Amplifier for my new Focal Sopra no2

@syk

Great yeah I guessed I didn’t read through the whole thread didn’t realize that you have purchased the Naim gears. Sorry my bad. I love Naim gears and am myself a Naim owner. In my main two-channel setup in a dedicated well treated listening room I have the Naim Statement gears which consist of the Naim NAC S1 linestage preamp and the Naim NAP S1 monoblock power amps driving the Magico M6 speakers.

But I’m not using Naim digital front end source components. I have DCS Vivaldi full four stacks which consist of the Vivaldi master clock, Vivaldi upsampler, Vivaldi DAC, Vivaldi CD/SACD transport.
I also have turntable rigs with an ARC Reference 10 phonostage pre.
Do you have a turntable in your setup?

I’m also using the Naim Uniti Nova in my bedroom setup paired with the B&W 805 D3 stand-mount speakers. I’m very happy with this all one box solution Uniti Nova very musical sounding and makes it suitable for a bedroom or a small room setup paired with compact stand-mount speakers or compact floorstanders.

Hey caphill, you just get all the best gears in the world!  

My latest findings with regard to the weakest link of my system is the source.  Streaming, while convenient, of the 272 is not comparable to CD transport at all.  I fed the 272 via coaxial using it as a DAC only resulted in more punchy, rhythmic and special sound.  It’s just an Oppo universal player. 

Lot's of good options for you.  I'm running an Ayre AX5/20 with my Vandy Quatro's and love it.  Will be upgrading to Richard's new mono blocks I think, but if you can find a used AX5/20, it's a nice combo with your speakers.   I've heard this combo on a few occasions and felt it was a wonderful match.  So much speed and micro and macro detail.  The tone was still spot on and it threw a wonderful soundstage.  Never felt it was lacking in drive as it had plenty of power to run them.  JMHO

Need to study, do audition and start savings...

That’s where the fun is...

@syk 

Your Naim NAC N272 is upgradable with the addition of a Naim external power supply unit such as the XP5 XS, XPS or 555 power supply unit to achieve better sonic results. You should try that and will be rewarded with the results. 
Naim products can easily be upgraded by adding Naim's external PSU.