Unhappy with the new NAIM update

[Fatcat]

@Simon-in-Suffolk

In the previous forum there used to much discussion on the sound character of different firmware.

Firmware updates and sound quality

Can someone please explain to me how a firmware update changes sound quality? I haven’t noticed any difference.

Yes. I was reading the above thread this afternoon.

A couple of relevant posts.

@Simon-in-Suffolk

By undertaking certain machine operations at precise times, the induced rhythm of noise, or shaped noise can be optimised to interact with the audio and clocking subsystems in a way that modulates any induced artefacts to act, as as I have been told by Naim, to almost act as tone controls.

@Simon-in-Suffolk

I understand a few years back Naim had pretty well managed to control this to almost act as a ‘tone control’ or eq. I understand however, despite this, it is still somewhat inexact, and results not always deterministic.

Is the above and the firmware tuning you mentioned obtained by altering the DSP, or is it by other means.