I did a thing ... 500DR to come

Are you sure,I have always heard that you need an SXPS ?

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It’s the same cable. The connections and pins are the same.

Best get someone official to double check in case I am wrong!

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I think the answer is that they are not the same.

Just to be safe, I called Naim’s distributor in Sweden and they said that I should use the same cable that I use for my XPSDR, the other Burndy cables are only intended for ND555 and NDS. Many thanks for your help along the way Igel and Dan, always difficult when things are completely new to you. :smile:

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Sorry I was wrong! But so glad you checked it out Bjorn. How does it sound?

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No problem Dan! Just started playing but it sounds promising :smile:

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It should sound instantly better. Clearer presentation, more detail, more defined bass.

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So you can connect a 555 ps to the 272 using the S XPS burndy ? If it’s true, I will be surprised and say you that you saved 1k.
@Richard.Dane can confirm?

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Yes you use an XPS Burndy for the NAC-N272.

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But can you use the NDS/ND555 Burndy to connect to the 272? I thought you could. Can we confirm? I thought it was the same, just braided and maybe slightly better.

No I’m not aware that you can. It’s what the Burndy cables for the NDS come with the head unit.

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My only complaint against the Nds : not possible to power it with 2 XPS DR. All the rails would be used, it would be cheaper, and nicer looking.

The NDS/ND555 cables are one for the digital side and one for the analogue,the S XPS Burndy do both digital and analogue.

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@drago with you and @Dan_M both rocking ND555 with dual PS I’m feeling a bit left out :joy:

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@Stu299 he is back… :slight_smile:
Yes we have overtaken…
Come on - You can!
No - you have a wonderful system - Kudos speaker are really delivering with 500Dr :slight_smile:

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Big thing you did

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Now I am playing with my nd555 settings … (came with fw update)
What do you (e.g. @Geko) use. Server mode on or off.
I copied @Darkebear‘s settings (dig 1 plus 3, …) but I have not taken the time to compare. I am sure current system will reveal.

For ND555 - prior to present Firmware update

Server Mode : on
Air Play: off
Bluetooth: off
Digital 1: on
Digital 2: off
Digital 3: on
Digital 4: on (was off before)
Qobuz: on (turn off if not using - worthwhile)
Spotify: on
Tidal - input enabled : on
Remote - Mobile Detect: off
Chromecast: on (default - not tested yet)

Some being ‘on’ sounded better - even though I don’t use the input, so I tried all and this worked best when I tried it.

…these were all very small micro-improvements that removed slight phasy blurrings and ‘bumps’.
Some settings ‘off’ were worse in that subjective ‘suck-outs’ in presentation happened.

A lot of people will not notice these effects I think, but on some revealing systems it matters and I easy hear them here.

I have not revisited these - and the updates recently have turned-on things like Chromecast and Qobuz that I don’t use and can’t recall testing on/off, so thse are to be determined ahead.

After the recent Firmware update for ND555 I tend to spend some time getting used to its altered presentation before then revisiting the settings but I will over then next few days and will post when I do.

My method is to play two or three different types of music tracks which have vocal, piano, deep bass notes providing undepinning timing and synth - I try the settings and see what makes it more interesting to listen to and enjoyable or no difference and move-on to the next - then re-visit later if I think something has got worse.

Some settings give an immediate effect of ‘better-clearer’, but at expense of musical cohesion being lost so you need to not make too quick a final decision. I recall Server Mode was one of these.

Have fun. :bear:

DB.

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1000 times thank you !
I am still adapting… don’t know if I like it in all aspects better.
Your description in the other thread was spot on, but some smoothness is gone

Some results with laterst ND555 Firmware:

Qobuz: ‘off’ (very worthwhile if not using)
Spottify: ‘on’ (not using but sounded better on)
Chromecast - report back option: ‘off’ (small but worthwhile)

I use Tidal so that is ‘on’.
Other settings are presently as before posted.

DB.

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