552 preamp

:laughing: :laughing: :wink: Thanks James

I think we sparred over that last time - as said ā€˜horses for coursesā€™. If youā€™re ever in the North London area you are welcome to visit and listen

Cheers Pete

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Hi FR, I do love poisson particularly freshly caught sea bass :yum: (no pun intented), but even a mullett has its plaice! :rofl: ATB Peter

PS Pete, might have said this before but that sofa table is just so cool :+1:t3:

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I m planning to move from sn3 to 282/250dr and me as well I noted the incredible liveliness of 282. When I auditioned the 252 I found it really more ā€œhi fiā€ than 282 but without its involving energy. If I would plan to move from to 282 probably I would skip 252

No. I have had all 3 - and started with a 202 and lived happily with it for years. They are all very good. Naim would not make them and sell them otherwise

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:+1:

Thatā€™s interesting- I found the opposite. 252 was less ā€˜hi fiā€™ compared to 282 (which was great, in its own right), but more refined and satisfyingā€¦

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Well yesā€¦ As you will see from my post shortly after, my comment was tongue in cheek. Iā€™ve had 282 and now a 252 and both are excellent.

Inevitably, as you go up in the hierachy the pre-amps improve, as they should at prices we are talking about. But each is excellent. My view is go for the one you can affordā€¦ and dont listen to the next one up unless ownership is a realistic possibility.

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That would be my view, too.

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The S1 will take a number months to bed inā€¦I am not surprised at your initial findingsā€¦ My 500dr took an absolute age to really come on songā€¦

Indeed Rich, Iā€™d say anywhere between 6-9 months. Bonkers really, but hey some things are worth waiting for. ATB Peter

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Completely agree. This is why Iā€™ve now spent the most on my sources. Sw1x DAC iii balanced with upgrades compared to an Audio Note DAC 2.1x Sig.

Turntable vertere mg-1 with Sw1x LPU2 special from a Rega rp10.

When all setup Iā€™m hoping it will turn out to be the best system Iā€™ve had so far.

Having bought all my naim gear new (apart from a XPS in the days) I know what you are talking aboutā€¦The S1Pre I had for a home demo was a few years old and on permanent duty at the dealersā€¦
With more room treatment, cable-swapping and the better source I have now, I guess you could make the S1 sound amazingly good.
But at the moment Iā€™m in the ā€œnever change a winning (552/500) teamā€-camp. A few not to be mentioned cables should also be factored into this equation in the context of my system.

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Ooo Gazza,

Do tell! Or start another thread, this has my ears :wink:

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Not really much else i can say. Other than i have heard the 808,s a number of times at Signals in the large demo room, even with full Statementā€¦ā€¦they sounded good, but not this good. We even had Derek from Kudos set them up one time. The smaller demo room i have listened to the 606 and 707 with 252/300 and 552/500ā€¦.they did sound goodā€¦ā€¦but the S1/500/808 was rather special. My surprise was i expected the bass to be out of control in such a relatively small room.

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I thought Alistair was on holiday?

This is just before he went awayā€¦.though he is back next week. Dusty was referring to a post from a while back.

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Thatā€™s the thing about the Titans they all seem to be room friendly.

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So you will need the S1 and the 808s!

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Bless ya Gazza!

Iā€™m really enjoying my 808ā€™s with 500 and my 552! System working in harmony!

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