Thoughts on Nait 1 & 2 (& Grado Ref Master slight return...)

A number of people had expressed interest in my results of upgrading from a Nait 1 to Nait 2. After nine days of break-in I feel ready. So...
And NOTE that I cannot vouch for the service history of either, so this is hardly a "fair" shakedown but...

The Nait 2 is better. More detail. More "sense" made of difficult melodies. (CD playback is not so drastic a difference - perhaps the phono section is a big part of the performance jump?)

But the real surprise here is the Grado. I got a good deal on it, I grew to hate it prematurely, and I was wrong wrong wrong. I'm not sure it's fully broken in yet, but things have changed big time. It sounds stunning. Fast, detailed, lush lush lush.

In spite of temptations near & far (an Aro, an Armageddon, a rebuilt Troika, a Denon or a Lyra or a Shelter, or how about this for late-at-night epiphanies from hell - get a Classik, and a separate phono stage - now there's the kind of idea that, even if it were a good idea, I REALLY want to make time in my life now for other things, like just listening to the damn music) I really feel that if I stay put, I can be happy. No more upgrades? I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
But I do need a real CD player. Seriously. Time to search the archives for the Planet/CD3/3.5/5 debates....

Regards
john

[This message was edited by JWinston on SATURDAY 07 July 2001 at 06:16.]