Naim + Cardas

Check the Naim forum for this. As I’m sure you know, some, but not all Naim amps require speaker wire with higher inductance to keep the amp stable, so you should take that into account. Many Naim users do not use Naim cables, so you can get some more accurate information from them about what works with what. 

@ticten - If you are looking for Speaker cables I would not recommend high end Cardas, because they have very high capacitance and under certain circumstances the cardas can cause the NAIM to oscilate and burn out components - this little detail can be found on the NAIM forums as @chayro had mentioned and that’s why NAIM recommends low capacitance speaker cables

If you are looking for cables that "Boogie" I would recommend Zavfino.

If you are looking for a great cable on a budget then look at Audio Envy - they boogie also

If you want High end then look at HIJIRI

Search the forum for either of these brands for people’s impression

I always wanted a NAIM and eventually purchased a 5i, But after 10 years the power supply caps had to be replaced ($400 and two weeks being fixed) , which NAIM actually considered a "design feature" - so I said bye bye to it and replaced it with Bryston B135 - a tad more expensive but it came with a 20 year warranty - it also sounded a lot like the NAIM (i.e. "spirited") but the extra power took better control of my speakers. It also had better imaging - an exceptional amp at the price

Good Luck with your quest - Steve

@williewonka

+1

This is the best advice you will ever get …. Choose wisely.

When the question was posed to a local NAIM dealer, he emphasized that NAIM recommends only NAIM’s own cables as a preferred pairing.

He substitutes the top LFD cables ( note: expensive, but worth it …) in his top end NAIM system, for his preferred “something extra” audio performance quotient,