Cambridge Audio MXN10 - Honestly It Sounds Great!

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@Smoothfidelity

So those of us that have purchased numerous low level streamers to compare directly against an ND5XS2 are just delusional? I’ve heard the immense delta in sound quality a quality streamer can make. The cheap stuff sounds fine, but a higher quality streamer isn’t wasted money.

A low (quality) level streamer is a low quality level streamer.

But there are some very high quality streaming bridges available at very low prices.

Bruce has added a £500 streaming bridge to the front of his system that contains a £27k (552) pre amp, and is very pleased with the SQ improvement.

NDS end of life-no longer! Primare NP5 Mk2

I jumped into the ‘NDS end of life’ thread with my issues around streaming but that thread has got rather diverted into some high-powered discussions so here is the offshoot with my experience of the Primare NP5 streamer. The problem; my NDS was getting increasingly unreliable with Tidal, stopping mid stream or after a period when not used, such as overnight. It uses a wired connection. Tidal is what I use to explore and try new music before buying. The majority of my listening is from purchase…