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In order to reduce disorder among the cables, I am interested in using cable lengths shorter than the standard 1 m to connect my non-Naim CD and tuner to my Naim preamp.

Major Naim sources in the US have little interest in building cables, say 15" - 24" in length.

Has anyone reading this message tried this? Any comments on your results?

Obviously some cable lengths are important. Is there anything against short interconnects?

Thanks.

Phil

 
Posts: 1795 | Location: Evanston, IL, USA | Registered: Wed 02 August 2000Edit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Major Naim sources in the US have little interest in building cables, say 15" - 24" in length.

...as we have Chord Company make these (in dark green Cobra 2 and grey four-core Chrysalis) for us instead.

We do not stock any other brands of RCA-to-DIN interconnect at this time, though Nordost is certainly an option (they've made DIN-to-RCA cables for us before), and they will manufacture bespoke cables for a price.

Hope this clarifies,
Dave Dever, NANA

 
Posts: 2420 | Location: Niles/Chicago, Illinois, USA | Registered: Mon 31 July 2000Edit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Hi!
I have read an article once from a guy who was making some cables himself, using all kind of different materials. After a while he found "the perfect wire" (for him) and he wrote that the sound of the cable could be tuned. He stated that about 90 cm was the optimal length; shorter made the cable more detailed, longer made the cable more warm sounding. Now to get to my point, isn't it true that Naim have chosen the length of their cables for sound quality reasons? If that's true, it would not be so wise to take shorter lenghts...

Regards, Bas

 
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Phil.

You've got three options:

1) pay a rip-off price for a Chord or Nordost jobbie

2) have your dealer make up a suitable interconnect for you (or supply the parts for you to do it yourself)

3) convert your tuner output to DIN and hack down a Naim interconnect to the length you want

Obviously, option 3 is the way to go. It's what I plan to do soon with my Rega Radio R.

Vuk.

 
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vuk

know you r very fond of rega-their radio could be my next tuner upgrade. how does it compare to what u had in the past and what you have listened to? i definitely think (as usual) it offers value for money.

detail please.

regards

 
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