Where to listen Naim

Gopi,

Ya the pricing in our country is always an issue. How large is the room and what are the speakers u have /proposing to acquire? Speaker sensitivity is very relevant in how loud ur set up will go.
The Roksan and primare integrateds are sweet , musical amps but i doubt they can drive inefficient speakers to blaring levels. In fact the primare was great at modest volumes in a small room with my B&W 805s but lost composure once cranked. Have never heard creek so cant comment.
What about the odyssey stratos amp? Heard lots of good things about the sound on this forum and from what i hear its moderately priced.
Regards

folks, my trip to bangalore has left me more confused. Must surely thank Sridhar and Pankaj for their patience. I checked the Usher's and few other models. But, looks like the filmi music I hear doesn't go well with tweeters which give details. I am back to square one. In short this is what I want:
1. Roomsize 12 * 18 * 9
2. Music genre : Mostly filmi music like AR Rahman, Ilayaraja etc; But few other names I do have ranges from Floyd, Beatles, Coldplay, Norah Jones, Eminem, Moby, Joe Satriani etc;
3. Preference of listening is that with melody numbers I might just sit and enjoy at a place primarily the vocals. While I play a dance number or such numbers I might not be sitting at one place and instead expect to be dancing(only if nobody else there in the room ) or atleast in short they should be fun and exciting.
4. Volume level is medium at max, definetly not very high and low.
5. Nice bass is preferred, but I can live without it.
6. Budget for amp plus speakers a lakh max. I am open to second hand stuff.
7. Most of the recent indian music recordings seem to be harsh sounding if listened on a revealing system with good volume. So, I am ready to have a tweeter that doesn't put out much detail and instead probably focus on the vocals more. I am not too keen if all the details are shown. I do listen to music for couple of hours. So, no fatigue , nothing like on my face. In short with a sense of warmth and lots of slam when required.
So, is SET the way to go or what else would you suggest.

hi gopi

As regards the amplifier you have mentioned , the Naim seems to the better one .... but for your budget the Roksan L3 is better then the creek , i have listened to the L3 and was blown with the quality , pair with proper speaker and you will enjoy your system for a very very long time.

regards

david

Have you checked out KEF ? I feel an “iq7” or ‘iq8”model from KEF will work for you. Do check it out.
Naim systems are ruthlessly revealing. I don’t think filmi music will work with them.

gopi, it's worth checking out those Dynaudio floorstanders I was telling you about...

I'll definetly give KEF a shot. Regarding Dynaudio's I think I had the wrong pairing when I listened to them. It was with Primare and Arcam. Probably something with more attack I should have listened to.

Bollywood music will always have a tough time esp the new ones as the recording leaves a lot to be desired. May the only way out is to have a extra cheaper, less revealing but warm source to play all bad recordings.

Hi,

To confuse you more allow me to suggest you Jolida 1501 RC. This monster of amp , delivers 100 WPC, it is a hybrid design with valves at pre stage and MOSFETs at power stage. This arrangement gives you best of both the worlds . For you music interest (Film scores) this is ideal one. Lots of power and bass punch , fluid mid range and crisp uppers. It is speaker friendly so pairing is not a problem. Its warm sound (valves) and forgiving nature will suit your music interest. It is built like Tank l(I mean it) and despite that it has got a out and out clean aesthetics. I once owned this particular amp before upgrading to Class A amp.

Mahendra Dave of Oceanic Pune deals with this brand. I got my 1501 RC from him in Oct 2006 for 45K with bill and warranty. Jolida have another worth looking , cheaper model 1701 (I believe) too , it is 50WPC while rest other things remain same.

Check with Mahendra, he can arrange for a demo. For speakers look for Jamo, MS or even entry level Dali.

Hope this helps.

SUhas

Suhas,
I see that you sold your Jolida a year back. If you don't mind can you tell me why. Also, can you ping me with your phone number.

Yes, I sold Jolida last year when I upgraded to Cadence VA-1 20 WPC Pure Class A amp. But when I decided upgrading to all Cadence products (VA-1 , ANINA Electrostats) , I had to let go Jolida. There was nothing wrong with Jolida and I still miss it for its bass punch and power. Will send you my contact numer via PM.

Regards

SUhas