Naim Audio nait xs 3

Naim Audio Nait XS3 Integrated Amplifiers

The NAIT XS 3 has received significant performance enhancements, including a built-in phono stage, making it an ideal partner for turntables, as well as streamers, CD players, or any other music source that people want to enjoy the Naim sound.

Features

With our typical obsessive attention to detail - all in the service of delivering the most authentic musical performances - the NAIT XS 3 boasts the following features:

• Class A headphone amplification
• Alpine blue velvet volume control
• Reed relay input selection
• Ceramic isolators for the power transistors
• Galvanically isolated microprocessor control section
• Microphonic isolated PCB supports

Technology and craftsmanship

Updates in more detail:

Our R&D team has found a way to more than double the speed of the voltage gain stage, which in turn doubles the speed at which the speaker output stage can respond.

The transistors in the second gain stage have been optimized, so they no longer need to be shielded by a cascode stage transistor. Removing the cascode means that less stabilization of the amplifier is required: this doubles the slew rate and offers another improvement in sound quality.

The phono circuit topology consists of 3 stages: the gain stage, the passive equalization and the final gain and active equalization. This allows for excellent noise performance, extended RIAA equalization beyond the audio band and a large overload margin.

All RIAA equalization capacitors are "through-hole" mounted film designs, with low microphone pickup and excellent transient performance. Since the phono stages are 1000 times more sensitive than other inputs, this greatly benefits the sound quality.

Input impedance is 47kΩ in parallel with a 470F capacitive load; gain is perfect for 5mV moving magnet cartridges