Naim NAIT XS 3 Integrated Amplifier

In the six years since the last NAIT integrated amplifiers were released, our research and development team has worked on a range of amplifier improvements.

The result is upgraded power amplifier sections for NAIT XS 3, delivering greater peace and intimacy to their musical delivery – whether it's driving a pair of loudspeakers or your favorite pair of headphones.

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

The NAIT XS 3 offers much of the performance of our reference-quality SUPERNAIT 3 in a simpler, slimmer package combining a 70W power amplifier with five analog inputs plus a phono stage. Its high-performance preamplifier stage is as transparent as you would expect from a Naim Audio amplifier, and it also shares the single-ended class-A headphone output of its larger sibling.

The NAIT XS 3 can be upgraded with our external power supplies, power amplifiers, and even cabling upgrades to get the best from all sources.

Warranty:

1-year manufacturer's warranty.

Naim NAIT XS 3 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

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Technology & Craft

Our 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 optimized, so they no longer need to be shielded by a cascade stage transistor. Removing the cascade means less amplifier stabilization is required: that doubles the slew rate and delivers another uplift in sound quality.

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

All RIAA equalization capacitors 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 470F capacitive loading; the gain is perfect for 5mV moving magnet cartridges.

Naim NAIT XS 3 Technical Specifications: