corywong88
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Hello all,
I have been a lurker for some weeks, and a total noob in the Hi-Fi / Audophile area. This is my first post. Thanks for the nice community you have here!
My journey started since I listened a (what I considered decent) Hi-Fi from a friend in November and decided to buy something for me on Christmas.
In that moment I purchased (by recommendation of the dealer) a pair of KEF R3s + NAD C700, which from what I read maybe it wasn't the best combination and I told the dealer about that but he said that people in Internet writes crazy things, he told me that he tried this combination and it was great. I trusted him and received the equipment on late January.
Once I mounted the system, I was totally disappointed. No bass, and female voices kind of hurting my ear. I told this to the dealer and he said that it would be probably the room (not being treated), so I checked with some other dealers who told me that the NAD C700 wasn't a good match for the KEF R3s (in that moment I called back my dealer pretending to be a different person with KEF R3s and looking for a Streamer Amp and he told me I should go for a NAD M10 v2, Naim Uniti Atom or Hifi-Rose and saying that the C700 wasn't an option for these speakers). Yes, the same guy who told me this was a great combo...
Anyway, as I don't have much space and have to deal with the WAF, the proposed alternatives were Lyngdorf TDAI-1120 and Naim Uniti Atom. I read reviews and I know that measurements are not the best, but in the other hand there are quite a bunch of users in the forum happy with these amps, so I asked a dealer to have them both at home for testing and he agreed as he was 100% sure that I will get the Naim instead of the Lyngdorf.
And now it's when I require of your knowledge, as I am not an expert so I don't know the exact words to provide an specific description.
What I hear (noob ears):
- Naim sounds more powerful at low-mid volumes, but also I hear more distortion (don't know if the distortion is blame of the room, amp or speakers) when go higher volumes that I won't think I will be listening the music. Female voices are a little bit harsh for me ( metallic tweeter getting too excited? )
- Lyngdorf sounds not so exciting, but doesn't tire me up. I can identify some improvement with RoomPerfect but not night and day in my cause (maybe I'm an ignorant). I mean that I prefer the Lyngdorf sound even without RP. Volume control is totally different ( I think probably because of Equibit and being Totally digital? ), so I don't care what the volume knob says
I have to decide on Monday which one should I keep. Am I being ignorant for keeping the Lyngdorf for my speakers? All the dealers I asked (which first task is take money) said that I will prefer the Naim, but from what I read in this forum and other one is that maybe Lyngdorf will be better for this. I am just trying to remove my bias from the choice and asking for help.
FYI: I can get a Demo Uniti Atom at the same price as a brand new TDAI-1120.
Regards.
I have been a lurker for some weeks, and a total noob in the Hi-Fi / Audophile area. This is my first post. Thanks for the nice community you have here!
My journey started since I listened a (what I considered decent) Hi-Fi from a friend in November and decided to buy something for me on Christmas.
In that moment I purchased (by recommendation of the dealer) a pair of KEF R3s + NAD C700, which from what I read maybe it wasn't the best combination and I told the dealer about that but he said that people in Internet writes crazy things, he told me that he tried this combination and it was great. I trusted him and received the equipment on late January.
Once I mounted the system, I was totally disappointed. No bass, and female voices kind of hurting my ear. I told this to the dealer and he said that it would be probably the room (not being treated), so I checked with some other dealers who told me that the NAD C700 wasn't a good match for the KEF R3s (in that moment I called back my dealer pretending to be a different person with KEF R3s and looking for a Streamer Amp and he told me I should go for a NAD M10 v2, Naim Uniti Atom or Hifi-Rose and saying that the C700 wasn't an option for these speakers). Yes, the same guy who told me this was a great combo...
Anyway, as I don't have much space and have to deal with the WAF, the proposed alternatives were Lyngdorf TDAI-1120 and Naim Uniti Atom. I read reviews and I know that measurements are not the best, but in the other hand there are quite a bunch of users in the forum happy with these amps, so I asked a dealer to have them both at home for testing and he agreed as he was 100% sure that I will get the Naim instead of the Lyngdorf.
And now it's when I require of your knowledge, as I am not an expert so I don't know the exact words to provide an specific description.
What I hear (noob ears):
- Naim sounds more powerful at low-mid volumes, but also I hear more distortion (don't know if the distortion is blame of the room, amp or speakers) when go higher volumes that I won't think I will be listening the music. Female voices are a little bit harsh for me ( metallic tweeter getting too excited? )
- Lyngdorf sounds not so exciting, but doesn't tire me up. I can identify some improvement with RoomPerfect but not night and day in my cause (maybe I'm an ignorant). I mean that I prefer the Lyngdorf sound even without RP. Volume control is totally different ( I think probably because of Equibit and being Totally digital? ), so I don't care what the volume knob says
I have to decide on Monday which one should I keep. Am I being ignorant for keeping the Lyngdorf for my speakers? All the dealers I asked (which first task is take money) said that I will prefer the Naim, but from what I read in this forum and other one is that maybe Lyngdorf will be better for this. I am just trying to remove my bias from the choice and asking for help.
FYI: I can get a Demo Uniti Atom at the same price as a brand new TDAI-1120.
Regards.