+1

Yup, I have to agree with that, but it's not that the NR gruppo is or was the best; it's that with the NR gruppo, Campagnolo turned the Italian word gruppo into an English word with a distinct meaning. Campy NR basically set the idea of what a "gruppo" was, and is; if you call something else a "gruppo", such as Dura-Ace or Superbe, the main thing you're doing is comparing it to NR. If it wasn't for the NR gruppo, we wouldn't talk about gruppo's at all.

For comparison, consider the term "empire." If you call something, anything, an "empire" you are comparing it to the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire defined what an empire was, and that's all there is to it. I don't mean to say the other ones, earlier or later, don't deserve the comparison; maybe they do and maybe they don't, that's another discussion entirely. The point is that the Roman Empire defines what an "empire" is, and Nuovo Record/Record defines what at "gruppo" is.