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Dear Avhed,
I don't know the answer to your question about the NAT 05, but the Nait 5i is a real gem, and the gain in reducing the box count is but one of the advantages, provided you can be satisfied with two line ins, plus tape IN/OUT, and a unity gain AV input. It is a topping little amp, and seemed to only grow in stature when fed with a very fine fron end source, like CDS2 or 3, both of which I tried on mine. It helped that the speaker were SBLS, in that the load is well within the 5i's capacity, and SBLs themselves are so natural and revealing of the quality at the start!
I wonder if there will ever be another "Reference" quality tuner?
ATB from Fredrik
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| Posts: 10635 | Location: Worcester, UK | Registered: Sat 09 July 2005 |  |
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avhed -
don't know about the nat5, but i have a nait5 and a nait5i (and a nait1!). as fredrik states, perhaps it would be worthwhile to sell your flatcap and put the proceeds towards a nait5i. i like the nait5, especially w/ a hicap, but the nait5i is very nice. if there is any way for you to listen to one, you owe it to yourself to do so. rgds.
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| Posts: 719 | Location: south of no north | Registered: Fri 06 May 2005 | |
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In a generalized sense, the FM tuners require a variety of voltages to run the tuner head and associated circuitry–but it sounds like an interesting idea nonetheless. (I'm holding out for RS-232 control, myself.)
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| Posts: 2420 | Location: Niles/Chicago, Illinois, USA | Registered: Mon 31 July 2000 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Fredrik_Fiske:
Dear Avhed,
I don't know the answer to your question about the NAT 05, but the Nait 5i is a real gem, and the gain in reducing the box count is but one of the advantages, provided you can be satisfied with two line ins, plus tape IN/OUT, and a unity gain AV input. It is a topping little amp, and seemed to only grow in stature when fed with a very fine fron end source, like CDS2 or 3, both of which I tried on mine. It helped that the speaker were SBLS, in that the load is well within the 5i's capacity, and SBLs themselves are so natural and revealing of the quality at the start!
I wonder if there will ever be another "Reference" quality tuner?
ATB from Fredrik
Fredrik is right about the Nait 5i. I had a late model (serviced) Nait 2 that I never thought I would replace but the 5i really did it. The Nait 2 looks great I like it better than any full size gear but the 5i sounds kind of like a grown up Nait 2 to me. The 5i is more subtle and stronger at the same time. More emotions in the music. It gets out of the way of your source too. JN |
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| Posts: 98 | Location: yes | Registered: Thu 02 February 2006 | |
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quote: Originally posted by David Dever:
In a generalized sense, the FM tuners require a variety of voltages to run the tuner head and associated circuitry–but it sounds like an interesting idea nonetheless. (I'm holding out for RS-232 control, myself.)
A variety of voltages?, Someone on this forum wrote he change connectors on a Hicap and used it on a NAT01? |
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| Posts: 701 | Location: Victoria BC, Canada | Registered: Sun 25 July 2004 | |
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No, that'd be a NAT101, which was designed to run off a single-rail SNAPS.
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| Posts: 2420 | Location: Niles/Chicago, Illinois, USA | Registered: Mon 31 July 2000 | |
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