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Naim NAC-N 272 with non-Naim power amp

I'm thinking of buying a streamer\pre\dac and using it with one of 3 amps I have in house. I was looking at the Naim NAC-n 272. However, I was wondering whether anyone has used this device with non-Naim amplifiers and has some experience to share. Can they work well with non-naim amps, anything other than impedance matching to worry about? The reason I ask is just about all my research on the NAC-N 272 has it paired with a Naim poweramp which makes sense given their preference for the din connectors.

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I'm now doing just this, and using a power amp that is the complete opposite of the usual Naim amp such as a NAP250.

I use a Luminance KST-150, which is a high bandwidth, high slew rate, very fast and neutral amp. Pairs very well with the 272 using its RCA outputs and sounds excellent. This amp has a 20k ohm input impedance and does not like tube pre-amps, but works perfectly with this Naim.

The 272 does respond highly to quality isolation footers such as Stillpoints or Cerabase, or a recent cheaper option I just tried, Stack Audio AUVA EQ. 

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