Happy with the new Naim update

Nice! I just learned something new today. :slight_smile:

I remember when we first upgraded to 252 and SWMBO said ā€œI just heard a glass being put down on a tableā€.

2 Likes

I think Iā€™ll spin ā€˜Blueā€™ and ā€˜Court and Sparkā€™ tonight

Go Dutch!

The recent Newport album, whilst very different, shows her longevity.

1 Like

My exact reaction when I first installed the Beta a while ago :grin:

Even 44/16 Tidal sounds rather better than before.

I think there are good reasons for.

4 Likes

Yes! Free upgrade :smiley: Music is grabbing me and pulling me in a little more than usual. I seem to suddenly have a bit more of everything I like. Early days perhaps but everything seems to be in a bit more of a hurry. JJ Caleā€™s After Midnight for instance might have lost some of it a laid back languid groove. Iā€™d be interested if anyone else feels the same way.

Richard mentioned on another thread that it should be available this week.

2 Likes

I ran the updates today. Whatā€™s with the ā€œnew radioā€ - is it just the layout of the ā€˜internet radioā€ - Iā€™m not seeing a Naim radio as such, just new layout tabs etc.

1 Like

This is a really significant change, whereby Naim are hosting the iRadio service themselves, rather than relying on vtuner. As well as hopefully greater reliability it gives access to better streams in some cases, and to improved metadata where available. The longer term plan is to enable users to add stations via the App.

5 Likes

Wow, i have just installed the latest update on my NDX 2 and have to say that iā€™m rather impressed with the sound quality streaming from Tidal Max. What a lovely surprise. Thank you to all who were involved in bringing this to fruition.

'Appy days! :+1:

6 Likes

Well, that all sounds very nice. I donā€™t seem to use the internet radio that much, so it will be nice to play with it a bit more.

With some local streaming from the Core the sound quality seems to have had a good lift on the ND555, more open with a more sparkly top end. The ongoing mystery of firmware versions affecting sound quality. Iā€™d start a thread, but we all know how that would goā€¦.

2 Likes

The App does not affect SQ, but the firmware does. Firmware can be tuned to get the desired sound.

2 Likes

Ah yes, I think I meant that :sunglasses:

2 Likes

Yesterday when I first updated my ND5XS2 it sounded okay, and then got worse than it had been before.

This was probably a mixture of having a bad cold and the disruption of the update.

Expecting the worst, I switched it on this afternoon and was amazed that it sounded so good, just as you describe above.

Iā€™m delighted by the change - it sounds the best it ever has done.

Well done and thank you to @110dB and the team at Naim.


The series of short drum solos that begin about 8 mins into the above track sound very crisp and alive and realistic.

Iā€™d love some clue as to how this is possible. :slightly_smiling_face:

2 Likes

FLAC 44.1kHz 16-bit is not Tidal Max Jim, itā€™s the same bitrate as before.

From reports (and own experience of it) it seems that also 16/44 Tidal has improved over the previous firmware.

5 Likes

Itā€™s good if thatā€™s the case, but hi-res isnā€™t.

Itā€™s not just Tidal. I stream from Qobuz in 16/44 and beyond and it sounds fantastic IMHO. I would have been happy just with the Internet Radio updateā€¦ :-). Iā€™ll trial Tidal Max soon.

4 Likes

Iā€™m happy with new update. But I have a question. I have a subscription to CalmRadio. I see all the channels but canā€™t ear any Music. Where can I give my user id and password ? Thanx.

Hehe yeah I did not want to complicate my response. Also hear it everywhere, even local files.

2 Likes