Sell my 500 system and go to Bang and Olufsen, am I mad

I looked at them on the B&O website. In the US they are a Hundred Thousand Dollars… that’s a ton of money… wow

FWIW, I’ve owned both - Naim and several B&O systems over the years. B&O looks way nicer. Some of the classic speakers (ie the classic pencil point speakers) look almost sculptural. However, B&O is incredibly temperamental when it comes to integration and user friendliness. From the app right on through to streamers and televisions. For me, Naim integrates much more smoothly. Both brands are, for most people (including me), very expensive. However, for the $15-20K you spend on a system with either brand, the actual sound from a Naim system gives you way more for your money. B&O looks better, but Naim sounds way better, IMO.

My Dad bought a B&O ‘music centre’ and TT in the 70s.

Design as form, not function, i.e. it was fairly expensive and sleek-looking but did not sound good.

There is nothing exclusively in the Naim line up at £15k that comes close to B&O for a full audio system. For £15k you can get a Beolab 28 that is an active room compensating speaker with a built in streamer. Heard it and sounds stunning. No need for amps, power supplies, cables, racks of black boxes. IMHO Naim need to shift their expertise to considering the room in their lower tier products. An ATOM that worked like a Lyngdorf all in one with room correction capabilities would raise the bar considerably. Room correction and adaption to the room isnt a new fangled gimmick. I’d be the first in the line to buy such a device from Naim with its rep for repair service, longevity and UK employment.

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Follow your heart - At our age, our ears are wearing out!!!

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Sound so🤣

I agree, it should not be too complicated to integrate Dirac Live into a Naim product.

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