System Pics 2022

Yes, true. My impression is that the Ob2’s don’t give away much to the Hawk 1’s. Then again, I don’t think the Hawks ever got close to what Diapasons are capable of.

About the same setup as mine, 5x7 meters NAC 252, NAP 300D, XPS, B&W 803 D2, most wonderful combination.


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A NAC N272 you mean? Nice simple setup, not to many boxes. But loads of quality in it.

And a very warm welcome here.

NAC n272 I mean :slight_smile:

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If you touch the three dots at the bottom of your post, and then choose the pencil, you can edit it. You also have 5x7 metres of something….

Very nice set-up.

Or has he got 5 x 7 meters?

Reminds me of a vist to Battersea power station when it was still operating. Banks of very large meters in a control room that was more like the bridge of a ship.



Not great photos, but this is my favorite thread, so I figured I should participate. I love my system.

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Spot the difference…

First person to figure it out gets to buy me a full blown Statement System. :grinning:

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An nDAC was added?

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@Bandit is correct and is the winner!

Looking forward to you supplying me that Statement System. :grinning:

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Haha I will find a nice picture of Statement system for you later. :sweat_smile:

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:rofl:

What will you be feeding the nDAC with?

Hi Marcus. It’s attached up to Mac mini mounted in the AV unit at the other end of the room.

Cheers, Rack.

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And you have a tuner as well as a streamer, a man after my own heart

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Especially after you add 555P.S …
It will be interesting to read, what will be your opinion after comparing them to the CD555.
Enjoy the music.

Last year, after we moved into our new apartment I pulled the trigger on a new audio system. The convincing arguments were that we sold our old house very well, and that the existing combination of Arcam FMJ A-30 with Focal 736 speakers would be too small for our living room.

There are 4 things I took into account: it needed to sound good (but I’m no audiophile), it needed to look good, it needed to be versatile and it needed to be user-friendly. For the looks, I was already in love with the Focal Kanta’s and confident I would like their sound, as I was still happy with the Focal speakers I had. One hour of listening time at my local dealer, in combination with the offer on a bundle of Focal Kanta 2 and Naim Uniti Nova lead to an immediate purchase.

And I couldn’t be more happy.

The kanta’s indeed look very good (my only gripe is that the bundle was only for the black finish), and the Nova is also a sheer beauty with that fantastic volume dial.

The combination sounds great, when I’m sitting 3 meters and also 10 meters away from it. I think the room could do with even bigger speakers, but the budget didn’t stretch further.

The above was kind of to be expected, but what really makes this such a superb system are the versatility and user-friendliness.

I have my Pro-Ject Debut connected to it to listen to vinyl (small Nova down-side: no built in phono pre-amp), and also listen a lot to my digitised collection over UPnP controlled by my own app, as well as streaming from Tidal. And last November I got an old 90’s Sony cd player with a digital output that I hooked up, which led to a renewed appreciation of my cd collection, as well as for the low priced second-hand cd market.

The final killer in the user-friendliness department is the support for Airplay. The other household members consume their music mostly from Apple Music and can stay within that app, and enjoy the music in fine quality, including synchronised play on the Nova and the HomePods in the kitchen.

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You forgot to mention the 5th thing - the Flying V. Love the set up!

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