Hi @Graeme the Olive Grove photograph really surprised me, as I never imagined that you kept so many of your olive boxes whilst on your journey to your destination! Congratulations on the wonderful set up.
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All you need to do is to upgrade to a CDS/PS now so that it is entirely a brown olive setup 
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I don’t really understand why I’ve done it @GeoffC. I don’t think of myself as a hoarder, but when it comes to my Olives, I just can’t seem to let them go. Same with my bikes. 
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Hmm 
I have been holding out for grey boxes for some time now, even though I know the brown are sonically just the same. The four brown boxes came up in the last few weeks at the right price and with the right provenance. But yes, if I really want to match everything up, it would indeed be a lot easier to find a cds/ps in brown.
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Yup, I have the same problem, which that’s why we have five hifi systems in the house, a sixth on loan to Daughter#2 and enough spare bits floating around to make a seventh, not to mention a 5.1 AV system in the lounge - where a spare subwoofer is used as “side table”.
Got a cupboard full of old camera gear as well!
As my wife frequently comments, “Stuff comes into this house, but never leaves…apart from the daughters!”
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The inside of an olive ixo. I guess it is an ixo 1.
Anyone knows the difference between an ixo 1 and 2?
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Yes, the IXO2 was planned (would have been in 5 series casework) but never made.
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I think CB Nait is better than Olive.
Finally gone olive with a 62/180 combo. Definitely a step up on vinyl replay over the XS and Stageline. HiCap next 
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Just setting up a ‘new’ Olive/CB backup system upstairs in my place, built up out of spare units, cables and my old Dynaudio 1.8s Contours with NACA5. Olive CDX/XPS (with SXPS Burndy), Hiline, Olive 82, CB 250 + CB Hicap. Not only did it work first time but the sound quality is pretty damn good for a backup system !
Nice that my old CDX/XPS is still performing well. 
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This should give an idea - so far I’m delighted with how this is sounding. I have to re-jig it to group ‘brain’ and ‘brawn’ and shift the NAPSC as far away as poss but as a first cut, this one is a winner.
The CD on the left is by Ahmad Jamal.
Added bonus - green and red night-time light show from the black boxes. Very cool !
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@Dynaudio1 Thank you for the photo, that is a great combination of naim and I am pleased to know that it is sounding good - a few more shelves 
and a rejig and I am sure it will be even better.
Here’s the view including one of the Dynaudio Contour 1.8 speakers in bird’s eye maple. Not sure what the triffid makes of it ! I have the other speaker at the other end of the room - surprisingly, it works very well.
The finish on these speakers is lovely - nice looking as my Contour 60s are, can’t beat that old bird’s eye maple look for class.
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Good point - I might well have a spare shelf for the middle.
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Middle shelf added, lower shelf for the NAP 250, XPS and HiCap, 82 in the middle and CDX on the top. NAPSC shifted to the right on the floor. Sounds even better !
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Ooooh! A Naim-green plant! Love it.
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As I understand it, with that cheese plant, you could sell it and buy a full Statement set!
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