Had a quick listen to the naim unitilie today and feelings are mixed at the moment. First of all the audition was unplanned so did not have my own music at hand so had to make do with whatever they had in the shop and secondly the speakers were bw cm1 s2 (mine are cm1 originals) which were far from run in.
First impressions were good as there was detail aplenty and a bottom end to die for, but there was also a sense of the sound being slightly shut in, no doubt due to the speakers not being run in. The build quality and the weight of the thing were stupendous and it certainly looked the business on the equipment rack, but at the minute i.m not feeling that my little marantz was 100% outclassed by any means - although the sound was much more mature, deeper in the bass and certainly more detailed and I certainly wouldnt say no to owning one.
However, I will be going back with my own music to have another listen and hopefully next time I will have a better idea of what it can do.
First impressions were good as there was detail aplenty and a bottom end to die for, but there was also a sense of the sound being slightly shut in, no doubt due to the speakers not being run in. The build quality and the weight of the thing were stupendous and it certainly looked the business on the equipment rack, but at the minute i.m not feeling that my little marantz was 100% outclassed by any means - although the sound was much more mature, deeper in the bass and certainly more detailed and I certainly wouldnt say no to owning one.
However, I will be going back with my own music to have another listen and hopefully next time I will have a better idea of what it can do.