Hi All……
@glevethan, @mech, @Dunc, @naimophile, @Andyblain, @Blackbird,
Many thanks for your sharing responses,
I am feeling a bit more at home here now.
My journey with Naim (and also Linn) started in 2003 when I got a CD5 and Naim Nait 5 integrated feeding Linn Ninkas. When the Naim streaming products were first launched I got an ND5 XS and also a 1st gen Uniti Serve, which I still use. This was my first experience of poor reliability from Naim. The ND5 XS had to go back twice to be fixed (network intermittent performance on a wired! network connection). Eventually, I figured out what had happened: probably during assembly some very very small solder blob was floating around inside the case on the network part of the PCB, as it subsequently fell out when I decided to take a closer look myself!
Then the Nova product was launched. I ordered one …… and waited 10 months for the thing to finally released to preordered customers. Again, not good.
So eventually (circa 2018) I thought I should up the quality of my playback system from integrated, to separates, whilst also adding in surround sound as part of the upgrade. Everybody seemed to have high expectations for the anticipated? 500 series streamer.
Meanwhile I was occupied in choosing loudspeakers. Needed to trade in some items to help pay for the speakers, so out went the ND5 XS.
But then I needed a streamer and got a new ND5 XS2 which the dealer confirmed to buy back at no cost loss to me, when I eventually picked the streamer I wanted.
Again, it was another high level competition, dCS Vivaldi, vs Rossini, vs T+A vs ND555. Anyway, I am a ‘Less is More’ kind of person. So dCS Rossini was the winner……….
Until Linn brought out the Organik DAC, in one box with Space Optimisation 2019 variant.
That’s what I ended up with.
BTW, what room treatments do you use?
E.of E