Upgrade Day

Afternoon everyone,

Had a very nice visit from Pete today to deliver and install my new goodies ;

  1. Rega P8 with Aphetta to replace P6 with Ania

  2. Chord Power Haus P6

  3. Chord Shawline X ray Phono to Din to replace the phono to phono on my Marantz SA 12 to the 282.

Only been a couple of hours since Pete made his way back to a snowy Chester but first impressions…

The P8 is a revelation. More detail, more warmth , bigger soundstage just wonderful. Just more of everything that I think that will be even more revealing when I upgrade the Arcs.

However the biggest improvement ( and I’m staggered ) is the CD player with the Shawline. Previously the SA12 sounded great but perhaps not quite as good as the CDX 2. Now the new interconnect has elevated CD playback to a level I’ve never heard before.

It’s still not as good as analogue but my word it’s very very good.

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Any Naim product upgrades to discuss?