What is the point of the HDX?
Posted by: geetee1972 on 06 January 2009
First off this is a genuine (rather than a rhetorical) question - I'm certainly not being negative or sarcastic.
I notice that on the recommended systems section, both a HDX and a CDX2 or CDS3 are included - what does the HDX do (in terms of muic replay) that the CD players don't do? it seems that Naim are suggesting you buy both but surely you only need one?
I can see the benefit of having a very large music collection stored on one small machine, but you'd still need a copy of the redbook CD in order to rip the music in the first instance, at least until we get enough broadband speed to make downloading uncompressed music a practical reality (does the HDX faciliate downloading via the Web?) Also, the storage capacity, though large, is not infinite; is it expandable and where is the backup located in the same box as the primary device so that if your HDX is stolen, so is your music collection?
One of the benefits I have heard about very high end hard disk players is that they can outperform CD players because they can do all the error correction in advance rather than on the fly as with redbook playback - I've heard this claim made in relation to the top end Linn HD player - is this the case with the HDX?
Again - not being negative, these are genuine questions.
oh and how does it compare to say a CDX2/XPS2?
Thanks all!
I notice that on the recommended systems section, both a HDX and a CDX2 or CDS3 are included - what does the HDX do (in terms of muic replay) that the CD players don't do? it seems that Naim are suggesting you buy both but surely you only need one?
I can see the benefit of having a very large music collection stored on one small machine, but you'd still need a copy of the redbook CD in order to rip the music in the first instance, at least until we get enough broadband speed to make downloading uncompressed music a practical reality (does the HDX faciliate downloading via the Web?) Also, the storage capacity, though large, is not infinite; is it expandable and where is the backup located in the same box as the primary device so that if your HDX is stolen, so is your music collection?
One of the benefits I have heard about very high end hard disk players is that they can outperform CD players because they can do all the error correction in advance rather than on the fly as with redbook playback - I've heard this claim made in relation to the top end Linn HD player - is this the case with the HDX?
Again - not being negative, these are genuine questions.
oh and how does it compare to say a CDX2/XPS2?
Thanks all!
quote:there is no way to define or verify which solution is best
Huw - an excellent post.
You are spot on. I always find the concept of best strange when there are lots of variables and especially when the value of some of those is subjective. As an individual I definitely have preferences, but that's all they are.
Personally, I would be very reluctant to add anything non-Naim, record player excepted because Naim doesn't make one, to my system - why? I've tried mix n match and found a one-brand system bought from my preferred manufacturer has yielded the best results for me.
While I would wholeheartedly recommend a complete Naim system to anybody to try - I find it easy to accept that others may have different approaches to musical nirvana.
ATB Rotf
BTW can somebody tell me whether tea or coffee or horlicks tastes best - definitive answers only please, as I'm interested in the facts - not opinion
BTW can somebody tell me whether tea or coffee or horlicks tastes best - definitive answers only please, as I'm interested in the facts - not opinion [/QUOTE]
Coffee homeroast try it and it is as much fact as Naim hifi is quality beyond opinion but pure fact!
Claus
[/QUOTE]Coffee homeroast try it and it is as much fact as Naim hifi is quality beyond opinion but pure fact!
Claus