Supernait 2 without Hicap DR update.

Posted by: clintyboy on 07 December 2016

After a few months of living without the hicap dr on my supernait 2 , I thought I would connect it up again and have a revisit , The result, prefer supernait 2  bare . Better flow and a more bouncy bass line. With hicap dr connected music became sharper and slightly clearer but fatiguing in long listening sessions. Just my earsworth.  Rest of system is CD555, spendor S9 speakers and all naim cabling.

Posted on: 03 January 2017 by badlands
DynFan160 posted:

 

Sorry but the whole external PS gimic screams of 20th Century HiFi dinosaur greed from NAIM because just about every one else has learned to do it right within one package. Or are the people at Devialet, for example, complete idiots?

Getting off the NAIM train is likely for me, not that I really got on much having just owned the XS2 and SN2. Their gimic is for the 1% who can afford to climb the ladder with ease. That's not me. They offer very little with regards to the VFM equation. Besides, the company's business model is no sign of the times and I have the feeling they're on the slow decline towards insolvency anyway. Unless they radically adjust their business model.

I honestly don't understand your hang up about power supplies, when their very positive effect is pretty obvious.

You say Naim is a dinosaur because of it, you call it a gimmick. Does a gimmick last forty years?  Naim pioneered the use, others have copied it, the way I always thought about Naim's approach using power supplies is that it set them apart from the other manufactures sonically, and gives the potential owner a way to improve the sound of his system, if he feel it warrants the investment.

Naim have always done things their way, you point out that Devialet, because they don't use power supplies are more or less the way Naim should go in the future. Why? so they can sound and be like everybody else.

You either get Naim or you don't, it's quite obvious that you don't. They have always done things their way, they don't conform, and they certainly wouldn't change their philosophy just to become stylish. That's what sets them apart from the crowd. You don't have to spend a lot of money to experience the Naim sound, nothing sounds like Naim, and no other manufacturer, I feel is as dedicated to providing the highest quality sound and products where music is truly the most important thing.

Posted on: 03 January 2017 by cat345

The arguments about adding a HCDR to the SN2 is roughly the same as when the original SN came out. Some like it and others not that much.

When I added a HCDR to my Supernait it seemed a nice step forward for a period of time but I eventually removed it to pair with the stageline. Now that was a much better use for the HCDR.