POTs8

Thanks Mike, what do you mean by huge?

Mick

Enormous, gargantuan, massive, humongous, not tiny...

Seriously though, due to a unique set of circumstances my 82 came back from service  with the original pots still in place. I plumbed it in, gave it a listen. And thought..."Hmmmm, not quite what I expected"

Doublechecked with Naim and discovered that they had indeed missed doing the pots upgrade requested.

Off it went, back to Salisbury.

Two weeks later it came back.

Plugged it in, fired it up, and just started laughing.

More scale, more depth, sounded like I was running two Hicaps instead of one (I know from experience as I do have 2 Hicaps, and have tried running both when the 82 first came back and my LP12 was being serviced, but under normal circumstances Hicap no 2 is for my Superline).

Based on what I've experienced, it would be a major miscalculation to miss out on a pots 8 upgrade while Naim are still offering it. 

Mike

Thanks Mike, I am running 2 HiCaps into my 82 which then feed a pair of 135s.

Mick

POTS8?

I tried to do a search on here and found out what it is. I've sent my new XS2 in for service, and they are replacing the volume pot do to channel imbalance....

would I be received a POTS8 as a replacement? or is this some special upgrade?

Will a POTS7 to POTS8  considered a worthy upgrade?

Darran,

Thanks for the reply-it is what I have heard before. When I have asked others the same question, "There's not much in it" is usually the answer. That has me puzzled. Naim is not a company that makes changes without a lot of thought and reason, or parts become unavailable. Why then did they choose to upgrade the Pots 7 to the Pots 8 if "There is not much in it" ?? 

This is a genuine question and in no way am I trying to be a smart-ass here. Thanks for all the wisdom!

ATB,

Mark

Naim are always looking to make improvements, no matter how small. Making these in production adds little or nothing to the overall cost while cumulatively keeping performance as good as it can be. I'd agree that upgrading from POTS7 to POTS8 is not so cost-effective - it's expensive for a minor improvement in performance. 

Is it going from POTS4 to POTS8 worthwhile ?

Based on my experience from 5 to 8, I can't imagine you'd regret going from a 4 to an 8.

Mike

yes, definitely.

This is somewhat at a tangent to your question - but for what it's worth, if you're thinking of spending some money on your hifi I would very strongly recommend that you consider saving the POTS8 upgrade until you can track down a NAC52.  FME there is a massive step up from the 82 to to the 52 and with the POTS8 upgrade (if required) it's a fantastic pre-amp.  I use it with a 250 so I imagine you would hear a huge improvement with 2 x 135's.  Not sure, but you might have to fork out for a Supercap too.

Just a thought

BTW - the s/h price of the 52 (though quite elusive) makes it, IMHO, a no brainer.

Thanks for the thought bluedog, I know what you are suggesting will be an improvement but I deliberately went along this route to curb my spending when I was building my system.  When I bought my 82 I went down the 2 x HiCap route so that I wasn't tempted by the 52, as I would have been if I had gone for a SuperCap.

Nothing has changed really as to replace my 82 and HiCaps would probably raise enough for one unit then I would need the other (52 or SC) and they would probably need a service which will push the price up again.  Then I would wonder if my CD2 was good enough etc, etc.  Can you understand why I went this way, I wanted a balanced system, which I believe I had and only got the 135s because my original 250 kept banging out with over temp and I almost did a straight swap for the 135's.  I would like to stay with what I have but get is serviced and if there is a cost effective upgrade have that done as well, hence my original question.

Thanks Richard.