Yes it does make you wonder, they always do claim total independent reviews.
On there forum they do have an ongoing thread which you ask them what products you want them to get hold of and review.
Yes, FR, I am super happy with my system right now.
And I have learned a lot during this process.
Cheers
Jim
Great result.
I do think the dCS is a great box, but also think that there may be advantages in tying the streamer and DAC together. I also think that Naim have paid a great deal of attention to their grounding, so I am not surprised - but listening in your system is always the test.
M
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I still think it is probably the best stand alone stream aggregator I have heard, but whether it is VFM is a completely different question.
A friend decided that it wasn’t worth the performance lift over the Raspberry Pi. Having sold it he changed his mind within a week.
Me, I’ll be sticking with my Linn Klimax for the foreseeable future!
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So is the conclusion of this thread and the ‘Simplest way to Roonify an NDS’ (Simplest way to Roonify NDS) thread o ‘breathe new life into older streamers’ is
- Ensure you have the best PSU for the Naim unit, aka a 555DR and
- Use a SonoreUPnP type bridge solution, to provide Roon support
Just remember that a Naim streamer either in a Streaming PreAmp or a Network Player will switch input on arrival of a UPnP stream being sent to it.
Roon uses a ‘Push’ model over DLNA’s ‘Pull’ model, which is what Naim designed the UPnP support in their streamers against. Here the Streamer requests content from the UPnP server and controls its flow. In the Roon model, the DAC/Player are Endpoints and the flow is to them, controlled by the Roon Core.
So, if you are listening over a different input, be it Analogue (with a 172/272) or Digital, and the Roon Core initiates playback the Naim streamer will switch to process that stream. So careful management of the playback queue in Roon is required to avoid input switching surprises.
Simon.
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Really respect the honesty Jim
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I do too. We have all had initial thoughts that we have modified over the medium term and this may be VERY useful to people thinking of going in this direction who have a system similar to Jim’s.
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@Richard.Dane are you able to retitle this thread:
“dCS Network Bridge SQ? See end of thread for conclusion”
All done for you Jim.
That’s quite a journey with, I imagine, plenty of learning along the way.
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Does the thread need closing at this point for the changed name to work?
OK, will close the thread for you.
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