To @ratrat and any others that wondered how I chose my final solution (please see profile).
I started my Naim journey just 1 year ago. In fact the first system wasn’t actually installed until the 2nd October 2022, which will be a year on Monday.
That first system was a NAC 202, NAPSC, HiCap DR, NAP 200 DR, Dynaudio Evoke 50’s.
Sources were my LP12 (pre Lingo 4) and my MacBook Pro through an AudioQuest Dragonfly Cobalt for streaming from Qobuz.
My problems with the Dynaudio’s are well documented (Bass bloom predominantly).
It soon became clear that I wanted more from the system than it was capable of delivering. This, in fairness, turned out to be the Dynaudio’s and my space rather than the electronics.
I resolved early in 2023 to seek a system with more capability and the NSC 222/250 or the NSC 222 with Active ATC’s appeared to be perfectly placed to resolve my issues.
The NSC 222 in both configurations seemed made to measure in dealer suite demos. However, not so much in my space.
The ATC’s in Active configuration really didn’t thrill me at all and I was beginning to see the NSC 222 as a bit of a cul-de-sac.
I started exploring other options and with the 222 dropping on the market, the ‘Classic’ range being discontinued and the rumours around other NC products, I saw an opportunity to move up.
The demos I arranged are documented further up in this thread, but suffice to say I definitely felt I was going in the right direction.
Barring the addition of an additional HiCap DR and either 1 or 2 Rel T5/x’s I am at my end game system.
It has also resulted in me building a system for my wife from the 202/200, which she is equally thrilled with.
I hope this answers the question you posed @ratrat. Sorry it’s a bit long and wordy…
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