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| Title: | You get surface noise in real life too | 
| Notice: | Let's be conformist | 
| Moderator: | GOVT02::BARKER | 
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| Created: | Thu Jul 28 1988 | 
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 | 
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Number of topics: | 550 | 
| Total number of notes: | 3847 | 
188.0. "Anyone for ION !" by RDGE44::HAYWARD (Smokie of Baskingstoke) Wed Jul 11 1990 17:35
Well after a long absence, and a house move that took all my money away.
I have begun to audition replacement systems for my even more decrepit
receiver.
To cut a long story short, the selection has narrowed down to :-
	� Naim Nap72 pre-amp & Nap90 power amp.
     Or � A pre power combo from ION.
On the ears test, I prefer the ION system.
However, apart from the price of the ION being a little higher, I don't know
anything about the quality/consistency/reliability/upgrade-ability of ION
systems.  Has anybody any experience ?
Thanks 
Iain
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| 188.1 | ION to the rescue | OVAL::WATSONR |  | Tue Aug 21 1990 12:21 | 17 | 
|  |     Hope I'm not to late ... I only arrived here yesterday.
    
    ION Systems were previously Nytech and as such had a very good
    reliability record. As for upgradability, the ION Nexus system is
    unbeatable you can go from a Pre + stereo power amp right the way upto
    a Pre + Separate PSU + 3 * 2 * Monoblock amps to drive that PMS
    Isobaric system you were always promissing your self.
    
    Basically the stereo amp can be converted to mono and the remaining
    ``ampilfier module'' can be added to another power supply - simple.
    Alos active conversion is easy as the cards plug into the power amps
    themselves - no need for a NAXO or AKTIVE system.
    
    ION are also rummered (Well I've seen it) to be producing a `half size'
    mono block amp - this sound better that the current amp and will
    probably cost less. Only problem is that you can't convert you stereo
    into one.
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