Usually analog preamps have 5 or more line inputs
The NSC222 has 3 analogue (one of which is MM phono) and 4 digital s/pdif inputs.
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Looks like it can! According to Richard. Thatās pretty neat actually.
Iāve edited as Iām not entirely sure whether the phono MM input can be configured as line or not. Probably needs some Naim input - @110dB ?
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I note that some folks are very pleased with their very new NC combos - having been convinced to upgrade significantly, from where they were. I just wonder if they might have been almost as pleased with a similar significant upwards move, in the previous Naim rangeā¦?
Just idle speculation. Nothing becomes bad, because a new version comes alongā¦ 
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I just had a look at the NSC 222 user manual Naim have provided for us all on line and there is nothing in there about reconfiguring the phono input. So it seems to be a DIN, a pair of RCA and a MM phono input.
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Oh yes it does. Just waiting to pick up one of those schonky old 500ās as soon as they start getting thrown out. 
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I couldnāt see anything either. Itās a shame - probably wishful thinking on my part - but then I guess if you need more analogue inputs then itās a proper pre-amp you needā¦
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I did try a 250 dr on my Uniti nova , not a patch on the NC stuff,and , so little improvement that I sold the 250dr and just resorted to the bare nova. Iām not a ābox collectorā so the minimal config of the nova appealed, Iāve let my guard down and now have a 2 box solution and heaven knows, may even add the 300 psu. (At this rate, Iāll need a rack!
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The question everyone is wondering about but too afraid to ask is whether the Nait 2 shows it a clean pair of heels
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Get a rack and do it! at least youāll only have 1 remote and an improved footprint going vertical .
What are we thinking price per unit will be for the 300 series stuff to come? 9k, 11k?
The NAP300 is Ā£8.6k in the UK, at present.
Ā£11,400 - each box is going to be Ā£5,700 
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Same price as two new 250.
The classic Nait 2 will remain while new kit release.
Pity prices has gone crazy.
Had I known Iād never sold any of mine.
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Think Iām going to buy up all the ex demo 300drs and 252s I can get my hands on. Theyāll go gangbusters when people realise the future cost of going separates.
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I think this may be a pretty good assumption for the new monoblocksā¦the pre-amp maybe Ā£8-9Kā¦
So, maybe circa Ā£20K pre/power comboā¦
But the pre-amp (although it may be offered with its own internal power supply) will be at its best partnered with the npx300 no? And if youāre going down that route, weāll youād just have toā¦.
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So, maybe Ā£26K pre/power comboā¦