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Price Paid:
$800.00
from Music For Pleasure Summary:
This reveiw is actually for a Naim Nait 3, as well as a Naim NAC 92, and Naim NAP 90 series 3 amplifier.
The reason that I say this is that back in the early 1990's I purchased a new Nait 3, and then had it modified so that both the 92 preamp and 90/3 amplifier could be used independently of one another.
The system worked out quite well, with enormous flexibilty, and could be used as either an Nait 3 integrated, or separate preamplifier or power amplifier.
This modification also allowed the me to use the Nait 3 with an outboard power supply, which demonstrably improved its sonics. (I added a Naim Hicap).
The NAC 92 and NAP 90/3 are typically characteristic of Naim's PRT (pace, rythm and timing focus), offering an involvement in the music, which is uniquely Naim.
Voices and instruments maintain their natural qualities, never giving the listener a sense that they are being rendered as anything less than what one might hear in real life.
Aesthetically, the Naim 3 series was a radical departure from Naim's earlier shoebox style components, and as was not entirely accepted by long-term Naim officionados -- which is a shame, given how functional the Nait 3 with the aforesaid modification could be.
Overall, and as an owner of many Naim systems in the past two decades, I remember my time with the Nait 3 quite fondly. Strengths:
Pace rythym and timing, involving to listen to, faithfully honors the music, with modifcation which splits the Nait three amp and preamp section, the great flexibility this unit offers. Weaknesses:
Build quality not quite up to the Nait 2, aesthetically nto as pleasing to some as the Nait 2 Similar Products Used:
Ensemble B50 Tiger, Naim Nait and Nait 2, NAD 3130
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