should i go for the hdx hdd upgrade?
Posted by: michael1702 on 17 March 2010
i've been told that the new hard drives are much more silent (and are 100 gb bigger). is it worth the upgrade (eur 398)?
Posted on: 17 March 2010 by gone
Are you being offered a choice? (i.e. a new HDX for two different prices)
How noisy do you think the existing HDX is? Have you tried it in your home?
For whats it's worth, I've never found the HDX internal noise intrusive, but I suppose it depends on how close you sit.
Drive capacity is a non-issue, unless you are planning never to use a NAS
Cheers
John
How noisy do you think the existing HDX is? Have you tried it in your home?
For whats it's worth, I've never found the HDX internal noise intrusive, but I suppose it depends on how close you sit.
Drive capacity is a non-issue, unless you are planning never to use a NAS
Cheers
John
Posted on: 17 March 2010 by gary1 (US)
Nope,
you can spend less money than that and get a NAS with a couple of 1.5 TB drives to store more music.
you can spend less money than that and get a NAS with a couple of 1.5 TB drives to store more music.
Posted on: 17 March 2010 by michael1702
quote:Originally posted by Nero:
Are you being offered a choice? (i.e. a new HDX for two different prices)
no, only to upgrade the hdd in my hdx. and as i'm sending it in for the 24/192 upgrade they asked me if i want to get the hdd upgrade too.
quote:Originally posted by Nero:
How noisy do you think the existing HDX is? Have you tried it in your home?
sometimes i hear the hdd - ie. between tracks.
Posted on: 17 March 2010 by David Dever
...or wait for the SD upgrade to solid-state disk.
Posted on: 17 March 2010 by gary1 (US)
I agree with Dave, if the noise bothers you and you can upgrade to the SD HDD as opposed to the HDD 500 GB, that seems the more sensible way to go, assuming the upgrade to SDD is reasonable and obviously it seems that it will be an offered choice from Naim.
Posted on: 17 March 2010 by Richard Adams
Are new HDXs being shipped with the HDD upgrade already in-situ?