Normal, for Naim.
Understand, just different to how the 72 was - and if I cast my mind right back different to the 32.5
Concentrating now on listening and enjoying it
The sound may differ, but the gains of the 82, 72 & 32.5 are the same.
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It is on the Nac 72 ,where there could have been changes done to the CD input.
And it is also on the Nac 72 where the Tuner input is better sounding.
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After an evening of jumping from song to song I am happy. The 82 is (to my ears at least) a definite update to the 72. Looks great in the dark too 
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I agree ,a big upgrade from Nac 72 in every way.
It’s possible to slow down the volume pot motor on the Nac 82,by a trimpot inside.
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interesting, I did notice that a single press of volume up was a huge increase in volume.
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The steep acceleration of volume was a challenge with my Nait 1 and 2 also because of the channel imbalance at low volumes.
Until I changed my source to a RME dac, in which I can lower the signal output to 77,5 mv instead of the normal 2V. Now the 1 is balanced even at night time volumes 
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My 82 didn’t have the imbalance, but I wish I had the RME at that time. It had been much easier the find the right volume.
The 82 + several other olives are tunes to an input sensitivity at 75mV. The tolerance for input V is in many cases much higher, so no harm done in using a modern (2V) source, but the volume knob gets very reactive
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As with people in another thread I also notice the imbalance between channels at very low volumes. Fortunately the 82 has a balance control. While middle irritating this does give an excuse to turn the volume up - so not all bad.
CD3.5 + Nait3… I had the same system from 1999 to 2012, and I kinda wish I’d kept it! Such a killer combo.
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This is exactly the year that I got mine. I never felt any need to “improve” on that.
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You were right…imho.
Olive Supercap is on it’s way to me. Excited.
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An old pic of the olive system I had about 20 years ago.
NAC72 + NAP180, CDX and Diapason Micra’s on Target HR60 stands.
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Supercap is now connected. System sounds better than a single HiCap. Feels better controlled on bass and more open in general.
Sitting and thinking how much better is a 52.
Also wondering if I should stop here and move to something more modern. Now have 72/HC/140 and 82/SC/250. Time to move on?
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If, I say IF you decide to move on I’d wait for the next step to a 552/300 both DR. I enjoyed my 252/250DR but unless that is your final destination I would stay with the excellent sc/82/250 combination and enjoy that while saving the pennies for a significant leap. Of course pre owned bargains may come up in between times and it is hard to resist (I find). 
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I am not rushing into moving on but feels like a natural end to buying Olive. It’s nice now all the boxes are the same size - I’m a bit like that, but my main source is a ND5X2 so now the colour issue is on my mind.
Still it sounds amazing, both my systems do, so for now I’ll enjoy them.
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FWIW, I am not the only one who found replacing 82 with 52 was a big upgrade for words like detail, air, subtlety, open and clearly positioned treble and so on, and with no less (but also no more) infectious boogie.
However…
I have NDX2/XPSDR feeding my 52. The old 82 is in Tasmania, where it sits between ND5XS2 and olive 250. Before shipping, we tried swapping things around.
ND5XS2/52 was overall not better to my ears than ND5XS2/82, while NDX2 (with or without PS) and 82 were only marginally better than ND5XS2/82. It took the 52 to show that the NDX2 was a good deal better than the ND5XS2, but it did so pretty clearly.
IMO, your approach is keeping a good balance. I hope you like the result.
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Thanks for your comment. Made me think that if I want to carry this onto newer/better amps then my current source may be a limitation.
Thoroughly enjoying it tonight.
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