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Naim NAC 202

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I have had, in various moments of my life, a 42.5, a 112, a 202 and have used the preamp section of an AV2. I have had 150x and 200 power amps and Nait, Nait3, Nait5, Nait5i, Nait XS, Supernait and have powered their preamp sections with various external PSUs.

My impressions are consistent: the smaller units usually win in immediacy, grace, elemental musicality, and greatly benefit from the psychological effect of their lower cost; larger units manage sounds better and often are able to give complex music passages back in amore convincing way.

When I had the Supernait, I once put 42.5 and 140 in its place, with the same speakers in the same room. The sound became 'fresher', more lively, but bass was slightly out of control, and a certain unripeness dominated everything. The Supernait was a little monochromatic and less 'teenager-ish' in comparison, but made me appreciate recordings more.

I have never heard a 72; I suppose that if one gets off the hi-end, hi-volume, hi-res merry-go-round and goes back to a simpler life, smaller amps are a bliss, but I find it now difficult to give up authority and texture such as those made possible by costlier gear.
 
yuckyamson said:
I was absolutely exagerrating and meant no offense. I do notice that the 72 gets praise for being better than thigns above it, I don't understand.
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Hey no worries I had a bad day at work but life is too short to worry about pre amps, enjoy tunes on what ever platform you see fit ;)
 
I have the NAP 200 and instead of its natural partner, the 202, I have the 72 (HC). Mostly because I haven't got that far with the outlay.
But from what I read on these forums I am not sure as to go as far as the NAC 202. The NAC 72(HC) does a good job for a fraction of the price and is usually raved about in this space. I certainly don't feel any lack of synergy with this combo.
My upgrade competition comes from the NAP 250 and seems a more logical next step. Maybe?
 
barry williams brings here the same attitude from the naim forum : crapping on other people's threads, trying to impose his ideas on others, and just TROLLING.
 
analogmusic said:
barry williams brings here the same attitude from the naim forum : crapping on other people's threads, trying to impose his ideas on others, and just TROLLING.
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Why not just get over with it and use the ignore button for those you do not want to read or communicate with

You're on an international forum, its likely some controverses happen

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As for the 202 preamp, I still think there's much better Naim value out there, maybe your getting more usefull response once you tell us rest of setup

Mind you we have different approach, some are source first people, some not, some like or hate Naim, some wants the mother, some the daughter, its likely you will get variable reviews, best to get hearing yourself
Naim s/h is often free hifi as resell value is excellent so it should not be that difficult to form your own experiences

have a nice day
 
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