Naim SUPERNAIT 3 Integrated Amplifier

£4,299.00

With Naim’s typical obsessive attention to detail – all in service of achieving the most authentic musical performance – the Naim SUPERNAIT 3 benefits from the following features:

  • Class A headphone amplification

  • Alps Blue Velvet volume control

  • Reed relay input selection

  • Ceramic insulators for the power transistors

  • Galvanically isolated microprocessor control section

  • Microphonic-isolating PCB mounts

*In Store Only

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With Naim’s typical obsessive attention to detail – all in service of achieving the most authentic musical performance – the Naim SUPERNAIT 3 benefits from the following features:

  • Class A headphone amplification

  • Alps Blue Velvet volume control

  • Reed relay input selection

  • Ceramic insulators for the power transistors

  • Galvanically isolated microprocessor control section

  • Microphonic-isolating PCB mounts

*In Store Only

With Naim’s typical obsessive attention to detail – all in service of achieving the most authentic musical performance – the Naim SUPERNAIT 3 benefits from the following features:

  • Class A headphone amplification

  • Alps Blue Velvet volume control

  • Reed relay input selection

  • Ceramic insulators for the power transistors

  • Galvanically isolated microprocessor control section

  • Microphonic-isolating PCB mounts

*In Store Only

Description

Step up from the NAIT XS3 to the SUPERNAIT 3 and you benefit from a range of superior features, all designed to deliver even better sound quality

  • Full 24V DR module built-in: enjoy the purer power and performance improvement of Naim’s Discrete Regulation technology for the entire pre-amp stage.

  • Larger toroidal transformer in the power supply: provides greater power and speed of recovery

  • Additional leaded through-hole components in the signal path: further minimises negative effects of vibration and transient thermal conditions

  • Chassis-mounted input sockets hand-wired to the circuit boards: offers enhanced vibration isolation

  • Full Alps Blue Velvet balance control

The phono circuit topology comprises 3 stages: the gain stage, passive equalisation and final gain and active equalisation. This enables excellent noise performance, extended RIAA equalisation beyond the audio band and great overload headroom.

All RIAA equalisation capacitors and the RIAA resistors are ‘through-hole’ mounted film designs, with low microphonic pickup and excellent transient performance. As phono stages are 1000x more sensitive than other inputs, this greatly benefits the sound quality

Input impedance is 47kΩ in parallel with 470pF capacitive loading; the gain is perfect for 5mV moving magnet cartridges.

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

The second gain stage transistors have been optimised, so they no longer need to be shielded by a cascode stage transistor. Removing the cascode means less amplifier stabilisation is required: that doubles the slew rate and delivers an uplift in sound quality.

Technical Information

MM Phono Input

  • via RCA, 47k parallel 470pF input impedance, suitable for 5mV cartridges

Line Level Inputs

  • 130mV sensitivity, 47k input impedance, suitable for 2V

Power Amp In

  • DIN Socket

Powered Accessory Sockets

  • +24V for Naim phono amplifier

Speaker Outputs

  • 80W per channel into 8 ohms (4mm sockets), 130W per channel into 4 ohms

Line Outputs Variable (level)

  • Pre-amp (DIN), Bi-amp (DIN), Sub (RCA pair) 775mV, <50 ohms 

Line Outputs Fixed (level)

  • AV (DIN), Stream (DIN) 130mV, 600 ohms

Headphone Output

  • 1/4 inch (6.35mm) TRS Socket

Remote Input

  • 1 x 3.5mm jack on rear

Physical Shipping Weight

  • 17.25 kg

Shipping Dimensions

  • 240 x 590 x 500 mm

Weight

  • 14 kg

Dimensions (HxWxD)

  • 87 x 432 x 314 mm

Supplied with

  • NARCOM-5 Remote Control, Mains Lead, Link Plug and Safety Manual