Originally Posted by naimUnT:
Ragman, with the plethora of DACs these days, we are all spoilt for choices! As with pop culture, you will find the latest flavours of the month (Berkekey, Weiss, Myfek, Teac) and now the DSD rave, my advice is to stick to the Naim DAC if you have a Naim system because the synergy you will gain is something that cannot be simply put in words. In my Naim journey, I've come to learn the voicing and synergy of Naim units. Sure, you will hear more sparkle with one DAC, more holographic soundscape with another, etc but music is about the sum total of all its parts and not just spotlighting of one or more features. You want to emotionally connect with the musicians even though the Naim systematic lose out is particular areas to another third party DAC, what it does is to convey the integral, overall picture in a way that no other combination of separates can communicate. Do yourself a favour and audition a Naim DAC. The good thing about auditioning Naim at most (if not all) Naim dealers as its a given they will use Naim power cord, Naim speaker cables. The only other variable would be the listening room. That's an immense benefit and narrows down what really matters for you to focus in the audition process.
You are right, but the PS Addio has the bridge and the pre amp inside (with xlr out).
Something I looking for. Hopefulle will bring something in this kind of product aboth the NAC-N 172 XS
