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oh dear yet another Naim bashing thread....
From its limited specification I would not expect the 180A to outperform the SN2, too much hassle to find out.
oh dear yet another Naim bashing thread....
oh dear yet another Naim bashing thread....
oh dear yet another Naim bashing thread....
then I suggest the overwhelmingly pro Naim discussions .
Wonderful post, probably sums up how a lot of us feel, even though I came into Naim in 2004, my dealer at the time had worked in Naim with Julian and there certainly was the club feel to their forum at that point.
I've recently sold my Naim source and am totally enjoying thring various products to run Roon into a Hugo TT.
To the OP, Naim amplification is still their strong point (IMHO), perhaps instead of ditching everything, change your source to a streaming one (preferably with Roon) and it may well give a lease of life to your amplification.
Having said that I would be quite prepared to move from Naim but I hope I'd be careful not to throw out the baby with the proverbial.
Do let us know how things progress.
.sjb
I am eagerly awaiting Chord's new digital amplifier range
Find some really good speakers that you really like and then get amps and a front end to suit, otherwise you're just swapping out amps with different names on the boxes and following a system building dogma dreamed up decades ago to sell turntables and amps made by...
I went from LP12, 555, 552, 500, 01 etc etc and now have Brinkmann/Counterpoint/KDS/Audio Research/Sonus faber and the odd tuner.
I use a Counterpoint SA9 phono stage, Audio Research SP11 preamp and a VT130SE power amp. These are the finest I have found with my speakers. I have owned in the recent past Audio Research Ref Phono 2SE, Ref 5SE pre, Ref 150 power, LS 25Mk2 and some other stuff. I have also retained a Classic 60.
I have had no reliability issues, but do get stuff serviced.
oh dear yet another Naim bashing thread....
Well that is a bit drama queenie to be honest.
I have run two Naim systems since the mid eighties and have no wish or intention to change because Naim does what I want in the sense that it is right at the top in terms of quality, longevity and above all, the ability to effortlessly communicate music.
Life is too short to be focussed on just one hobby, so once you have got something right in one part of your life, you move on to concentrate on something else.
I just received a batch of brilliantly mastered CDs by Ricki Lee Jones yesterday and spent the entire afternoon listening to the music and it was uplifting. Why the hell should I want to change that.
The evening was spent in an Italian restaurant noshing on good food with old friends discussing forthcoming expeditions abroad. That is what life is about, once you got it right, stick with it and above all, enjoy it.
If you get a kick out of chopping and changing then fine, but I am happy with what I have got and will stay with it.
Regards
Mick
Hi Abbydog
Can I ask what Audio Research combo you have. We have Sonus Faber Olympica 1 and over the last couple of years we have listened to and enjoyed Audio Research Ref 5SE and Ref 75. Recently we have a Ref 6/Ref 150SE combo and played it at the same time with our 552/Naim amps into the our Sonus Faber and with the Naim sources. It was a very good comparison, with more similarities and clear differences. Would be good to know your process when changing and rationale. Also how have you found reliability with the AR?
We have stayed with the Naim for good reasons, but interested to know what your rationale was. Audio Research is very good.
Thanks