Naim NDX 2 unboxing and request for advice

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Well, it’s been in place for five hours now and there’s no going back.

More details over in the other thread:

Is the pre-amp a thing of the past?

Nope. The pre-amp is not a thing of the past. At least not to my ears, and boy did I want it to be (unnecessary that is)! Apologies to @Richard.Dane who told me straight out not to connect the NDX 2 straight into a power amp. He was dead right. Haven’t tried the 252, so I can’t speak to that, but I’ve had my new PrimaLuna DiaLogue Premium hooked up for five hours now and it’s an astonishing difference. I had suspected the lack of preamp was the reason I wasn’t enjoying orchestral works as muc…