Your in for a treat 
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I think this is another point/issue I believe the op is referring to when the volume is turned up on the remote it lights in 3 or 4 sections at a time rather than being incremental. the incremental increase being what would be expected ( by me anyway ) all said this is a minor point/issue that I am sure will be addressed once naim are aware of it .
They didnāt even print new boxes and just slabbed a sticker over the original text? 
And why not print where they are made? They according to EU regulations have to soā¦
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Thatās right, but Iāve looked at it more now 
. With a volume of 1 on the screen there are 4 dots, it then goes up 4 dots for every additional 9 on the screen, so 1, 10, 19, etc., until 100. It is the same as the Atom remote except that the equivalent 4 dots is a bar, which I think works better visually. Now I understand it I doubt it will be changed.
Thatās not sticker on the back there is it?
Strange we moan about cost, we moan about what country a product is manufactured in then we moan about the evolution of a brand
that is trying to deliver the future.
Please guys and girls fill your glasses.
The 200 series reviews will be out soon and IMO they are going to be very very good as is mine. I give the New classic range 10/10.
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The remote does not increase one light at a time, for a corresponding press of the volume remote button. Instead, when you increase the volume from zero, then one to six volume setting, for example, will illuminate the first four lights on the remote control. After reaching a volume setting of seven, then another batch of remote control volume lights will illuminate etc,etc. I raised this point, about the remote control illumination, while enquiring about the remote sensor control setting with Naim Technical, and the above was how itās operation was explained to me. However, it was succinct and eloquent, than my explanation above 
Canāt wait for the reviewsā¦ letās see if Naim have booked a lot of advertising with What HiFi - if so the review will be good, if not then the obvious :P.
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maybe you have a point, its a fine line they walk
youāll have to trust us users
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I hate to disappoint but thatās a myth.
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āwe will give you a 5 star rating. We will offer you a bundle for x percent off in the same publificationā
Not saying this happens here. But I know from the past some magazines do work like that. Seen it myself. Most value on reviews IMO come from private purchases. I donāt care a zip about What HIFI write about products.
Iām 100% sure Naim will get a 5/5 as always from them.
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I donāt think that there is a reason that good quality products canāt be produced in Slovenia or elsewhere in Eastern Europeā¦ I have owned multiple Pro-Ject products that were made in Czech Republic - build quality is fine. However, it does really turn me off that this product is now being made in some low wage Eastern European scenario yet is in the us well over a third more than the NAC-N 272. Part of the NAIM story has been like Linn an iconic UK made product. I am much less enticed to buy a 222 when they are asking such a huge premium over not only what it costs in the UK but what its predecessor cost. I never expected to pay less for this product than I paid for my 272, but not literally $3000 USD more when the exchange rates are so much more favorable now than in the past.
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Average wage Slovakia is 2180 euro per month.
Average wage UK is 1950 pounds per month.
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All I can say at this moment in time (vs my previous set up, 272/250/555) no matter where it was made this is sounding great straight out of the box (revisiting some of my fave albums) so looking forward to when a) I have tidied up all the cables b) ensured that all is well with the Fraim (pesky ball bearings) c) it has burnt in 
For those waiting for other announcements later this year I suspect you will be very happy if the 222/250/300 are anything to go by.
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Just back from a demo at Basically sound where we listened to ndx2/Sn3/hicap then the new stuff without power supply then with. The new gear made the sn3 sound quite heavy and thick in comparison. The new gear is fresher, more open and very enjoyable. The psu made an appreciable uplift.
The Naim guys (forgive me Iām hopeless with names) gave a good technical overview of the design and explained the rationale behind the design. Thanks to Naim and Tony at basically sound for an enjoyable evening
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You beat me to it @Hifi-dog 
A very enjoyable couple of hours. Very impressed with my first listen. Jason (nameless Naim guyš), was very clear with his explanations behind the goals and why some features, that have been asked about on these pages, were excluded from the final product.
These included digital output, which they simply couldnāt make work without having a detrimental impact on SQ.
Now really, REALLY, looking forward to my home demo on the 16th February.
Thank you to both Tony and all at Basically Sound and the two Naim guys (Jason & the other chap whose name I forgot already, sorryš¤¦š»āāļø).
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ā¦ā¦.What about them 40 activesā¦ā¦ā¦.
Kudos 606ās on demo today.
Active 40ās coming to my home demo on the 16th of February though.
Iāll be honest, I wasnāt a fan of the 606āsš¤·š»āāļø
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Roll on the 16th February, thenā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦
Hi @QuickSticks
A lot of people love the 606ās. Curious to know what it was about them that didnāt float your boat?