Naim SL2 Exakt Filters

SpeakerFilters are pleased to announce a new addition to the range of available filters.

A legendary loudspeaker from Salisbury company Naim, the SL2 has a number of interesting design features, including separate but inter-linked boxes for each driver, a part sloped, part curved baffle, internal porting and an external passive crossover. This external crossover means that there are no physical changes required to use the SL2 in a Linn Exakt active system, making this a straightforward option.

So we're very pleased to add this rather special classic speaker to the SpeakerFilters portfolio.  Bringing the opportunity to apply Linn Exakt advantages to those who want to get the best out of their Naim speakers.  The filters were developed using a Linn Exakt front end and classic Naim NAP250 power amplifiers - a great balance of the best from both companies.  They're available to SL2 users "off the shelf" right now in three flavours which are provided to every customer:

- Standard based on the original SNAXO crossover
- With an additional 0.8dB attenuation for the tweeter
- With an additional 0.8dB attenuation for the tweeter and a 2dB bass lift below 100Hz

Feedback from SpeakerFilters customer CG of Birmingham:

"So how do they sound now? Well I wasn't ready for or, expecting the magnitude of the improvement. All the strengths of musicality & PRaT are there in spades but now hi-hats really shimmered, recording venue acoustics were tangible, bass lines are so solid, the space around instruments & performers improved, the decay on notes seemed to hang in the air. Boundary speakers are not renowned for their imaging but this has tightened up so that you can place individual performers, or even where the cymbals in the drum kit, are. The mid range has a much smoother integration. The slight mid/high frequency brightness had been tamed & the somewhat bass light presentation was gone leaving me wondering if I would still need my sub. (I have still got it in the system but I've dialled it down about 30%).
The end result is so impressive, I've done no work today, I've been sat here listening to track after track. A big thank you to SpeakerFilters - another awesome job."

Feedback from sound technician S from Birmingham:

"I’m highly impressed, it’s not that often that a system makes a significant positive impression on me, but that was lovely. As a sound technician, I’m often drawn to, and fixated on flaws, but there were none of note!"

 

Heybrook HB3 Mk1 Exakt Filters

SpeakerFilters are pleased to announce a new addition to the range of available filters.

The Heybrook HB3 Mk 1 is a bonafide classic speaker.  Often heard in the 1980s with a Linn LP12 and Nytech or Naim amplification - it set the standard for high end dynamic speakers back then.  Now you can bring them right up to date on the end of a Linn Exakt system.

So we're very pleased to add this classic British speaker to the SpeakerFilters portfolio.

For those of you without Exakt, but with a Linn DS or DSM streamer, the work completed by SpeakerFilters allows you to enjoy the benefits of SPACE Optimisation with the Heybrook HB3 Mk1.

Get in touch!  design@speakerfilters.com

Every SpeakerFilters set of filters comes with a no cost 2 week trial period.  

We also offer physical conversion of your speakers. 

Naim SBL Exakt Filters

SpeakerFilters are pleased to announce a new addition to the range of available filters.

A legendary loudspeaker from Salisbury company Naim, the SBL Mk1 has a number of interesting design features, including separate boxes for each driver, a sloped baffle, internal porting and an external passive crossover. This external crossover means that there are no physical changes required to use the SBL in a Linn Exakt active system, making this a straightforward option.

So we're very pleased to add this rather special classic speaker to the SpeakerFilters portfolio.  Bringing the opportunity to apply Linn Exakt advantages to those who want to get the best out of their Naim speakers.  The filters were developed using a Linn Exakt front end and classic Naim NAP250 power amplifiers - a great balance of the best from both companies.  They're available to SBL users "off the shelf" right now in three flavours which are provided to every customer:

- Standard based on the original SNAXO crossover
- With an additional 1dB attenuation for the tweeter
- With an additional 1dB attenuation for the tweeter and a 1dB bass lift below 60Hz

Feedback from SpeakerFilters customer CG of Birmingham:

"From SNAXO to Exakt: I was running a Naim SNAXO / SuperCap with my active SBLs - an improvement over passive - which gave great PRaT but they still sounded a bit forward. At a dealer demo evening I was listening to a Linn/Kudos Exakt active system thinking this system sounds amazing and the transparency that the Exakt technology brought, which performs the crossover in the digital domain,  was breath-taking. If only Exakt was available for the Naim SBLs.

At that same demo I learned about SpeakerFilters who design Exakt filters for speakers not covered by Linn. I worked with SpeakerFilters on a design for the SBLs and when these were loaded into my system it was clear that this was an improvement with better definition & spatial separation. The soundstage was more clearly defined & I was in heaven. The slightly bright presentation was gone, bass weight was enhanced and all the strengths of musicality & PRaT that SBLs are renowned for were retained. Hi hats shimmered, room acoustics were tangible, the space around instruments & performers improved. 

The end result? Absolutely stunning. If you thought going from passive to active with a SNAXO was a big step... from SNAXO to Exakt is like having seven league boots on! Really, it's that good"

For those of you without Exakt, but with a Linn DS or DSM streamer, the work completed by SpeakerFilters allows you to enjoy the benefits of SPACE Optimisation with the SBL.

Get in touch!  design@speakerfilters.com

Every SpeakerFilters set of filters comes with a no cost 2 week trial period.