HDX cover art

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Originally posted by Graham Russell:
I would expect an HDX/nDAC to sound pretty much the same as a Mac/nDAC setup.

In fact I very much doubt that, as that was precisely the final comparison made by Naim during the February demonstration at the Bristol show. There was a noticeable difference to these ears, the HDX sounding more 'glossy' and hifi than the Mac input. As I said at the time, I would have happily taken either one home. The fact that the DAC which gets released will be better than that shown in Feb will probably only accentuate this difference.

Unfortunately I've got all the other SRV's except that one - I know, I bow my head in shame. The others rip fine with correct artwork

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Originally posted by David Dever:

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Originally posted by pcstockton:

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Originally posted by gary1 (US):
You'll jut have to hear for yourself. I'm confident that the Mac/nDAC will not sound anyway near as good as the HDX/nDAC. If you believe that the free software and a PC does it for you then terrific.

I dont buy it..... literally.

The Naim DAC, if better than the HDX DAC, will work wonders and far surpass my needs.

A Naim Dac PLUS an HDX???? what???? You are spending $9K on purely a ripping solution? Really?

oh and a cool touch screen. weak.

...which can also be used to control a complete NaimNet/DigiLinX system, in addition to the local server itself. Quite useful when you are paranoidly sitting in your unlit room and the doorbell rings, look at the security camera, open the gate, etc.

The words "sour grapes" are coming to mind.

Dave,
PC's comment was from before he heard one at my shop and I think he has a somewhat different appreciation for it now.

Connon and Dave, 'tis very true.

Not sure what Dave was jabbing at with the security camera and paranoid comments. Went over my head.

Dave, if I ever have Naimnet installation I will get an HDX just for you.

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Originally posted by pcstockton:
...I will get an HDX .....

Looks like we got him boys....

One would hope the software update will allow this to be done via the application as it seems so easy to do any way.

Good work ! Useful info...

That's the good thing about software based systems - one can normally figure the fixes oneself !

In addition, presumably, once accessed as a share like this, audio files can be copied away from the HDX....?

Steve.

Hi guys

just tried to modify some covers and failed.



Maybe a simple question, where did I find the password for my HDX?

Thanks so far.

Hi

meanwhile it works

Thanks pdrodwell!

First time I tried the password
it doesn´t work, but don´t know why now it performs.

(it works on my Vista and also my XP computer)

Just be careful, databases have a little thing about being messed with from the back end, get it wrong and you will be starting again.

Guys,

I realise that you're just wanting to update cover art but any "solutions" now will not be valid in a months time plus delving into the internals of an HSX/NS and messing with the filestructures is going to end up breaking things rather badly.

The internet has a lovely way of hiding the age of information so once 1.4D is out (I know it's been a long wait but it has to be solid) any information posted here *WILL* then be incorrect and will break machines and people will still be able to find it and will try it.

Thanks

Phil

Must admit I was tempted to try adding artwork to a disc or 2, agonizing over whether I would screw it up!

Two voices of reason have spoken

Hi Guys,

Steve H from Naim R&D here.

As we know earlier this week there was a post that described how to login to the unit and manually change the artwork. On the surface all helpful stuff, but unfortunately the advice wasn't completely correct and will cause the system image cache to become invalid. This in-turn could give units a problem when upgrading to the next software version as depending on what the user has exactly done, the upgrader may not handle it.

So, please chaps, don't fiddle with the internals of your HDX's!

Thanks

Steve

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Originally posted by Nero:
Is it possible to add CD cover art after the ripping process? I ripped Knopfler's Philadelphia last night, and AMG found the track listings OK, but no cover art.
I can' believe this is an unusual CD, so is it possible to add the image later, or should I delete and re-rip?
I looked in the Desktop Client, and there doesn't seem to be an option there
Cheers
John

Open up the desktop client, select albums whith no cover art, then manually make a c ddb lookup. this helped me whith the coverarts in almost all the albums that miised images. Philadelpia was one of them! Regards/ Klotis..