Taken the plunge....

Posted by: Mike Woodcock on 21 April 2016

My UnitiQute2 is preparing to relocate from the West Midlands to my flat in Greenwich, London! Why? It is soon to be ousted by the 272 I have just ordered!

It will be a number of months before I can swap the 100 for a 250 and upgrade the speakers, but after an evening sat demoing the 272 in my flat, the UQ2 just didn't sound the same!

very happy customer, very happy dealer!

Posted on: 21 April 2016 by Adam Zielinski

Well done!

Posted on: 22 April 2016 by Eloise

Why does everyone keep telling me how good the NAC-N 272 is ... I was happy with my UnitiQute into NAP200 until I started reading here!

Posted on: 22 April 2016 by Mike Woodcock

Reading it on here is not the issue, just tell yourself it's all made up, the 272 can't really be THAT good.....

for me, the issue was moving to a new flat to be literally a stones throw from my local naim dealer in Shrewsbury. It's too easy to just 'pop in' on a Saturday morning and if they're not busy, setup like for like demos....

one monto a speaker cable upgrade, the next a streamer/pre amp...I've been looking on an online auction site for months, but they don't come up that often and as a result are not much cheaper than the price you can get them from a dealer!

Posted on: 22 April 2016 by DomTomLondon

Congrats on the new purchase. I've also been tempted to upgrade to something like the 272 or Uniti 2. I've got a UnitiQute1 (with upgraded 192 card) NAP 100 and a pair of KEF LS50s setup. And even though I'm very happy with it and can't really justify the spend for an upgrade, I keep wondering what it would sound like. 

Posted on: 22 April 2016 by Adam Zielinski

It will 'unfortunately' sound better 

Posted on: 22 April 2016 by David Hendon
Adam Zielinski posted:

It will 'unfortunately' sound better 

...especially when you subsequently buy the almost inevitable NAP 250DR to go with the 272!

best

David

Posted on: 22 April 2016 by fernar

and dont forget the XPS DR

Posted on: 23 April 2016 by Mike Woodcock

Guys, behave! This is seriously unhelpful! 

I haven't even taken delivery of the 272 yet....

I'm running in London marathon tomorrow, there's a sweepstake at work for my finish time. Maybe we should do another on here for how many weeks/months I hold out til I buy a 250!

Posted on: 23 April 2016 by hungryhalibut

Why stop at a 250 and XPS? How about some Super Lumina wires?

You could get some if you do a good time tomorrow! 

Good luck in the Marathon.

 

Posted on: 23 April 2016 by Mike Woodcock

Thanks HH. 

I'll make do with my XT40 for now, cos I don't think the super lumina will actually fit through the holes in my speaker stands...

Posted on: 23 April 2016 by Adam Zielinski

1 week before 250 is ordered. I give you one week

Posted on: 23 April 2016 by Mike Woodcock

Haha! Is that 1 week from now or 1 week from delivery!?!?

Posted on: 23 April 2016 by Adam Zielinski

1 week from now 

Posted on: 23 April 2016 by David Hendon

I ended up ordering the 250DR when the dealer rang me to say my 272 had just arrived.

best

David