NDX vs Akurate DS....first impression from a dealer
Posted by: T38.45 on 20 November 2010
Hi folks,
maybe this sounds good for you as well...
i phoned a dealer today (Linn and Naim are in his program) about the new NDX vs Akurate II DS bench he's running during demo days. I could not join this session
He told me that both streamer are on an extrem high-level of pure music...
Both were connected to Naim DAC and it was not possible to call a winner he said!
Some songs sound better on NDX, some better on ADS...
Rest of the setup was NAIM gear; he didn't hear the setup without DAC.
He said as well, that the NDX sounds much better than HDX on NDAC.
If this is true, i will salut NAIM for the NDX- be sure, you'll get my order :-).
NDX should be on sales in 3-4 weeks...
Ralf
maybe this sounds good for you as well...
i phoned a dealer today (Linn and Naim are in his program) about the new NDX vs Akurate II DS bench he's running during demo days. I could not join this session
He told me that both streamer are on an extrem high-level of pure music...
Both were connected to Naim DAC and it was not possible to call a winner he said!
Some songs sound better on NDX, some better on ADS...
Rest of the setup was NAIM gear; he didn't hear the setup without DAC.
He said as well, that the NDX sounds much better than HDX on NDAC.
If this is true, i will salut NAIM for the NDX- be sure, you'll get my order :-).
NDX should be on sales in 3-4 weeks...
Ralf
Likely the air humidity itself.quote:Originally posted by ghook2020:quote:Originally posted by Jan-Erik Nordoen:
...Timing is improved substantially, with noticeable gains in clarity and hilarity, but rapid loss of family and friends...
And that's why you always want to keep a canary in your listening room.
But seriously (or as semi-serious as one can be given where this thread has gone...), Jim Smith, in his book "Get Better Sound", tells the story of a listening room whose bass become noticeably looser/heavier during the summer (and leaner in the winter). Turned out that the room had three outside walls, and despite being temperature controlled, its relatively new construction materials significantly expanded in the heat and humidity (and contracted in the cold and dry).
His solution was to the speakers closer together (more warmth) and farther apart with the change in seasons.
He said it wasn't a huge difference -- about 1dB across the spectral balance. But apparently it bugged the room's owner enough to hire him to fix.
So, yes, the air may have an effect...
Hook
Sound can change day to day but there's a limit to what's worth fussing about. I can see seasonal as worth while. Oh, so you've seen my listening room thenquote:Originally posted by AMA:
I always thought the serious listening tests should be performed in a pressurized and temperature stabilized oxygen chamber. Underground. With listener immobilized. With scuba on -- to protect the air from detrimental breathing activity.
quote:Oh, so you've seen my listening room then
