The Naim New Classic Range - Part 2

If you were in UK an easy path would be to source an nDAC for use with 555PSDR - same excellent DAC as NDS. Then any good quality transport can be used. We chose an NDX2 mainly because of system automation.

Sounds like your options might be somewhat more limited.

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Yep - if I was in the UK the world would be my oyster.

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Apart from the lack of a connection with anything naim and the terrible design, I hope they have permission from the film studio to use that copyrighted poster image and title logo.

Sorry if this has been asked.

Now that the NC series has XLR inputs/outputs, is there anyone who is making attenuated cables?

Although physically industry standard, most balanced outputs are at least twice the output voltage of the NCs.

The picture is published by Naim on their public fb page, so they must like it anyway.:grin:

I donā€™t think GeoffC was being rude ā€“ he was simply wondering if Naim had permission to use the image (which is probably protected).
I too question the connection to Naimā€¦

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Just a criticism of the inappropriate poster design, the choice of image and the legality of it, not the products or the event itself, of course.

I donā€™t consider @GeoffC ā€™s response to be rude but I think your rather aggressive response is rude. As a graphic designer who worked for Naim for many years I think he has far more skin in the game than everyone else here

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Thank you @crispyduck for the kind words and I have been a naim owner since 1984!

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Forget it, misreadā€¦ Very sorry Geo! I am editing the original post.

OK @Bjorn

By the way, I have an NAC 332 firmly in my sights, so watch this spaceā€¦ :sunglasses:

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Just read the information about the new 350 on Naimā€™s website. Have also read the information about the 200 series before. What has happened?

The way of writing is considerably more smooth and platitudes emphasized than before. The website used to be technical driven, full of interesting details but now it looks more like a completely non-technical advertising company has written the content?

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Iā€™ll say this, the 222/250 on their own sound great, way better than I was expecting. Iā€™m sitting here wondering how much better it can get with the 555. Legacy cable will hopefully be here by the weekend.

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Lifestyle driven marketing team + tech driven development team that are not aligned on what the brand values are about. Classic.

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I wonder if I might add an NC 250 as a power amp, and use my SN2 as the pre amp. Do cables exist to allow them to be used together in this way?

Yes, you would use the Bi-amp socket on the SN, or, if you have a dedicated power supply on the pre-amp, one of the pre-outs on the power supply; in both cases itā€™s a DIN4 output.

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Thank you Richard.

Yes, most likely. And sad.

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Iā€™m going to attend a New Classic demo here in the Boston suburbs next week. Someone from Naim will be there Iā€™m told . . . looking forward to it.

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Wonder if theyā€™ll bring along the new 300 series.