I like your bit ‘initially’. If you are like me you start to hear, again with the right speakers, there is huge ultra low detail… which results in deeper more defined bass… not necessarily increased weight… it results in far more natural sounding recordings… that coupled with the gorgeous upper mids and natural extension… is allowing me to discover so many of my recordings again… it reminds me of when I got my 252DR and my Hugo mk1, that was a game changer.
This amp is possibly the best sounding Naim amp I have ever heard… the more you listen through it, the more you realise how outrageously good it is…
It doesn’t draw attention to itself, it simply conveys the music… and helps you connect with your recordings in ways that feel very rare. I have never heard my DAVE sound so good… I now realise what a truly great and transparent DAC it is….
The speakers are so key though, aren’t they… I am finding for my tastes and room the Russell K RED speakers are a match made in heaven for the Nait50. The speed of the RKs, allows the Nait50 to open up whole new strands in my recordings, that not even my Empyreans portrayed. For the records, again in my opinion only, ATCs and Dynaudio speakers don’t play to the Nait50 strengths. Speaker cables are NACA5, interconnects are DNM HFT DIN to Eichmann phono connectors for the DAVE… keeping copper (and Tellurium) throughout the chain.
I am very very happy… I just can’t believe this design will be constrained to a limited production…it’s ridiculously good.