What would be a good small standmount to go with Nait 5i? Pls recommend. Tq

nSat

N-Sats

I second ROTF's recommendation for nSats. I use them with my Nait 5i (Mk11) and they are superb. When I had a bigger system with an olive 250 I used IBL's. Good as the old IBL's were I can honestly say that that I would much rather listen to nSats - they are much sweeter and better balanced in my view. They are an excellent match for your Nait and will serve you well through very many upgrades. In fact if I were planning to upgrade, (which I'm not!), then the nSats would be the last on my list to change. I wouldn't consider parting with them until I could afford SL2's. They are that good.

Regards,

Peter

Kudos C-1

MA Silver S1 works a treat, imo.

I have a set of Harbeth P3ES2 standmounts which are exceptional on the end of a nait 5i.

I am using Neat Motive 3's that I am very pleased with.

Do they need to go close to a wall ?

If so then n-Sats.

If further out then Neat Motive 3's and if you can go for a small floor mount then Motive 2's.

James

Epos m12 (or m12.5) 2nd hand or the new model (m12i or m12s something, i forget what they are called now).

Naim n-Sat if near a wall, otherwise:

Dynaudio Audience 42 or 52 - still favourites
Dynaudio FOCUS 110 - just about drives them
Totem Dreamcatcher - tiny standmount
Focal Chorus 705V or 706V
B&W 686 or 685

There's a few...

Hi Frank

How are you?

Any speakers you could recommend that you don't stock but would like to

I have to say that these Leema xero's are superb!

N Sats excellent on their own, can be further upgraded with N Sub.

Don

Personally I found unaided n-Sats too "thin" sounding for comfort in extended listening sessions. Very fast and detailed though, if that's your thing. I can believe that adding an n-Sub would help enormously, but I haven't heard that set-up myself.

Don't mean to be a "party pooper" but I had a demo of the n-sats and had some reservations. They had energy and speed. Also had a reasonable amount of dynamics for their size. I used them bare and with my REL subwoofer. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't get thick luscious bass, or low mids for that matter. They did sound a bit thin. They handled trebbles in a very very nice way but the tonality of the mids and lows was too dry and a bit cardboard like. I mean snare drums didn't have the texture of a snare where you can hear the drumstick impact the diaphragm and then the resonance of the drum followed by the rattle of the metallic threads. It sounded like somebody beating at a cardboard box.

In all fairness I have to say that the pair I got wasn't broken in completely and there was a bit of improvement over the third day but they still failed to convince me of their performance.

Regards...

I've heard n-Sats and I too think they are thin-ish and dry sounding.

The PMC DB1i can be stunning.



Richard.

Robert,

Almost definitely not. 1.3MkIIs are more difficult to drive than Rainmakers, and I don't recommend them with a Nait5i because they're too difficult a load...

John,

It's been a very long time since I've listened to anything extensively which we don't have in the shop - one of the quandaries of being in the shop is that you listen to what comes in and then make a judgement on the product, but if it doesn't come in then you haven't heard it.

Things I haven't heard in systems I know include the PMCs, latest ATCs, Leemas, Audio Physic and any number of other speakers. I figured the shorter list of speakers I have experience with might make more sense, which is why other dealers should mention their preferences. The whole point is to offer advice based on experience, is it not?

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Originally posted by Frank Abela:
Robert,

Almost definitely not. 1.3MkIIs are more difficult to drive than Rainmakers, and I don't recommend them with a Nait5i because they're too difficult a load...

John,

It's been a very long time since I've listened to anything extensively which we don't have in the shop - one of the quandaries of being in the shop is that you listen to what comes in and then make a judgement on the product, but if it doesn't come in then you haven't heard it.

Things I haven't heard in systems I know include the PMCs, latest ATCs, Leemas, Audio Physic and any number of other speakers. I figured the shorter list of speakers I have experience with might make more sense, which is why other dealers should mention their preferences. The whole point is to offer advice based on experience, is it not?

Frank & Robert,
Do you think its easy to drive a PMC BD1i+ with a Nait5i2? Thanks.

I had PMC DB1+ with a Nait 5i. Very enjoyable.

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Originally posted by robert-:
Hi zztop,

I have the 1.3mk2 and they sound very good but only at a low to above medium volume, then they become harsh on the ear at high levels, think its a lack of power from nait 5i.

It is clipping at that point.

rega1