The Naim New Classic range - Part 1

Thanks for your reply VaderšŸ‘Of 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, thereā€™s still something here for everyone. I like that.

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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!

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That will be a 200 series then :+1:
Funny how things go around in cycles.

Itā€™s the when you need to rationalise, not the if :relaxed:

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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!

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Thanks Richard. Itā€™s 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 ā€œdiscontinuing activeā€. I wonder if snaxo is not part of the new world, even in hybrid situations.

lol. Iā€™m like you (and others) curious about the upgrade path from a SN3. Personally Iā€™ve never been a fan of the second row of buttons on the Classic range preamps, so Iā€™m waiting for hopefully a New Classic preamp. Iā€™m in no hurry at all.

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Thereā€™s enough compatibility and upgradability here to keep me going for years, Iā€™m 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 Iā€™m 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 theyā€™ve utilised on the 222.
Iā€™d be satisfied if like on my SN3 I can turn any lights off during use, the lowest brightness level may be all thatā€™s 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.

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I look forward to hearing about this. I was thinking something similar but Steve Sells reported back that the NPX300 canā€™t be used with a nDAC so that changes my thinking some. Regardless my ā€œlegoā€ building will start with the New NAP250

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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.
Iā€™m guessing for the time being itā€™ll 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, itā€™s not for me despite its abilities and something Iā€™ll take a much longer cycle to work out a path forwards on.
Iā€™m encouraged my NDX 2 is shown some love with the new PS, Iā€™ve been happy with that as a digital source and felt no burning need to ditch it for a 222.

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Iā€™ve 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 ā€œblocksā€ 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 thatā€™s 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.)

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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€¦:innocent:

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Indeed so, gets its daily workout regardless!
Itā€™s not going anywhere for the foreseeable :relaxed:

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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.

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Do these count?

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This ^

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Stay away. I have dibs on their first NC250! But seriously. Unless you want to lower box count. I donā€™t see how the 222 will drastically improve what you have. The new NPX300 and 250 may be another story however

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Basically Sound by any chance?
I may see you thereā€¦:grin:

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