Happy with the new Naim update

[Alley_Cat]

Good point, though I suspect I might have tinkered before!

[cb01]

Agree. I turn everything off that I’m not using, including USB.

After a Full Factory Reset, sound is roundly better than ever.

[Darkebear]

@Darkebear

Digital 1: off 
Digital 2: off
Digital 3: on
Digital 4: off
Qobuz: off
Chromecast: off
USB : on
Server Mode: off
Spotify: off

These are what I presently use (copied from another post).

I use Tidal - and Tidal sounds far better than it did before - but obvioulsy you can’t turn-off some of what I did if you use them!

This update is both more revealing and more fussy with these settings on my system than it used to be with previous updates. Before I’d experiment and they made a small difference and I left it where it sounded best and moved-on.

Now I revisit them and do understand why some are struggling at times with the new presentation and why for many others it is wonderful.
I listen to female vocals a lot and these settings influece the upper-midband as I experience it on my system - from either sounding hard and blunt and offputting or removing that effect and I find I forget I was supposed to be testing and I’m enjoying the music…which is my experience which tells me I have it correct.

I have an all-Naim Active system and kind of expect any update effects would be voiced to not sound truely awful.
But if, for example, I only listened to male vocal and femal vocal that sing in the lower-range then I’d not notice any problem. But it is otherwise so I am fussy with higher frequencies in vocals and some instruments.

This is still a bit of a journey exploring this update for me.

DB.

[drago]

@Darkebear Now server mode off?
I listen to female voices very much and these are very tricky (harsh and shouty) after the update. Is there any parameter which does calm this in special?

[Darkebear]

@drago

Now server mode off?

Yes - on some material it seemed to be better on but on female vocals on a lot of other music, turning it off helps. Play something with the ‘problem’ pause and turn off and see what it does.

Obviously it is then not advertising as a Server on you home network if that is a problem - but it takes seconds to flick it on and use it when you need, if ever.

…again - these are not supposed to have any effect, but I find they do have an effect worth exploring. If not happy - try all options.

[Yeti]

I received my 555 back from Naim a couple of days ago. After a very brief check using digital 1, radio and streaming from my core all seemed to be well so I initiated the firmware update from 8. something to the current release, seemed to load OK but following comments on here I did a factory reset once the thing was back up, then again as it hung on a blank screen and didn’t respond for an hour or so, the second time round it appeared to do the same but it did respond to the standby button that time, though not the remote or app. A power cycle later without a reset and it would allow pairing and found the wifi.
Sound seems lighter but more detailed, I’m not sure I like it but I’ve been vinyl only for three months and my expectations will have changed. I’ll leave it a couple of weeks before worrying too much.

[JerryR]

@Cohen1263

There SEEMS to be a link between the part of the world that the user lives and how the firmware update has been received. Most UK members seem happy from the off. US guys etc less so without a reboot.

This is interesting. An issue with the relative difference in mains perhaps?

[ElMarko]

I’m in the states and the fw upgrade sounded great from the off.

[Blackbird]

I believe the users having TWO 555PSDR on their ND555 is the problem here. A fast check verifies these users are unhappy. All with ND555 and TWO 555PSDR.

Darkbear
Drago
Geko
Bertbird
Chrisbell

[BertBird]

You might be right. Sad to see that the most advanced ones have issues……, hope Naim will act…., makes a dynamic piano concerto quite unpleasant to listen to at higher volume levels.

[Svetty]

@BertBird

You might be right. Sad to see that the most affluent ones have issues……, hope Naim will act…., makes a dynamic piano concerto quite unpleasant to listen to at higher volume levels.

FIFY

[Eoink]

Didn’t Chris report that a hard reset brought his system back on song?

[JimDog]

@Blackbird

I believe the users having TWO 555PSDR on their ND555 is the problem here. A fast check verifies these users are unhappy. All with ND555 and TWO 555PSDR.

There are people with ND555 and two 555PSDR who are happy with the update.

[Cohen1263]

Yes the majority of people with ND555’s have two 555’s. How the change to input settings effects the sound was recently brought to our attention by DB. I definitely recommend that folks at least investigate that if they are not entirely happy post FW update.

[DiggyGun]

Thanks for this.

Added to my Favourites on Qobuz to listen to.

DG…

[Realitycomputer]

And there are people without any ND555, be it one or two power supplies, that are unhappy with this new sound.

It does not appear to have only effected ND555 users.

[drago]

Yes there are, all of the unhappy ones are advised to contact naim support! Think you have done it already