The Naim New Classic range - Part 1

A SuperUniti.

It does with a new burndy cable

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Wow that sounds like a very satisfying upgrade. Enjoy!

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What is most impressive is Naimā€™s coordination of the announcement and deliveries to dealers. I was expecting to wait some time for a demo and another wait to actually get the units.

My dealer had some units delivered on Wednesday and I booked a demo for Friday. Came home with both boxes.

Well done and thanks, Naim.

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It looks like NZ dealers will have a demo set available in two weeks.

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Well if thatā€™s the case, and I donā€™t doubt what you say, it looks like a tremendous VFM. Lucky you (looks great btw) and well done Naim.

One of the many rumours around the factory was exactly this; r&d remain in Salisbury and everyone else is expendable and could literally be sited anywhere.
However you canā€™t split r&d and manufacturing and all the other activities. Itā€™s not a linear process of design it, make it, ship it. Itā€™s a full circle sequence, and itā€™s important for r&d to be able to ā€œkeep tabsā€ on every part of the whole manufacturing process. Including investigating returns for rma, and learning about issues in production etc. very hard to do if you are located elsewhere.

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Hi Dannywin42,

The DAC chip in the NSC 222 is the PCM1791A. We use a portion of it bypassing the front end with a SHARC DSP (40 bit floating point, integer oversampling). With this, low noise fixed clocks, clean power supplies, carefully chosen supporting passives and detailed PCB design it sings. We are very pleased with the performance.

Iā€™ve had a 272 in my main home system (and a special 252) and now have an NSC 222. Iā€™m currently listening to the new Sault album and the opening bass notes are so tight.

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What I would like to know is if the 222 alone sounds better than 272 and xpsdrā€¦ Lots of tests to come!

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Is that a 3 box setup, also, what speaker cable, mains IEC and speakers are in that setup?

Iā€™ve not tried that cable but looking at the photos of construction I see no problem. Yes, need bananas.

ā€¦all new amplifiers go through a strict sign-off for stability during dev.

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Interesting that Naim are leaving the 500 series alone for now. They either think the new 300 series will force it out, or theyā€™re struggling to better it at the price point.

In order to have uniform pricing in North America probably? Seems very logical.

Hi Mr.M

I canā€™t talk about future productsā€¦but I can say R&D and the NPI teams were determined to make the new NPX 300 upgrade all future 430mm wide boxes that have a Burndy socket. One our our key aims was interoperability and simplicity.

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I would think itā€™s just a running upgrade of most boxes. To release everything at the same time is like impossible. Things always happen in dev and some projects get delayed. Also have in mind they likely want the partnering boxes to be released at the same time it, so it is probably more a matter of when rather than if. :slight_smile:

I think they are still developing the new 500 series. These things take years to get right. As you quite rightly put it, itā€™s difficult improving on it for the money. I have heard amplifiers costing more that donā€™t engage me anywhere near as much.

If the new 200 series is anything to go by, the next 500 series will probably cost more than current RRP.

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Thank you for all the great insight on this thread, youā€™re the man.

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I canā€™t remember the wording used officially but it was something along the lines of any 500 series replacement will not be for the foreseeable future

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Steve, thank you for all your contributions to this thread.

By any chance did R&D test the NPX 300 / NSC 222 with the current NAP 250DR?

Any comments on known performance with this three box configuration?

Currently using a XPS DR with NDX2 with a NAP 250DR. Would adding the NPX 300 / NSC 222 be a lateral move or upgrade in you opinion.

Thanks.

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Iā€™m sure itā€™s coming as I was offered a 500DR at a fantastic price just before Xmas.

Proportionally I suppose there are significantly less 500 series owners. Given the cost of replacing a full 500 system with new components would be very high would many (or any) be likely to replace a full system in one go ?