New (To Me) 250.2 Transforms the Ovator S400

Not too many posts extolling the virtues of the 250.2 paired with the S400.

The post Christmas upgrade path from NDX:SN2 PMC.23 is now complete with NDX:NDAC/XPS2 282/SCAP2 250.2 Ovator S400. The 250.2 replaced a 200 and it is settling in nicely over the course of a few day's playing. I'd had everything powered down 48h and it's surprising how long it takes to regain equilibrium in the system. I'm guessing the 250.2 has been off for a few weeks at least. Music sounded very flat, grey and undynamic for a good few days, but since the weekend everything is opening up nicely - and today is a revelation.

What a gutsy beast the 250.2 is proving to be compared to the 200! It is postively gripping the S400 by the proverbials and taking complete control across the spectrum - I suspect with a less capable preamp and speakers it could overwhelm. Just played 'The Wall' and it was breathtaking - Detail, delicacy and SLAM...all musically intact.

I'm 'wowed'!

Have ordered a Witch Hat 4X Din-XLR for SCAP to 250.2 to see if it is as good as folks make out. It's a 30 day money back deal so no loss if no improvement over the (pretty flimsy) standard naim one.

DR upgrades will follow in the longer term but for now, well...Wow!

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