UnitiServe-SSD Vs HDX-SSD

Posted by: SC on 06 May 2010

OK, well I may as well kick this off...!

Firstly, CONGRATULATIONS Naim on the 2 new products! Cool From description, they appear fantastic in many ways, and I have a feeling the 'Serve is going to be a real hit.....

So, with the SSD aspect and now ALAC support (for Serve anyway, not sure about HDX ?) I finally have 2 DA products in front of me that I'm seriously tempted by....

So, how to choose ??

The 'Serve is £2250 against the HDX-SSD £4595, which obviously is a large difference....The Serve will need the £2k nDAC, where as the HDX strictly speaking will not (although of course many argue it's really a prerequisite)....You loose the touchscreen (which personally I like) and of course the analogue stage with the 'Serve....

Anything else ??

Steve.
Posted on: 12 May 2010 by gary1 (US)
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Originally posted by AllenB:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by gary1 (US):
All I know is that for over a year and a half many people told me that their MAC/$1K DAC was much better than either my HDX/555PS or equivalent to a 555CDP, so what is a white paper going to provide?


Are you still harping on about that?QUOTE]

Not harping whatsoever, it's irrelevant to me. Just pointing out the fact that listening is far superior to technical papers.

I too am curious to hear the reports on the new vs. old HDX board as DD says it is a significant step up from the original.
Posted on: 14 May 2010 by james n
Look forward to reading about your findings Allen. Are you running plain vanilla iTunes or Pure Music for the Audio ?

James