NAP 200 with Superunity

Posted by: rohan on 10 February 2016

Am just getting into the serious hifi game, bought a Superuniti Plus Sonus Faber venere 3.0. Have been running it for a year now. 

I noticed that the at  low volumes the midrange and lower range just doesnt have the  oomph I am looking for. Not sure if its the amp or speakers.

Option 1 Am looking to add a power amp , have the option of NAP 250.2 at 2K gbp or NAP200 at 1k GBP, both 6 years old  ( Am out in dubai). 

Dont have the opportunity to audition both, will the nap 200 add what i need or must i go for the nap250.2 ( am considering bi amping.

Option 2 swap the venere for proac d18. Cant do both for budgetary reasons!!

Mostly listen to blues , jimi hendrix , the band, acoustic  etc that sort of music.

Suggestions?

Suggestions folks? I 

 

Posted on: 10 February 2016 by hungryhalibut

The SuperUniti is excellent, but has something of a warm and cuddly sound, which - from what I've read, rather than any first hand experience - may also apply to the Sonus Fabers. Biamping is not usually a big success with Naim, so I would work on the assumption of the new amplifier driving the speakers by itself. The 250.2 is more powerful than the 200, but also is a warmer sounding design, which you may or may not like. I suppose a 250DR is out of the question? Are you considering moving from the SU at some point after adding the power amp, say to a 272? I've not heard the Proac, so can't really help there. 

Posted on: 10 February 2016 by rohan

thanks!, i guess my real question is whether the 1000 gbp for the 6 year old nap 200 vs 5 year old 250.2 is worth it in terms of the difference in the sound with the su. DR is not an option unfortunately.

 

Posted on: 10 February 2016 by Kiwi cat

FWIW I tried the 250.2 with my superuniti and did not find much of an improvement for the cost. The 250DR was clearly better, so I got that. My end game was the 272/250DR combo. If you are going to spend the money, perhaps get the 200 at the lower cost and eventually get he 272, as the 200 is very good and inexpensive and should go well with the 272 long term .

Posted on: 10 February 2016 by Adam Zielinski

I wouldn't bother with adding a power amp to the SuperUniti. It is fantastic on its own, given good speakers.

To improve in terms of Naim boxes, you would need N272 + 250DR. Or SuperNait2 with an NDX.

Posted on: 11 February 2016 by hungryhalibut

Indeed - it's worth adding a 250DR to the SU as step one of a move to a 272/250. But as an isolated improvement, I wouldn't. 

Posted on: 11 February 2016 by rohan

thanks all ! am going to audition proac speakers with the su before moving amps..

Posted on: 11 February 2016 by analogmusic

I have a friend who has SN1 and Proac 140.

Give me a call and we can chat about it.

You can get my number from Dubai Audio (they know who I am) or you can ask Richard Dane for my email address.