New Adventures In HiFi
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 1:25 pm
Joined the forum yesterday with a view to getting some specific product advice, but having looked around the forum I think I'll just ramble on a bit and then sit back read and learn some more.
My music listening until recently was restricted to a couple of hours in the car during the daily commute and next to nothing at home - retirement came and I stopped listening all together wanting just to absorb some peace for a while. One afternoon I connected my phone to a bluetooth speaker and I was away again, catching up on new music and one thing leading to another I ended up buying a Naim Atom. I use this mainly to stream Qobuz via Roon and to me it sounds awesome. I then knocked up a Raspberry Pi and connected it in another room as a Roon endpoint which got me to thinking.
Everything I do is through Roon, the Atom plays the music but a lot of the features I don't need - even the nice screen I don't see due to my seating position. For some fun I thought I'd pull together another system for another room starting very basic Raspberry Pi, an Amp, some old Gale speakers I had in the loft and then upgrade over time to a quality system. This is where the search for an Amp starts - initial plan was to get something used off eBay, but I remembered an earlier search for British Amps, Graham Slee, Nord etc. and NVA where I remembered seeing a slick little single input amp - I kept going back for another look liking its simple form and the purity of one input - all I need.
I see from the specs it won't work for me, but then I start looking around at all the other goodies and now my thoughts are moving towards the full monty - a new system, relegating the Naim (after 10 months) to the kitchen (or selling it) -- I need to step back from the brink, breathe, take it all in. I still rather fancy the AP10P though - can you make a more powerful one please.
My music listening until recently was restricted to a couple of hours in the car during the daily commute and next to nothing at home - retirement came and I stopped listening all together wanting just to absorb some peace for a while. One afternoon I connected my phone to a bluetooth speaker and I was away again, catching up on new music and one thing leading to another I ended up buying a Naim Atom. I use this mainly to stream Qobuz via Roon and to me it sounds awesome. I then knocked up a Raspberry Pi and connected it in another room as a Roon endpoint which got me to thinking.
Everything I do is through Roon, the Atom plays the music but a lot of the features I don't need - even the nice screen I don't see due to my seating position. For some fun I thought I'd pull together another system for another room starting very basic Raspberry Pi, an Amp, some old Gale speakers I had in the loft and then upgrade over time to a quality system. This is where the search for an Amp starts - initial plan was to get something used off eBay, but I remembered an earlier search for British Amps, Graham Slee, Nord etc. and NVA where I remembered seeing a slick little single input amp - I kept going back for another look liking its simple form and the purity of one input - all I need.
I see from the specs it won't work for me, but then I start looking around at all the other goodies and now my thoughts are moving towards the full monty - a new system, relegating the Naim (after 10 months) to the kitchen (or selling it) -- I need to step back from the brink, breathe, take it all in. I still rather fancy the AP10P though - can you make a more powerful one please.