ND555 unleashed!

Irrespective, the system is sounding better than ever… lovely air around notes, acoustic guitar has that top edge to notes that seems to just soar upwards and fade out gradually… same in drums. I was listening to a billy cobham track earlier, one I know well, and I’m hearing a snare drum resonance that I never noticed before. Having same experience across the board - just cleaner and clearer, hearing deeper into stuff I know well. All whilst seemingly allowing the naim involvement to come through even more strongly. Very enjoyable :blush:
I guess it shows that my home network was actually a noisy pile of cr@p ! :joy:

Billy Cobham , you have another fan here, me. Specially the first album, or the series Billy Cobham and drums, 1 to 4.

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:+1::blush:
The track I was referring to here is finding snoopy on the Time Lapses Photo album, if you know it. Saw him on that tour in a small club in London and he and the group were smoking! Saw him again a few years later in Geneva, but a much larger venue and lost some of the audience / artist buzz. Still good though. Took my then 13yr old son to meet him after, such a nice guy :blush:

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I have the first album, original on lp , in 2 versions ( US and France, 1973).
The digital are :

I will investigate Time lapse. Thanks for pointing it .

That gives me an idea for my son!
I have been collecting original pressings of various things that I think (hope) he will appreciate in the future - Billy should be on that list!
In fact I just picked up some mint Maurizio Pollini Chopin German pressed vinyls (he is a fan) for his birthday this week.
I still have my father’s first pressing of Rubber Soul (mono) which sounds incredible. « Digital » versions just cannot compete with the sound that comes from this 60 yr old piece of plastic :grimacing::joy:

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I found time lapse photos. The tracks are issued from the first album and the second ( Spectrum and Crossings). My two favourites, I have them both on lps.
:+1:

Yes, new takes on old stuff. I always like to go back to the originals, but I do like mixing it up :blush:

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When you feel you can, try the Melco N1. It further reveals the depth of the ND555. You might even find that it puts vinyl in the rear view mirror.
And there is a further reasonably priced step via Audiophile Digital Audio Technology (ADOT).
Our great hobby keeps giving (and taking, of course!).

Trying to figure out what the ADOT is! Does is work in addition to the S10, or instead of the S10?

There is a post all about this in the Streaming Audio section.

Enjoy your read.

DG…