Hi folk.
I am almost finished tinkering with my system and think good stands will finish off nicely.
However, although I think my system is pretty good now, being curious wondered what improvements in my system (see sig) could possibly be from moving to Nait XS from 5i?
Would this draw little/much more detail from my Neats? Bigger bass presence, more defined and larger soundstage? How noticable?
Why..........
Having taken my Rega Dac + Wireworld mains to friend who was struggling with setup as their Pre/Power Arcam amps seemed to be firing not on all cylinders, found that taking coax out from pc into Rega Dac, into Sony ES1200 AV amp (biamp mode) and then into b&w cdm 7nt speakers it sounded very good indeed quite surprisingly too. Speakers gained a good sense of timing which wasn't there before and were conveying a huge soundstage and very good detail. More detail than my setup which he thought was due to the speakers. Amazing speakers they are too.
All this got me thinking, about speakers. I don't really want to change speakers and hoping good stands (super dreads) will give enough presence (solidity and soundstage) without sacrificing agility and overshadowing the midrange/treble.
However, what about AMP?
Can anyone share experience moving from Nait 5i to XS and perhaps importantly with reference to my system please?
All hypothetical of course
Many Thanks
Ambrose
I am almost finished tinkering with my system and think good stands will finish off nicely.
However, although I think my system is pretty good now, being curious wondered what improvements in my system (see sig) could possibly be from moving to Nait XS from 5i?
Would this draw little/much more detail from my Neats? Bigger bass presence, more defined and larger soundstage? How noticable?
Why..........
Having taken my Rega Dac + Wireworld mains to friend who was struggling with setup as their Pre/Power Arcam amps seemed to be firing not on all cylinders, found that taking coax out from pc into Rega Dac, into Sony ES1200 AV amp (biamp mode) and then into b&w cdm 7nt speakers it sounded very good indeed quite surprisingly too. Speakers gained a good sense of timing which wasn't there before and were conveying a huge soundstage and very good detail. More detail than my setup which he thought was due to the speakers. Amazing speakers they are too.
All this got me thinking, about speakers. I don't really want to change speakers and hoping good stands (super dreads) will give enough presence (solidity and soundstage) without sacrificing agility and overshadowing the midrange/treble.
However, what about AMP?
Can anyone share experience moving from Nait 5i to XS and perhaps importantly with reference to my system please?
All hypothetical of course
Many Thanks
Ambrose