Supernait 3 - Not So Super?

This has to be one of the sillier threads I’ve read on here. And man, I wish I knew where all of these ‘cheap’ Supernait 3’s are hanging out as I’d probably grab one (certainly not in North America). As it is my local dealer actually has a couple of used ones at the moment, but still pushing near $4k. Think I’ll stick with what I’ve got, lol.

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There’s a 2021 SN3 for sale for £2199 or best offer on eBay. It’s in Leicester. That looks cheap to me.

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depends from your speakers - there are so many

The description on that one seems to suggest a hard life lots of scuffs and rubs etc. :thinking: :-1:t2:

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That’s a fair point, and any buyer would need to be confident about noticing on inspection/ getting their money back if it was knackered.

Pristine-looking examples will cost a bit more than that one, but there seem to be plenty for sale (and there seems to some actual turnover), and asking prices are not always transaction prices. Many examples should be available for a bit less than was suggested as the likely US price. Mind you, any gap may simply show that there is more of a market in them here.

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As Max recently said:

… it’s the Labrador of amps.

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Yes i agree. A good clean example SN3 with maybe a year or two behind it tend to float for around £2600/2800 from a reputable dealership, which i think is about right and quite reasonable, especially if you factor in any warranty that may come with the unit as well. Of course, any scruffy example will always fetch for considerably less so and what may appear to be a bargain actually isn’t. I wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole. :relieved:

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With all due respect for the God of PR&T, I’ve never so far heard such a powerful, transparent, exact and unquestionable amplification as the Statement. And it’s a masterpiece of visual engineering. May those who have it enjoy it.

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The day I’ll hear a Nait 50 with any turntable make me see Clifford Curzon playing Mozart and almost see him touching the piano keys with infinite care and love, as I heard it through Solstice and Statement, I’ll buy a Nait 50.

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It is a great amp,there were no used availabla year ago With the new classics i think people are selling and upgrading. I dont see the 200 level new classics as enough of an upgrade to justify selling- for me, now. If you got ndx2 and sn3 id dare you tell me its not very synergistic at a minimum . I run some wilson tunetots with mine and it is dynamite. I listened to some alex v’s with dagostino amps and thought my system was better. Really.

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It was a joke from me…relatively to the crap comments on the SN3 lacking prat.

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I understood it as that - along with some of the other comments, though it is a bit difficult to tell the difference between ironic / sarcastic replies and genuine complaints.

I haven’t heard SN1 or SN2 but had an SN3 and hicap for a few months with an NDX and found it much better than the Nova which (via an Atom) replaced it (I really should have kept it) - no shortage of prat there and sufficient to satisfy in a second system (unlike the Atom and Nova to me) despite the 555/552/500 that was downstairs at the time. This in my study system. Am now about to put together a 282/250dr/hicap/NDX combination to replace the Nova which went towards a main system upgrade. The study speakers are nSats on wall brackets

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This Prat thing is a bit funny thing. All Naim components, from Olive to new classic range have Prat. Is Olive have more, or new classic more than the preceding range ? I really doubt.
The recent reviews point that Naim, with the new 222/200 returned to the original Naim prat sound. So the black green logo boxes were not timing well enough ? :face_with_monocle:
Funny statements.

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Good Pun.
:roll_eyes: :face_with_hand_over_mouth: :rofl:

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Hey, don’t forget about the CB’s before Olive! Both my 110 I had and now my 160 bolt down have more PRAT than you could ever need! The 110 sometimes almost too much…

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Yes, but I have never heard CB. It shouldn’t be different for them.

Sorry… these days I am a little slow at everything.
2023 is not my year…
M

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Take a look at number 7 :thinking:

It even beat Statement! :rofl:

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Having read this thread I am seriously considering changing my Uniti Star for an SN3 and NDX5 S2. Question is would I notice a big improvement over the Star with my B&W 706 S2’s? Also would the DAC in the NDX5 be good enough to feed from a CD transport (can you even do this with the NDX5 S2?). Or would it be more sensible to look at good second hand CD players like the CD5si or maybe a high end Arcam? Thinking of looking at pre owned to keep the cost reasonable so can’t really audition beforehand. Thanks in advance for your thoughts