Nac 282 + Nap 300dr

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A long time ago, 32-HiCap-250 was Naim State of the Art. There was nothing above this.

Everything else came along later. So, of course a 282 will work with a 300. Probably very well indeed.

Talk of synergy and natural partners, is just that. Talk.

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While some models obviously use different components I thought all NAIM componentry was equally rigorously selected, didnā€™t realise the same component used in a 282 might be less water tight than if used in a 252

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Naim have often applied more critical selection criteria in certain key areas to otherwise seemingly identical componentry the higher up the range you go. Perhaps the best known examples were volume pots in the pre-amps and DAC chips - the Philips TDA1541A Crowns used in the early machines, where the ones that Naim measured as best were reserved for the CDS, to the PCM1704K DAC chip that was used in many different units at different levels, from the CD5x, through to the CDX2, the Naim DAC, all the way up to the CD555 - the ones used in the latter were of course the ones that Naim found measured best.

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Naim arenā€™t the only ones to do it either. Thereā€™s at least one cartridge range where IIRC the difference in cost and performance levels is just that some come off the production line better measuring than othersā€¦ Clearaudio?

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I donā€™t know about the MM line of cartridges from Clearaudio, but their LOMCs, from Talisman and Concerto on up, all have different body materials, so the differences are definitely more than just production line measurements.

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Itā€™s their MM line (apologies for thread drift)

The Clearaudio V2 moving magnet cartridges are meticulously measured, analysed, and hand-selected into four performance levels. In this way Clearaudio achieves the best stereo channel matching, minimum phase error and distortion, flattest frequency response and highest dynamic range at each price point.

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Think the Linn Trak used to be a ā€œless rigorously selectedā€ Asak. I had both (few years apart) but donā€™t recall a huge difference.

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252 is a dual mono preamp

Not sure the 282 is ?

A 252 blows a 282 away in my experience (I have a 282) more lower end grip and more resolution

Still though I put my money on a source upgrade

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They are both dual mono.

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