Thank you @Richard.Dane, there is a confusion hence this query. There is one more interconnect on the page which ends with xxxx250 and the one you suggested is xxx244 which says legacy PS does it mean power supply? You know better but just to re confirm.
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The cable shown in the video is different which is connected from SN3 to 250-3
Yes, it looks like you’re right - the Supernait has only a single DIN4 out so it’s probably the 0250 as the 0244 says it’s a pair - probably a pair of cables rather than just a pair of XLRs. As were, best to confirm with your dealer to be sure.
As someone who bought a lead to run my 250DR with my 222 I am slightly miffed by this as it will hit the resale value of my cable when I upgrade to a NC250. If I had known it was coming, would I have waited? No way, my 222/300 has come fully on song now and I am loving it even more and the new 250 will just add to this.
What is the time limit on this offer, do we know?
These Naim offers that are U.K.-only are the kind of thing that turns me off on upgrading any of my Naim gear. Naim is already expensive enough in the U.S. and very painful to demo. Not getting the promos the U.K. customer get is just fuel on the fire. And what makes it silly is that the U.S. distributor isn’t an independent. Focal Naim America has the same owners.
I’m happy with what I have now but – TBH – at this point if I ever feel compelled to upgrade I think I would jump over to Boulder.
Will there be any encouragement for International customers outside the UK?
UK offer only, yet again. And now there is no Naim distributer for New Zealand and Australia either, so you can’t even buy the new classic gear, let along get a free cable.
It’s very disappointing to see Naim abandon what was once a very dedicated market for them.
Doesn’t even look like the US is fairing much better.
No, see my comments above.
They did offer the same discounts in the US as they did in the UK and I took advantage to pick up a SuperCap DR.
I do not think it will sit well with international customers knowing they can not get the same product offerings and corporate discount offerings. Just leaves a bad taste in the mouth and may motivate current customer base to explore other brands. Time will tell…
The trouble I had getting a demo of a Superline in the U.S. a few years ago was a wake up call to how much worse it is with Vervent (Focal-Naim) owning the North America distributorship. When it was Audio Plus Services my dealer could get demo components for me easily. But after Focal-Naim took over, when I wanted to get that Superline for demo, it was like pulling teeth and almost never happened. I don’t expect to ever hear a 300 system unless I buy it first. I think I would jump brand rather than upgrade at this point.
It’s being offered by Naim as UK distributor, so any offer outside the UK would be up to the distributor for that region.
You are correct the PS is for power supply.
We don’t have one (a distributor that is)…… Not sure Naim are supporting the non-UK market as well as they used to.
Mike, I appreciate that for NZ and Australia the distribution appears to be undergoing some change at the moment. Unfortunately, in my experience, such changes always take time and often there are hurdles to overcome along the way. I would suggest keeping in touch with your Naim dealer and hopefully the situation will progress and improve before too long.
With my intention to replace my SN2 (currently used as a preamplifier) with the NAC 332 Preamplifier, and retain my NAP 250DR, this is offer has arrived at the perfect time for me.
The cable I will need appears to be Part Number 00-010-247, New Classic Preamp XLR to Legacy NAP 250 XLR.
I do hope that naim extend this offer outside the UK, and perhaps any rise in sales / transition to New Classic here, will encourage this if it proves successful.
Nice move by Naim in the UK. I don’t know how the distributor deal works outside the UK or how much Naim can encourage other distributors to offer the same deal. But I think they should and I imagine they have.
At least in Denmark this has not been the case up until now. But w who knows what the distributor decides this time.
Claus
It becomes bit strange when Naim also act as a distributor in the UK and differentiate themselves against other markets and distributors. If the deal and margins are the same I guess the other distributors would offer the same as global launch goodwill but something tells me it’s not which creates a we and them thingy. Same with the other offer recently launched for UK only. It makes the other markets feel excluded. Up to naim how they want to be thought of as a brand of course. Inclusive or exclusive.
I recall seeing offers in other countries mentioned on this forum that were not available in the UK. So I am guessing it is just how it is, sometimes UK punters are the fortunate ones, and other times it will be international customers who are.
