Side By Side Comparison Naim v Lyngdorf

[manicm]

He stated there was no room correction or DSP applied to the Naim when unboxed, so I presumed it had something and wasn't used. As for the Lyngdorf, if nobody listens to it "as is" in a familiar environment, how will anyone know what it really sounds like, or compares to anything else? The product has to sound good before messing about with DSP, otherwise there's no point polishing the proverbial...

You're a dealer, I would expect you to have more knowledge than me. I will repeat 2 facts again. In the manual, Lyngdorf explicitly and strongly recommends the user to run the built-in, free room correction system. The Naim does not have any room correction facility.

So, in your esteemed wisdom, should the OP not have run the free Lyngdorf room correction to spite his face?

 

[BiggaJ]

You're a dealer, I would expect you to have more knowledge than me. I will repeat 2 facts again. In the manual, Lyngdorf explicitly and strongly recommends the user to run the built-in, free room correction system. The Naim does not have any room correction facility.

So, in your esteemed wisdom, should the OP not have run the free Lyngdorf room correction to spite his face?

One of the two Lyngdorf products tested had 'RoomPerfect' performed and to my ears while it was an improvement it wasn't as huge as I had hoped or had read about. When the Naim was introduced (no electronic room trickery) the sound was (to my ears) quite a leap forward.

 

[Al ears]

One of the two Lyngdorf products tested had 'RoomPerfect' performed and to my ears while it was an improvement it wasn't as huge as I had hoped or had read about. When the Naim was introduced (no electronic room trickery) the sound was (to my ears) quite a leap forward.

Which just goes to show that all the electronic wizardry available, much like tone controls on older amps, can not make wonders out of the wrong amp/speaker pairing whatever the room.....

 

[davidf]

You're a dealer, I would expect you to have more knowledge than me. I will repeat 2 facts again. In the manual, Lyngdorf explicitly and strongly recommends the user to run the built-in, free room correction system. The Naim does not have any room correction facility.

So, in your esteemed wisdom, should the OP not have run the free Lyngdorf room correction to spite his face?

As the Naim doesn't have any room correction, I'd have certainly tried the Lyngdorfs without correction first - making a like for like comparison of the actual products to get an idea of how they stack up against each other before messing about with room correction. After that, tinker away, but make sure the product is a quality product before messing with something that will improve how it sounds.

And off the back of that, he states he heard one Lyngdorf with correction and one without. Presuming they do have a similar sound signature (not a guarantee, but possible), why did he not hear a significant difference between the two? Surely this supposed top class room correction should make quite a noticeable impact? If it didn't, that either means it's "not all that", or the measurements weren't conducted properly - either through inexperience, accident, or to intentionally make the Naim sound better. If he didn't witness the measurement process, he has no guarantee the measurements are even for that room or speakers.