Audio System 100K
We have put together a series of audio and movie systems in a range of prices which we feel offer the best performance. The list is not exhaustive and we suggest that you use the recommendations as a guide to be customised to your particular preference.
The following audio system is designed around a budget of £100,000.
The Naim 500 Series represents the ultimate expression of the state-of-the-art in musical replay systems. The 500 Series began with the introduction of the NAP 500 power amplifier, a two-box 140W design that could deliver traditional Naim Reference-level performance into any loudspeaker load, even over prolonged periods. For this system we are using two NAP500
The following audio system is designed around a budget of £100,000.
B&W 800 Diamond Speakers - £18,500
The speaker of choice for the world’s most demanding recording studios, and a legend among serious sound enthusiasts everywhere, the 800 Diamond is the top speaker in the range – and very probably the finest speaker you will ever hear. Quite simply, the ultimate loudspeaker.
You will find the flagship 800 Series loudspeaker at work in the world-famous Abbey Road Studios in London and the Skywalker Sound Studios in the Californian where Hollywood puts music to movies.
Naim HDX CD Hard Drive & Naim Dac - £4695 & £2040
When a CD is inserted in the HDX disc drawer it is read repeatedly until a bit-perfect CD-quality copy of the audio is obtained. This is then stored onto the HDX's 1TB hard drive, which provides a capacity for over 1200 CDs. Thanks to an Internet connection, your HDX will automatically catalogue your CDs at artist, album and track level, enabling the simplest search and selection when you come to play your music.
The Naim DAC is more than just a digital to analogue converter: it is effectively a digital hub capable of working with a wide variety of sources, and signals up to a sampling rate of an amazing 768kHz. It has Apple authentication for use with iPod and iPhone devices and, perhaps most importantly, it delivers jitter-free processing through its digital inputs. This provides a sound that is pristine and detailed while being engagingly musical and captivating.
Naim CD555 CD Player & Dedicated Power Supply - £12,255 & £5210
The Naim CD555 is Naim's flagship CD player, and it takes the listener to the absolute limit of CD reproduction. If the sound is recorded on the disc then the Cd555 is able to replicate it with utmost accuracy. The Naim CD555 is the reference CD player.
Naim NAC 552 Pre-amplifier & Dedicated Power Supply - £16,085
The NAC 552 is Naim's flagship pre-amplifer with a fully suspended sub-chassis mounted circuit boards. This method of suspension maximises isolation, hence minimizing the effect of vibration on the highly sensitive electronic components.
Power supply design has always been at the heart of Naim research. For the NAC 552 a radical new split rail power supply configuration has been employed that almost eliminates power supply noise in the signal earth. Housed in a separate, full-width brushed aluminium case, the power supply features a massive 800 VA toroidal transformer, three enormous smoothing capacitors and fourteen hand-selected power regulators to supply independently the different stages of the preamplifier.
Naim NAP500 Power-amplifer With Dedicated Power Supply x2 - £31,970
power amplifiers to get as close to the music as humanly possible.
Tellurium Q - Din Interconnects & Ultra Black Speaker Cable - £2750
Tellurium Q is an excellent range of speaker and interconnect cables aimed at combating problems caused by phase distortion. Their reference 'Ultra Black' speaker cable and 5-pin din cable are combined here to extract every last detail of sound.
Total System Price - £93,505
