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Playing today in the Basil store

The Man Himself

In honor of J.S.’s birthday:

On the Naim Mu-so Qb

Complete Bach Flute Sonatas - Emmanuel Pahud, Trevor Pinnock
Complete Bach Flute Sonatas – Emmanuel Pahud, Trevor Pinnock (CD)
The 'Cello Suites - Susan Bicknell, Viola
The ‘Cello Suites – Susan Bicknell, Viola (CD)
Hilary Hahn - Bach Concertos (CD)
Hilary Hahn – Bach Concertos (CD)
Partita No. 2 in D Minor - Hilary Hahn
Partita No. 2 in D Minor – Hilary Hahn (Tidal)
Goldberg Variations - Glen Gould
Goldberg Variations – Glen Gould (Spotify)

 

 

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Basil to Participate in first ever Barnes and Noble Mini Maker Faire®

Naim and Rega world class audio brands to feature in demonstrations of streaming audio apps and systems

LOS GATOS, Calif. November 5th 2015 — Basil today announced that it will participate in the first-ever retail Mini Maker Faire®, which Barnes & Noble partnered with Make: Magazine to launch from Friday, November 6, through Sunday, November 8.

A Maker Faire is a community-based learning event that inspires everyone to become a Maker and connect with people and projects in their local community. The events are designed for people of all ages and backgrounds who have a desire to create, learn and share, and who bring a DIY mindset to technology.

As a local Maker in the San Francisco Bay area, Jeremy Bicknell, Basil’s CEO will discuss two top audio brands from the UK and the cloud web servers, construction materials, apps, books and techniques he is using to set up Basil’s first studio that shows these audio systems to local customers.

The event will take place 7pm on Saturday November 7th at Barnes and Noble, 3600 Stevens Creek Blvd, San Jose, CA 95117 408-984-3495

For more information visit the event page below:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/h/makerfaire

 

About BASIL INC.

Basil was formed to provide, install and support world class audio systems for music lovers and audio enthusiasts in the San Francisco Bay Area. Basil selects audio components and systems from leading manufacturers and provides system solutions that are musically and aesthetically satisfying in home or office environments. The Basil team has extensive technical experience over decades designing complex analog and digital systems used in leading high tech systems and by semiconductor companies. The company was born from a close association with the key partners and a desire to demonstrate that multi-room network streaming, musical appreciation, audio engineering discipline and social interaction are not separate but together enrich our lives.

Based in Los Gatos, Calif., Basil services customers in Northern California and other regions in the US.

Basil & Co and the Basil logo are trademarks of Basil Inc. All other brands, product names and marks are or may be trademarks or registered trademarks used to identify products or services of their respective owners.

Contacts

Basil Inc. Press Contact:

Jeremy Bicknell, 408-647-5407

jeremy.bicknell@basilaudio.com

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Basil to showcase Naim’s new Super Lumina cable loom and high-end multi-room audio systems at the California Audio Show

For the first time at a US audio show, Naim’s Super Lumina “full loom” installed in a Naim 500 series reference system.

LOS GATOS, Calif. , August 12th 2015 — Basil & Co today announced that it will be presenting a range of Naim systems at the California Audio Show 2015.

This is believed to be one of the strongest line-ups of Naim’s products at the show in its 6 year history.

For the first time at a US audio show, Basil will be featuring the full Super Lumina loom in a complete 500 series system. In addition, the latest Naim streamer firmware and Naim App will be available in the same room to demonstrate multiroom and party mode across the three systems.

Designed to maximise the performance of Statement but equally at home in 500 Series and Classic Series systems, Super Lumina speaker cables are available with 4mm or spade connectors while Super Lumina pre to power amp interconnects are available with DIN to XLR, and XLR to XLR terminations. Super Lumina source to preamplifier interconnects are available with DIN to DIN, DIN to RCA, RCA to RCA and RCA to XLR connectors.

“During the development of Statement, our flagship amplification system, our engineers realised that they would need to design a whole new range of high-performance cables for it to reach its true potential” said Doug Graham, Naim’s VP of Sales. “Naim are delighted that our new dealer in the Bay Area, Basil & Co, will be presenting our high-end Super Lumina cables in a 500 Series system at the show.”

Products on display in the Basil room:

System #1

Naim Ovator S-400 speakers

Naim NAP 500 reference two channel power amplifier with dedicated power supply

Naim NAC 552 reference analog pre-amplifier with reference power supply

Naim NDS reference network player

Naim CD555 reference CD player

Naim NAPS555 reference power supply for digital devices

Naim Powerline power cables

Naim Fraim equipment supports

Naim Super Lumina “full loom”:

Super Lumina speaker cable

Super Lumina DIN4 to XLR interconnect

Super Lumina DIN5 to DIN5 interconnect

Furutech GTX-D (R) receptacle and FI-50 (R) power connector

System #2

Naim UnitiLite slim chassis integrated network player

Rega RX-1 bookshelf speakers

System #3

Naim Mu-so wireless music system

Server

Naim Unitiserve music server

QNAP HS210 SilentNAS

Apps

Naim App for iOS and Android

Naim nServe app

About BASIL & CO

Basil & Co was formed to provide, install and support world class audio systems for music lovers and audio enthusiasts in the San Francisco Bay Area. Basil selects audio components and systems from leading manufacturers and provides system solutions that are musically and aesthetically satisfying in home or office environments. The Basil team has extensive technical experience over decades designing complex analog and digital systems used in leading high tech systems and by semiconductor companies. The company was born from a close association with the key partners and a desire to demonstrate that multi-room network streaming, musical appreciation, audio engineering discipline and social interaction are not separate but together enrich our lives.

Based in Los Gatos, Calif., Basil services customers in Northern California and other regions in western US.

Basil, Basil & Co and the Basil logo are trademarks of Basil Inc. All other brands, product names and marks are or may be trademarks or registered trademarks used to identify products or services of their respective owners.

Contacts

Basil & Co Press Contact:

Jeremy Bicknell, 408-647-5407

jeremy.bicknell@basilaudio.com