NDX 2 vs Nd5xs2

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In the last 6months I sifted through most of the Naim forum appends on NDX2 vs ND5xs2, and came to the conclusion that there is concensus from those who have compared the two:

  1. naked NDX2 sounds better than naked ND5xs2
  2. ND5xs2/nDAC sounds better than NDX2
  3. NDX2/XPSDR sounds similar to ND5xs2/nDAC
  4. ND5xs2/nDAC/XPSDR sounds better than NDX2/XPSDR
  5. ND5xs2/nDAC/PS555DR sounds better than NDX2/XPSDR
  6. ND5xs2/nDAC/PS555DR sounds better than NDX2/PS555DR
  7. ND5xs2/nDAC/PS555DR sounds similar to NDX2/nDAC/PS555DR

I play guitar in a jazz band 3-4 times per month.

So I purchased the ND5xs2 to go with my existing Core/nDAC/PS555DR and am very well pleased with the foot tapping musicality of the ND5xs2/nDAC/PS555DR.

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