Awaiting my 552. I have it on order. Delivery is aimed for august. Could make a good deal with the dealer who takes my current 252/SupercapDr. Really looking forward to it. The listening room is now acoustically treated s hope the 552 will shine
I fully expect it to take a couple of weeks to become more consistent but it’s giving me a glimpse into a whole other world just now. It makes all the other steps up the Naim ‘ladder’ feel comparatively small in retrospect.
Not everyone can afford a 552 so stating a 252 is a waste of time is disrespectful of people who enjoy owning one. I get a bit naffed of with posts having a slight undertone of it’s not a 552 or 500 so it’s not good enough
@GraemeH I’m so pleased that the 552 is living up to your hopes. It’s a stunning preamp and a world away from the rather pedestrian 252.
I hope you will feel able to accept my hungryhalibut award for the Ultimate Anti-Mullet. I’m rather surprised that nobody has suggested that you need to improve your speakers, which of course you absolutely don’t. But when someone does, they will automatically receive the Ultimate Clown award.
I hope your lovely system gives you and the family many many hours of enjoyment.“
@anon4489532 thanks indeed. My dealer happened to have one he’d got for a customer trial a year ago. The customer went the McIntosh route instead and so it sat boxed in his store for a year during lockdown.
As I still had my NDX2 to trade plus the 252DR the uplift wasn’t such a stretch.
My Proacs? Charlton Heston’s ‘…cold dead hands’ speech comes to mind. I’ll be boxed before they are!