Supernait Upgrade Options
Posted by: Chris Willcocks on 17 March 2009
Hi. I am new to the forum, so please excuse any naivity or stupidity.
I used to have a large Naim setup, CDS2/52/135's/SBL's. Loved the sound. I disposed of it some years ago as the new range appeared, and my requirements changed. I went to Meridian for a while, but returned to the fold last year with a SuperNait.
My uses for the SN are now purely digital. I have three sources connected digitally directly to the SN. Sky HD, Blue Ray, and Apple TV. Music is played off of the ATV in AAC for convenience, or streamed from an iMAC in WAV form for quality. The main use for the system is off of Sky TV every evening. Speakers are Harbeth Monitor 30, which deal with speech and midrange superbly, and I'm delighted with them.
So my question. I believe the Harbeths could use more power, and want to use a 250. I also want to put a hicap onto the SN. Looking at the forum, and the manuals, I'm struggling to get a clear picture of whether this is possible. The manual only shows a hicap connected, and a 200 as a possible connection biamped or via a hicap, but not a 250. So can this be done? And does anybody recommend this or an alternative route? ie Go to a DAC/Pre/HC/250 solution? But I need the box and remote count minimised.
Any thoughts gratefully received. Thank you.
I used to have a large Naim setup, CDS2/52/135's/SBL's. Loved the sound. I disposed of it some years ago as the new range appeared, and my requirements changed. I went to Meridian for a while, but returned to the fold last year with a SuperNait.
My uses for the SN are now purely digital. I have three sources connected digitally directly to the SN. Sky HD, Blue Ray, and Apple TV. Music is played off of the ATV in AAC for convenience, or streamed from an iMAC in WAV form for quality. The main use for the system is off of Sky TV every evening. Speakers are Harbeth Monitor 30, which deal with speech and midrange superbly, and I'm delighted with them.
So my question. I believe the Harbeths could use more power, and want to use a 250. I also want to put a hicap onto the SN. Looking at the forum, and the manuals, I'm struggling to get a clear picture of whether this is possible. The manual only shows a hicap connected, and a 200 as a possible connection biamped or via a hicap, but not a 250. So can this be done? And does anybody recommend this or an alternative route? ie Go to a DAC/Pre/HC/250 solution? But I need the box and remote count minimised.
Any thoughts gratefully received. Thank you.
r-tee, one other thing, I agree with you about 'neatness' of the look. I only have the SN and 250 in the rack on view, I put the hicap on a second small table behind the system, it stays on permanently anyway, so why have to look at it all the time and worry if all the badges line up. 
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