Ndx 2

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…

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I can’t wait! Now you come to mention it? :thinking:Thanks guys!:rofl: :sunglasses: :+1:

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Delighted for you. It’s a Naim classic and just sounds so right.

I waited around 6 months before adding the XPSDR, to get to know its attributes. With the XPSDR it reminds me of my old CDS3…it’s that good.

Enjoy.

G

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It never ends

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Well, duh . . .

Of course not… :slightly_smiling_face:

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As an owner of an NDX2 I can also warn against listening to an XPS DR because you’ll not be happy until you have one.

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I was happy without one…but very happy with.

G

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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…

Stephen, don’t reed the forum for a while :rofl:

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Witch Hat Phantom will be a cheaper alternative to SL.
SN3 is a better amp than many on this site give it credit for.

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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.

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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.

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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…:grinning:

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Stop it! Both of you. @JohnF. :rofl:

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Congratulations on the upgrade!

…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.

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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

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Marcusman in your profile you have the ND5XS 2 listed which does not take a power supply. Have you upgraded and not changed your profile?

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I’ll check my profile, I still have my ND5XS2 but I added a 2nd hand Naim nDAC which is fantastic and can take a power supply.

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Probably my old eyes not picking up on the nDAC and just picked up the streamer… :wink:

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No worries! I’ve been changing a lot lately. lol

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