RYAN SOUND LABS - Coming to the UK?

[Avonessence]

Following the production cessation of the fantastic Ryan Sound Labs upgraded Naim boards and power supplies/modules, there is potential that these fantastic upgrade boards/power supplies are to be made available again, from a UK source.

Is there any interest in these upgrade board and power supplies for the Naim Chrome Bumper and Olive series pre-amps?
If yes, select your choice on the poll at the top of this thread.

 

[cctaylor]

Yes definitely interested, I only recently discovered they were no longer available

 

[Tim Jones]

No box for that lovely phono stage?

 

[Avonessence]

No box for that lovely phono stage?

Hi there, please elaborate.

 

[Tim Jones]

Hi there, please elaborate.

Kit used to make a very good transcapacitance phono stage (so like the DV Dr T mode) for around £600. It was a two boxer with an external PSU, with loading and gain managed through jumpers. I owned one for about 18 months, and have a certain amount of seller's remorse.

 

[Mark D]

I have Kit’s two box phono stage. It’s fabulous and deserves to made available again.

Mark D.

 

[CB4]

Fully agree on the phono stage. I still have mine, it's a great phono stage. My 72 also has the RSL custom kit.

Kit's card deserve to be made available.

Colin

 

[sq225917]

Not a naim user but I've heard various cards in a friend's set up, all very worthwhile.

 

[Plink]

Would love to see the phono stage but at least one with North American voltage.

 

[andyr]

Following the production cessation of the fantastic Ryan Sound Labs upgraded Naim boards and power supplies/modules, there is potential that these fantastic upgrade boards/power supplies are to be made available again, from a UK source.

Sad to hear they had become unavailable - I certainly love mine.

Is there any interest in these upgrade board and power supplies for the Naim Chrome Bumper and Olive series pre-amps?
If yes, select your choice on the poll at the top of this thread.

Sorry, no - as I already have Kit's boards in my NAC 12s.

 

[rontoolsie]

The 321-equivalent output board and the MPX filter boards added to my NAT01 were a large improvement.

Although you can get 3rd party output boards from places like Avondale or Neil James, Kit was the only person to tackle and redesign the MPX boards, which are just as critical as the output boards. The reason is quite clear, he spent weeks designing and testing the MPX board and sold only a handful. It was a labor of love, rather than a valid business decision.

I would suggest that the pair of boards in the NAT01 offer larger subjective improvements than the impossible to find XPS-T tuner power supply.