaced. Buyers should be aware of the limited serviceability of this player.

[@ilantamir5302]

Some corrections are in place: NBL stands for "Nested Box Loudspeaker", wherein a smaller box houses the midrange and tweeter which are mounted onto its baffle via bespoke suspension systems optimized for each unit. Design aims to decouple the drive units from any part of the speaker's fraim and main box. Tweeter is a variant of Scanspeak's D2010. Midrange driver is an outsourced unit, substantially customized in Salisbury and fitted with a black anodised Aluminum "Phase Plug", doubling as a heat sink for the driver's coil. Twin 8" bass drivers with extended coils and suitably sized "Phase Plug" are manufactured entirely in house and are mounted facing away from each other (L&R) in a small box (in a NON ISOBARIK configuration). The small twin bass driver box is acoustically coupled to the main speaker box while being supported via a suspension system onto the lower part of a cast alloy frame into which go the 4 adjustable steel spikes.

[@killmore75]

Play music much? : )

[@SamFidal]

I see a Nested box loudspeaker as a type of cheating in terms of designing philosophy

[@acme181169]

You'll need to add a supercap to the xover and then the second hicap can be used for the 82.

[@goodun2974]

I've owned a Naim 250 amp, 32.5 preamp and HiCap for years (with an LP12, naturally, and a Museatex CD player, and ProAc speakers). I used to work for a Linn/Naim dealer and was quite enamored with the then-new SBL speakers, which had the most realistic bass reproduction of anything I'd heard at the time ( not the "deepest", nor the most furniture rattling, but punchy and dynamic, and tunefull). I wish I had bought a pair on salesmans' accommodations......

[@gpw2409]

I had naim SBL and 135 monoblocks/72 high cap - Linn LP12 Ittok/Karma and Lingo.. cables etc.. in a basement that was perfect for them... The presentation of that system - i have never heard exactly equalled or duplicated since. The floor felt like it would move... Madonna Vogue from the Dick Tracy recording - the original - was jaw dropping.

[@colinsmall8170]

I owned pretty much that same system ten years ago,could not get on with its in your face brash delivery,went the Audio Note route,never looked back.

[@shb8124]

That was a bit of a dream system of mine at that time and got to listen to what must have been a very similar full Naim set up, certainly looked the same and was the 'olive' stuff in a HiFi shop in Glasgow and loved it.

[@markstewart1807]

Stereo stereo by chance?

[@davidtodd9520]

Bought my first Naim system from Ian at Stereo Stereo in 1996. (NAC92 & NAP90.3) My brother still uses it. Ian is now at Loud & Clear, 520 St. Vincent Street. 👍

[@stewstube70]

Thought I knew a lot about Naim, but this is the first time I've seen NBL's :)

[@dilbyjones]

So glad u guys are doing this.

[@SimonLloydGuitar]

This is a mid tier Naim system from the era. The 82 preamp could be upgraded with up to 2 HiCaps or a further upgraded by using a Supercap. The top tier pre (Nac 52, MUST be powered by the Supercap). The small power supply with the 82 is called a NAPSC and merely powers the lights and remote control powered volume and balance controls. The CD player (CDX) could also be upgraded with the Hicap(s). This sat below the CDS1 and then superceded by the CDS2. These required their own power supplies (CDPS and XPS respectively). The top tier system with dual mono power amps (135) was a significant upgrade from an already superb system and is still world class even today. Some users even went active and had the legendary '6 pack' using 6 135 mono power amps.

[@marktucker4528]

You're forgetting the DBL speakers, which far exceeded the NBL.

[@Stelios.Posantzis]

The turntable would have to have a Naim tonearm! :)

[@goodun2974]

I've heard good things about the Naim Aro tonearm but never actually heard one....

[@iainmartin1015]

You need to flip the bottom layer of the Fraim Base so the recesses for the bearing holders do not show.

[@SkyFiAudio]

Thanks!

[@johnshore3095]

NBL for Nested Box Loudspeaker. I have had SBLs in the past and still have a pair of IBLs. Separate Box Loudspeaker Integrated Box Loudspeaker. I think the DBL stood for Dam Big Speaker 🙂

[@marktucker4528]

😂 Good try, DBL actually stood for decoupled box loudspeaker. It's original prototype name was FBL, I'll leave you to figure out what that stood for.

[@bermuda747]

Naim loudspeaker range over the years - listed in order of merit/performance, as voted by members of the Naim Forum .. DBL, SBL, Ovator, SL2, NBL, ALLAE, IBL .

[@marktucker4528]

And as voted for by naim employees: DBL, SBL, SL2, IBL, NBL. None of the others ever got a mention, I'm afraid.

[@cool3rking]

Everything starts with an ‘N’ from Naim.. Does that include the DBL speaker? Or the IBL? 😜 Just pulling your leg..

[@corinachan8533]

You forgot about the SBL which I own. I upgraded my NAC-72 preamp/HiCap to the NAC-52/Supercap last year and the SBL underwent a ground-shaking (literally) transformation!

[@domo3552]

Yeah I noticed that 😉 What about the SBL, ARO and Supercap, CDX, Hi Cap? Only joking, great video about great kit. If any of your 250s or 135s are getting under your feet, let me know and I'll take it/them off of your hands to help you out - its the kinda guy I am.

[@Si1983h]

“Everything begins with N with Naim”... for example, the SBL, IBL, DBL, Arriva, Ovator, Intro, Credo, CD2, 3, 3.5, 5 (and its many variants), CDX, CDX2, CDI, CDS, CDS2, CDS3, the Unity family of products, Muso... Flatcap, Hi-cap, Supercap... 🤣 On a serious note, cool system and cool video!

[@nicksundby]

Always enjoy a smartarse

[@RUfromthe40s]

i never had heard of this brand but hope it sounds good as it looks, a turntable is what´s missing

[@finvarg2]

just add a Linn LP12.

[@johnshore3095]

Naim just launched a turntable, no idea of the cost. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2XGp2eDgMaGlaM

[@vh6997]

Hi there. What do you have at the back on the rear “spine” of the rack that looks to be keeping the cabling off of it - white something

[@johnsweda2999]

How much for the whole system, the active crossover is analogue not DSP.

[@corinachan8533]

Swap your NAC82 + Hicap to a 52 + Supercap and it will blow your system away!

[@stephenstevens6573]

Goals ..

[@SamFidal]

I see a Nested box loudspeaker as a type of cheating in terms of designing philosophy

[@batuksri]

Not enough boxes!

[@tomthompson7400]

But how does it sound ?

[@billarmstrong5568]

Playing a minute or two wouldn't kill them would it? I get dealers saying that it won't sound like it does in person, but if you're a sixteen year old kid just getting into the hobby and 1000miles away from your nearest Naim dealer you would love to hear it in action even on KZbin.

[@johnroberts4571]

Like crap.... crap+crap = crap...

[@tomthompson7400]

@@johnroberts4571 I doubt it , but a few descriptive words would have been nice , .

[@tomthompson7400]

@@billarmstrong5568 true , just a description of it to follow , using a few sensible terms , some of the hi fi guys are as bad as wine buffs , pebbles on the beach and rain in a forest , etc etc ..just tell me if its thin , thick , solid or muddy etc ... Ive been a sound engineer for a long time , and listened to everything from a pair of rogers or ls3s through to a 200k milo sysytem and a lot of things in between

[@degou3438]

@@johnroberts4571 😐🤦‍♂️

[@topkho]

Can we hear this?

[@tonystevenson6068]

Hi enjoyed your video you haven’t said what model of Naim cd player is it the cd3 I have recently acquired a Naim cd3 and are a bit disappointed with the sound the Marantz cd 6000ose I have out performs it in every way just no detail is it because the Naim is analog and the Marantz is digital,but I have run the Marantz analog out and still sounds better,look forward to any suggestions. Thanks Tony UK.

[@SkyFiAudio]

Hi Tony, check out this listing on our website for the full details on the entire system. Thanks!

[@greensteven6262]

Excellent system indeed sir I would love to switch it on & to hear it how it performs that's how my system sounds but if you see my system ur self you would feel as if you were in ur store that's how bad am in to hi fi systems it's a god,,,,,,, but you must not tell that to my wife she would divorce me quick,,,,,, 🤓,,,,,, fast,,,,,, 🤓 & in a hurry,,,,,,,,, 🤓 so you would have to keep this under your hat 🎩 have a good day sir,,,,,,, 👍👍👍👍😁😜😏

[@killmore75]

Cheap display for the cd player but nice to see!

[@SkyFiAudio]

It's actually meant to be super minimalist as to not affect or bleed any interference to the unit/or to physically distract. Thanks for watching.

[@kenp1508]

Hi, is it true that a crossover makes your system sound worse. The best system do not use a crossover of any kind.

[@tomthompson7400]

nope ,,, unless you only have one cone each side that will do from 20hz to 20khz in a perfectly flat response.

[@domo3552]

Epos ES14 with just a series capacitor between woofer/tweeter - yup, less is more. Designed by Robin Marshall in the UK, these speakers are to this day giant killers. The transparency is near-electrostatic for a dynamic speaker. The drive units were designed in-house to have a natural roll off from the bass/mid driver to the tweeter with just the series capacitor between the units so the tweeter doesn't 'see' 70 watts of Marcus Miller doing his thing on his Fender Jazz bass guitar. Those 70 watts came from the reference amps that Robin used in the developement of the Epos ES14 loudspeakers, those amps being a Naim NAC 32.5, Hi Cap, NAP 250. Brings new meaning to the definition 'Synergy'.

[@zzz-gm9xc]

У них хлама столько на века

[@stefandenic7144]

A true waste of power amplifiers, components, power supplies, space... This is a 'lets see how far it can go' system. Love the components, I even have some of them, but it's really unnecessary to own or use more then three/four of them simultaneously.

[@acme181169]

How would you know?

[@marktucker4528]

How to prove that you know nothing about naim without actually admitting that you nothing about naim. Rubbish video.

[@oggeeboggee]

Too much talking and no sound presentation. Do as Kendrick Sound does and show us how it sounds.

[@SkyFiAudio]

It's kinda hard to experience any of our systems through a compressed KZbin video, over the internet, over a mobile phone or desktop speaker setup. Otherwise we certainly would. Thanks for watching.

[@fickfehler3866]

And yet Revox from 1986 still remains superior to this no Naim audio.

[@acme181169]

How????

[@marktucker4528]

🤣 How? What Revox?

[@johnroberts4571]

All that to just sound like crap

[@acme181169]

Show me a man that thinks naim sounds crap and I'll show you a jealous man with a poorly paid job!!

[@richardsinger01]

@@acme181169 and cloth ears

[@marktucker4528]

Is that you, JR? 😂