ND555 Impressions

Enjoy Bert (you lucky B....) 

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An exciting weekend for you...congratulations.!!

/Peder ????

You beat me to it, mine won’t be installed until Saturday afternoon. Thunderstorms are promised tonight so the 555ps I’ve been warming up for two weeks will have to get cold again just before it’s needed, not to mention the rest of the system.

Probably this should be in its rightful home of the streaming forum... but look forward to your updates.. perhaps Richard could move over?

Congratulations  on your purchase, really looking forward to hearing your thoughts once it’s up and running...... happy days as they say....enjoy 

Looking forward to hear your impressions about it....

and enjoy it 

Could this mean that you will be first on the continent? ????

Music line or parallel import?.. ????

Chag -

Chag... posted:

Could this mean that you will be first on the continent? ????

Music line or parallel import?.. ????

Chag -

I don’t think so, but perhaps the first one on the forum who is writing about it....the stack was in at my dealer yesterday see picture...

one of those machines is mine :-)

Nice 

Chag... posted:

Could this mean that you will be first on the continent? ????

Music line or parallel import?.. ????

Chag -

Ps My dealer get’s as far as I know things through Music Line, but I belief with some other customers we created a significant pre-order....

My dealer in Manchester has one ....... for demo but the analogue out has a fault! Unit trips out and reboots - when analogue out is selected......... Bert make sure you systematically test all the input/outputs. Otherwise I can't wait ..... to see what your feedback is............do you still have your NDS to compare???

WOW the beast has arrived. And immediately from the start without warm up I am in a different league. First what you notice is how much more relaxed it is to listen to the player. Incredible micro detail, you have the feeling you hear everything which is somewhere available on the recording. Tonality is even more natural. Soundstage improved a lot. And the key better PRAT, I belief that this will also easily convince now CD555 owners to make the switch to streaming. Interested to see what happens in the next days....

Listening to my usual start up. And even if I would have an amputated foot, it would still tap.....

At the Naim demo the music was unfamiliar and difficult for

me to follow. Then they put a high Res track from Pink Floyd, it sent a shiver down my spine and my jaw dropped.......and that was it the demo was over. Do yourself a favour and try a high res file.

I am really happy it sounds so good straight out of the box, enjoy.????

Congrats on the new purchase Bert - enjoy!

Bert Schurink posted:

First what you notice is how much more relaxed it is to listen to the player.

Congrats Bert,

I think this is the key aspect of better digital replay; the musical tension is there, together with the dynamics & detail, but a certain tension in the listener is gone. This was the first thing I noticed about the 555 in the demo I had.

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And to think it’s not even warmed up yet.....I’m assuming you have a very big smile on your face ......

wow, really eager to hear more of your experiences Bert

With rock and blues much more authority. It immediately connects to your spine.

Hi Bert, love following your posts, even on holiday on the beach I was waiting your post in anticipation.

Seems a game changer, look forward to hearing more from you.

Very interesting to keep hearing the word tension, seems Naim have once again pushed the boundaries.

I think you will single handily increase ND555 sales and debt ????

Has your NDS gone, or is it still around to A B A

Obsydian posted:

Hi Bert, love following your posts, even on holiday on the beach I was waiting your post in anticipation.

Seems a game changer, look forward to hearing more from you.

Very interesting to keep hearing the word tension, seems Naim have once again pushed the boundaries.

I think you will single handily increase ND555 sales and debt ????

Has your NDS gone, or is it still around to A B A

It is indeed a game changer. When you hear music on this machine you immediately have the feeling to dance or sing along. Now singing is in my case not a good idea, and I am even a bad dancer....., but what I mean this device brings you to the center of the music. 

The NDS is already gone. But I don’t need it to confirm the difference as it so far ahead of the NDS. While I definitely will come to my dealer if their is a A-B comparison as it’s nicer to hear the difference with real comparisons.

Now we know why Naim made sure you got this Xmas present early, we all want one.....

Bert Schurink posted:

Obsydian posted:

Hi Bert, love following your posts, even on holiday on the beach I was waiting your post in anticipation.

Seems a game changer, look forward to hearing more from you.

Very interesting to keep hearing the word tension, seems Naim have once again pushed the boundaries.

I think you will single handily increase ND555 sales and debt ????

Has your NDS gone, or is it still around to A B A

It is indeed a game changer. When you hear music on this machine you immediately have the feeling to dance or sing along. Now singing is in my case not a good idea, and I am even a bad dancer....., but what I mean this device brings you to the center of the music. 

The NDS is already gone. But I don’t need it to confirm the difference as it so far ahead of the NDS. While I definitely will come to my dealer if their is a A-B comparison as it’s nicer to hear the difference with real comparisons.

Bert, I think your NDS comment is awesome, you know an upgrade it HUGE when the A B A is blown away as not required.

Sadly you have allot of NDS owners feeling itching now ???? and others much further down the chain like me drooling ????

Wow ..... I am well impressed by my NDS ......... I will definitely have a good listen at the dealers when they get their ND555 fixed......... Bert sounds like this is an epic upgrade..........keep your observations coming as your beauty beds in.......... 

May I ask which Manchester dealer you're referring to?