Might get lucky and they do a 50 Series.
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There is a cheaper entry alreadyā¦ atom HE into new 250 will probably sound pretty good. I have it hooked up to my atc 40a at the moment and it is not embarrassing itself
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My thoughts exactly. Iām sure the new products will be on demo at the Bristol hifi show. Iāll be asking the staff that very question.
There have been amazing deals on classic kit for the last 9 months.
Now is a very good time to pick up kit which, last week, was the pinnacle of many peopleās ambitions. It hasnāt gone bad overnight.
For those of us with old classic kit at aspirational level itās time to sit back, enjoy the music for 24 months and see how this plays out.
Having said that a 352 or pair of new classic 300 might tempt us to splurge before that window expires.
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How very well expressed. I thoroughly agree, with this sentiment.
I shall sit back - and see if anything interesting gets shaken from the treeā¦
Bravo - @IainO - !!
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Quite.
Iād have thought, the as yet not officially announced, separate pre-amp new classic either 200 or 300 series wouldāve been the potential replacement of your 282 
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There is definitely stuff coming which would tempt us. NVC would have been tempting but the 8 pin DIN means a power supply and our 252 can already do a Superline.
So the limit of ambition, naim wise, this year is a Superline before it is discontinued and then feet up.
The whole point of our journey from 272/XPSDR/250DR in the mid/latter part of 2022 was so that we COULD sit happily with an aspirational level old classic system which we once thought unobtainable.
Splitting every single box into function/PSU means we can now slot in 3xx updates quite easily should we wish in future.
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That is sort of what i meant, maybe naim are looking at upping the SQ of the unity range and introduce an amp below the 250 say 90/140 level and then is there any need for a supernait? Mindy you, there is always room for a CB nait 2 reissueš¤
Indeed, but there is something to be said for getting rid of all the cables and tweaks that become a bit obsessive (for me at least). I love trying out new things and tweaking but in some ways like the idea of just adding the 222 and ps to my solstice and focussing on the music for a bit
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I agree, whilst difficult to come to terms with sometimes less can be more.
Best wishes on the hifi merry go round.
Whoever came up with the box design needs some help!
I saw somewhere the internals of the 222 - nothing in them. Which leads me onto the cost. Design and development not withstanding value wise these are poor.
Given these are all Ā£5700 each yet development, parts cost and other costs will all be different of the 222, 250 & 300 this just shows that Naim have effectively just said āthis is what we will chargeā regardless.
Ā£11400 just to get started with a system!
just think what a system you could get for that with high end manufacturers.
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Care to give some examples?
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So presumably you have listened and compared them to a similar priced system to come to that conclusion or are you coming up with an uninformed conclusion based on seeing a picture of the internals?
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If youāre talking top drawer kit you could probably pay that for a single mains power cord 
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What are you on about? Are you a troll? If Naim isnāt a high end manufacturer, who is?
Stop feeding the troll.
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You read too much into my comment where I missed out the word āotherā
Upgrade to the Nait 5 then, it has one 