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Thoughts on Rega R3 Speakers with Naim Uniti Nova

My Rega R3s have been with me for a decade or so. Originally paired with a Rega Brio and CD player. I recently fell in love with Naim gear, and bought the Nova. I have always thought the speakers quite OK...but I am not an audiophile, although I really like my music to sound good. I kept the speakers when the sales rep said that I should first concentrate on ‘the source’. But am I doing the Nova a disservice? I almost certainly do not have your ears...and I do not aspire to the ultimate system, but I would like to keep the gear at a roughly comparable level. So should I keep the R3s, or upgrade...and to what? All help gratefully received...
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Listen to your sales rep and wait

There is going to be a long break-in period on your new NAIM before it settles down and opens up and performs at its max. 
by comparison, my REGA OSIRIS integrated amp / REGA ISIS cdp/ dac driving my REGA R9s  and NORDOST FREY loom cables took over  300 hours before they final bloomed at their max. It was also  a non-linear pathway more like a series of step transactions.

Similarly my ARCAM SOLO NEO unibox driving my REGA RX1 stand mounts took over 200 hours to settle in.

Patience rules cuz this will be a common breakin journey and not a fast n dirty aha moment .
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