Quick question about the controversial 3.10.0 FW and nDac

We use NDX2 as transport into nDAC.

We’d kind of forgotten about upgrading as the system sounded so good.

3.10.x changed the sound signature of the whole system. Having lived with it for some time, there’s lots of improvement to detail etc., but something isn’t quite right.

Whilst 3.10.1 was an improvement, it still overloads on treble energy on certain genre (dense music, thrash/death metal etc.). As others describe the higher the volume level the worse this gets.

We’re waiting to see if the firmware update for core dumps detailed on other threads will resolve this, before potentially ditching the naim streamer for another brand.

Unfortunately since naim say everything is perfect, leaving for another brand of streamer seems a foregone conclusion.

We can’t understand why naim can’t hear the issues.

There would be absolutely zero chance of us paying £10k for an ND555 now.

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