What was the last bit of gear you bought in 2022?

If you no longer own the CD you should delete your rips of said CD :crazy_face:

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I suspect I will move them to the loft. I doubt they are worth a huge amount

I hope you have a strong loft floor :joy:

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I had a cds2. Changed to ndx2/xpsdr. Close in sound quality.
Then changed xpsdr to 555drps. Now streamer beat the cds2.
Pricy? Yes
Worth it. Yes
David

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My new XPS DR arrived yesterday and I set it up with my NDX2 today :smile:
From the first tracks I played its a WOW
Looking forward to it settling in.

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@Cledi13 Iā€™d be interested to know your findings on the change from Audioquest Z3 to Power-Line.

Yes very true

I will report

I now have 252/300 fed from nds/xps2-dr (& my existing tt and cdx2) to pmc twenty5.26, enjoying the amps out of box and am told they will give more with timeā€¦:grin:

Iā€™m trying out one on the digital out on my Core, and on my switch. Iā€™ve yet to pull it out to see if I notice any difference, but I didnā€™t notice any detrimental impacts when I plugged it in

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Iā€™ve always felt that I was lacking knowing that I could do serious damage to someone with a remote, so today this arrived (my pre-loved 552 didnā€™t come with one).

Smallest black-box upgrade available. The button click noise floor has dropped away, and my volume changes are now inky black.

Yep, itā€™s a rather silly spend for what are effectively 3 buttons that Iā€™ll press (maybe 4 at a push) , but it makes me happy.

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Iā€™ve just received a second one today that is plugged into my EE8 switch, and Iā€™d have to say that itā€™s provided a nice further refinement in the micro dynamics, openness and clarity, that really draws you emotionally into the music.

I need to run it loud tomorrow for further tests on cohesion :sunglasses:

On a side note, we are having solar installed and it looks like the house earthing will need to be redone - which should be covered in the ā€œall inā€ price, so that could be interesting. Heā€™s already tidied up the fuse box and there is a now a spare feed of the mains switch (something called an active link) that I could use for a direct feed to the music roomā€¦.

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You should be able to use five (!!) buttons - mute, vol+, vol-, prev and next (the last two with ā€˜preā€™ selected).

I assume in pre mode the prev and next button change source? If so Iā€™ve only got the NDX2 as a source, but your point is taken :+1:

My fourth (although unlikely) button choice was disp. That said, I generally donā€™t turn the 552 display off

Three buttons it is then.

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I donā€™t see this on the naim site.
My second hand 552 remote is borderline useless.
Anyone?

You are looking for a new remote for your 552?

Ebay has Narcom 5 available.

Noted thank you.
Wondering though, what is in the above pic by JonoB?

Looks like the R com.

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Lumin U2 Mini just arrived to overcome my legacy streaming issues.

Everything else is packed away while the builders are here so quick test with the Mojo v1 and Grado headphones and Iā€™m very happy. Lots of options to play around with.

Should provide the nDac with a bit of company. Although Mojo is doing very well.

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