Thanks for your reply VaderšOf course, we all live with/under different conditions, but what unites us, I assume, is that we all love and enjoy hearing the music reproduced as well as possible. I think with the range that Naim has, from the well-playing Mu-so Qb to the, for most, unattainable Statment, thereās still something here for everyone. I like that.
Thx
Did you hear 222 with 250DR?
Is the NPX300 such a big difference compared without it?
The two boxes would be too expensive for me. Then I can rather go in the direction of SN3, ND5XS2
Forgetting the vintage 22, 202 and FM2 valve kit ā¦ a nice way of keeping warm when on!
That will be a 200 series then
Funny how things go around in cycles.
Itās the when you need to rationalise, not the if
No only the 3 new units I was told by MM that changing just the Nova for 222 would be a big improvement and I got the impression that the 250dr would be very close to the new 250 I was just very impressed with all 3 and have given up hope of the supernova!
Thanks Richard. Itās a path of consideration here, but unsure if possible.
@110dB Any thoughts on if the new 250 can be run wonky with 250DR from a 242, or not?
[Edit]: Just wondering if the penny has now dropped from the other thread of Naim ādiscontinuing activeā. I wonder if snaxo is not part of the new world, even in hybrid situations.
lol. Iām like you (and others) curious about the upgrade path from a SN3. Personally Iāve never been a fan of the second row of buttons on the Classic range preamps, so Iām waiting for hopefully a New Classic preamp. Iām in no hurry at all.
Thereās enough compatibility and upgradability here to keep me going for years, Iām going to persuade my friendly dealer one quiet afternoon to wire up some suitable combos for comparative purposes, namely a SN3 as a preamp driving the new NAP 250, and the NPX 300 driving an NDX 2 as a source in to a naked SN3 and one driving a NAP 250 with the same two box source.
Oddly the thing Iām strugging with the most is cosmetic, which is the white ring on the volume knob.
Inevitably the (as yet announced) 200 Series NAC will just look like a NSC 222 without a front fascia display and some sort of physical button matrix, probably a horizontal row and using the same Uniti style buttons as theyāve utilised on the 222.
Iād be satisfied if like on my SN3 I can turn any lights off during use, the lowest brightness level may be all thatās possible, although fixable with a simple firmware update of course.
What could be interesting is a NAC that can power itself but optionally be upgraded with a NPX 300, priced around the Ā£3-4K mark.
I look forward to hearing about this. I was thinking something similar but Steve Sells reported back that the NPX300 canāt be used with a nDAC so that changes my thinking some. Regardless my ālegoā building will start with the New NAP250
I had a fairly limited listen last Friday and with Ā£70K speakers but I got the sense the NAP 250 was the real performer of the 3 boxes hence me saying immediately at the time, it would be interesting to hear it in other systems.
Iām guessing for the time being itāll be challenging hearing it in anything other than a 3 box 200 Series demo setup, every dealer out there is going to be upselling multibox deals like crazy for months, good as that is, itās not for me despite its abilities and something Iāll take a much longer cycle to work out a path forwards on.
Iām encouraged my NDX 2 is shown some love with the new PS, Iāve been happy with that as a digital source and felt no burning need to ditch it for a 222.
Iāve also been wondering what the entry points could be for getting from old classic to new; the way things might be playing out is that the āblocksā now need to bigger to make the full leap e.g. if one has a 252/SC, well the whole lot has to go to get to new series. (Caveat: 500-series compatibility with lower series.)
And thatās where I thought/think the power amps could be strong stepping-stone contenders. The new 250 certainly, on paper at least, looks to be an interesting step up, for example. (If anything like the non-DR to DR uplift, then very interesting indeed.)
Is that a scratch on the Perspex front edge, center?
Or just a play of the light?
David
a challenger to your streamer may be waiting around the corner, in the meantime just enjoy the musicā¦
Indeed so, gets its daily workout regardless!
Itās not going anywhere for the foreseeable
Local dealer in Seattle will not be seeing new boxes until end of January, early February timeframe. I am looking forward to the demo to hear the system and compare to my current line up.
This ^
Stay away. I have dibs on their first NC250! But seriously. Unless you want to lower box count. I donāt see how the 222 will drastically improve what you have. The new NPX300 and 250 may be another story however
Basically Sound by any chance?
I may see you thereā¦