Is it a big issue? My pre is the other side of the room and to all intents & purposes the text on the buttons is invisible from where I sit. It’s all controlled from the app with the relevant inputs named appropriately and the others switched off.
As a turntable user, I don’t mind the analogue only pre-amps, it’s just no configurability options around out of date source selection buttons.
Give it another 30 years and it will be all the rage again
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The Supernait 3 has a Stream button that I use for my NDX2, a tuner button that I use with my tuner and a phono button that I use for my turntable. I have to say that when I swapped from my 272 last year, this was one of the attractions of the Supernait. I don’t think it’s really important in the scheme of things, but it just makes things nicer to use.
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Would be nice if different buttons names was an option from new or during service.
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The Aesthetics thread, and also this and others:
In short, many people use them for headphones
Yes please! I have no practical way to run power to where a speaker can go in the bathroom and the JBL bluetooth thingy is not cutting it 
I really agree here. The buttons are really from a bygone era! I really like the mono options though.
Ha !
I read that, but can’t honestly read the text on my SN2 buttons
Its in the lowest rack shelf and my bag hurts if I need to go down there.
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That feels a much better selection of options on the SN3
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The classic serie is exactly 20 years old (except for the “DR” upgrade of power amplifiers and power supplies had a few years ago), so it will it be updated (internally and/or externally) sooner or later?
David
I don’t think more can be added than …
… and the wishes and speculations discussed in the older threads that were linked
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My ‘guess’ is that Naim will (continue to) slowly discontinue any products which don’t sell so well. I would suggest some of the Classic line are likely to go.
What Naim will surely concentrate on is more products which will likely sell in shed loads - which is more like the Atom HE and similar ‘multi functional’ all-in-one units. But - I could see this including something like a NAC272 Version 2. A multi functional Classic Pre Amp which can ‘front’ any of the Classic NAP’s.
Just my thoughts… YMMV, as always.
Careful what you wish for, Focal/Naim are doing so well in the lifestyle market with the Mu-so they may decide that’s where the future lies and give everything a makeover to appeal to the designer set.
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As new 282 owner without my reading glasses I cannot see the print on the input buttons anyway!!!
Saying that the 282 is that good maybe rename the HDD button to stream then it’s set for another 20 years
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CD and AV are the only inputs I use…
Love the psychology that says ’ I use ‘x’and ‘y’ so other inputs are outdated’… 
Of course, if you had a 52, 82 or 102 you could find one of the sheets of sticky labels and change the switch labels to whatever suits your fancy.
FWIW… having just purchased a new 282 all I can say is that it sounds sweet! …it doesn’t sound dated to me.
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Sound isn’t dated at all. Just the input names. Easy to modernise I’m sure. Naim have chosen not to. Allowing us to believe it is still 2001, and cd is current.
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I owned 202, 282 and then a 252. On each one there are several buttons that I never used and thus for me were totally redundant. This functionality must come at a cost. Many, or most, users could do without them I suspect.
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