Am now officially a convert!
Posted by: Marley on 24 February 2012
Hello everyone!
First of all, I am now a proud owner of NDX/202/200 S400!. Been listening to it for over a week now. Previous system was CD5XS/SN/S400 as loaner program while waiting for the orders to come.
Music ripped using Itunes with different format (FLAC, ALAC, MP3 320kbps, WAV) Control via nstream on Iphone. Using Buffalo NAS 1TB connected all via ethernet.
First impressions of new system:
To cut the long story short: It is absolutely awesome! I don't have exact definitions but everything else is better! Thats it! The new system is waaaaay better overall even from the start. No more burn in required or whatever cable dressing, warm up time etc etc. I can tell easily from my own CD collection vs CD ripped in itunes. Clarity and detail is out of this world. My only small concern is it lacks a little bass for some types of music but most of what I listen to don't require these. (only my brother does) Go to a club! =)
I was skeptical at first, no way can a digital file stored in my computer sounds better than a good CD on a better CD player. But this has all changed!!! Everything are all stock. Same cables, interconnect, hifi rack,
room layout etc. Previous setup was a little boomy or muddy, (vocals not crystal clear and echoing sometimes)
Anyway, I would like to thank all of you here for sharing your knowledge. This is really a wonderful forum. I've been here since mid of last year and almost took me 6 months to finalize my system. A BIG thank you also
for my local naim dealer who has been very helpful and patient with my auditioning, even for the loaner program. You know who you are, THANK YOU
PS: I hope naim improves on the nstream app, its not the easiest to use honestly. Still needs a lot to do to edit album artwork, and album track listing to view correctly. And there is no FF or Rewind while playing music! Bye for now.
Cheers!!