Congratulations once again Stephen and happy to read how happy you are with your upgrades!
…as ChrisBerlin mentions above you will be in for a nice surprise when you eventually demonstrate the XPS DR, and I do look forward to your description of your experience at that moment in time.
I waited six months between installing the NDX 2 and then having a home demo of the XPS DR. It was a wow moment…
Hi guys, it’s not very kind for Stephen. He has just bought a new Ndx2 and you are pushing him to buy absolutely the xps dr.
When Stephen will buy one day the xps dr, you will tell him to try quickly Superlumina?
The the SN3 will be the weak link…
I recently traded in my (virtually new, 12 wk old) XS3 for the SN3 and I really couldn’t be more happier. My longer term plan is to get the NDX2, then the HICAP DR and finally the XPS DR - then that will be me, well, apart from speakers…
Time frames, probably over the next two to four years, for me it will be the secondary market unless some more bonus (unlikely) comes in. I have already added a Morgana interconnect and the uplift is fantastic. I’m just awaiting the Phantoms, which are due to arrive later this afternoon.
I’m really looking forward to some listening this weekend.
Yes i agree, the SN3 is a real peach of an amplifier. Hard for me to hear how i would want any better to be honest. I feel pretty sure that Naim will be shifting quite a few of them. More than likely one of their most popular products.
Hi Stephen,
Glad you are enjoying the new boxes, it seemed to be quite a journey for you. Hopefully as they run in you will enjoy them all the more. I’m at roughly the same place as you and from my perspective I do not see any need to rush off and spend more £££s on more boxes/accessories. At least not for some time yet…
…my only recommendation is that you add the XPS DR first, in my experience, it has the greatest uplift in performance. It is more expensive then the HiCap and the improvement is worth every penny.
Honestly this is my dilemma. Wait for a good deal on a XPS DR, or update my speakers to ProAc D20R/D2r or B&W705s2/805d3. I’m more of a Source first person, but newer speakers are so tempting