Decision Made

Posted by: Karen on 17 December 2017

Thank you all for your helpful comments concerning my post about the NDS/555PS DR upgrade. Experiencing "live" music in my living room is important to me along with the other benefits of upgrading. My dealer in Seattle notified me that Naim has its streamers on sale. Therefore, the NDS will come at a reduced price. The dealer will sell me his ex demo 555PS DR at a reduced price and he will take my ND5XS and XPS DR as trades. All in all a good deal not to be passed up. My upgraded system will consist of the NDS, 555PS DR,NAC 282, NAP 250 DR, HiCap DR, and Allae speakers. I appreciate your time and effort to post comments which were extremely helpful to me in making my decision.

Posted on: 17 December 2017 by Bob the Builder

Congratulations on your choice but I would spend a little money on a speaker upgrade you would be very, very surprised what that system could do with a pair of Dynaudio, Neat, Proac or Kudos speakers.

Posted on: 17 December 2017 by Robert Burgess

Is your Seattle dealer Tune HiFi?

Posted on: 17 December 2017 by Adam Zielinski

Good choice and a very musical system. You will like it.

Posted on: 17 December 2017 by Hook

Congrats Karen! Hopefully delivery will be quick, and you can enjoy your new streamer over the holidays!

Posted on: 17 December 2017 by French Rooster

Bob the Builder posted:
Congratulations on your choice but I would spend a little money on a speaker upgrade you would be very, very surprised what that system could do with a pair of Dynaudio, Neat, Proac or Kudos speakers.

yes, these speakers are the limiting factor on the new op system but he can easily for now enjoy it without problem....enjoying by steps is perhaps more fun than purchasing a big system in one day.

Posted on: 17 December 2017 by Karen

Robert Burgess posted:
Is your Seattle dealer Tune HiFi?

Yes, Robert, Tune HiFi is my dealer. Connon set me up with a Naim system in 2013. I also have spoken with a few employees at Hawthorne Stereo who were very helpful with answering my questions about software updates when Connon was not available.

Posted on: 17 December 2017 by Harry

Congratulations. A superb front end. Still one of the best you can buy for any money.

Fave fun.

Posted on: 17 December 2017 by Bob the Builder

French Rooster posted:
Bob the Builder posted:
Congratulations on your choice but I would spend a little money on a speaker upgrade you would be very, very surprised what that system could do with a pair of Dynaudio, Neat, Proac or Kudos speakers.
yes, these speakers are the limiting factor on the new op system but he can easily for now enjoy it without problem....enjoying by steps is perhaps more fun than purchasing a big system in one day.

I completely agree it is how my own system was built .

Posted on: 18 December 2017 by Bert Schurink

Congratulations - you will have a lot of pleasure from your new setup.