nd555 announcement : music matters show/ 8 march

Did think something was coming given the sudden number of Nads going in sale and sold.

I heard it was due but I didn't know when.

Nice.

Thanks for the heads up French Rooster ,  have just registered for Music Matters , excited! 

This thread could run for a while ...

My money is on two years pre release.

Foot tapper posted:

This thread could run for a while ...

...........   especially if someone suggests its a one box with SMPS     

The thing I have been waiting for. Now the question will be how much better than then the NDS, and will I have the funds.

£13000 I have heard

O no....just when I thought it was safe....in the bank....the money!!! 

Knowing Naim plenty of time to save up  

Sorry guys!!!!!

Is an NDS with twin 555DRs, not an ND555?

That what Naim have been using to demo the Statement amplifier at all the UK shows last year.
Wouldn't this be the same for this event in Seattle?
Also if there was a new high-end Streamer to be announced and unveiled wouldn't Naim do this at the Bristol HiFi Show at the end of February, in their home market? 

It is being unveiled at Bristol

just looked at thier web site below is what is says - Statement with ND555 streamer -  not with 555 PSU 

• Naim Statement / Naim ND555 Streamer

Anyhow NDS is in the classic box, you can get 555 ps in either classic or 500 series box. Nd555 will be in 500 series box with new Uniti type screen and architecture to be announced.

Interseting times ahead of us, and as Dusty says: knowing Naim - plenty of time to save up!

It will be interesting to see if it has DSP capabilities, this seems an area Naim are falling behind Linn and Devialet. 

Roon compatibility does give a road in but it’s far from simple. 

A dealer setup including room measurements and a DSP curve would seem a perfect fit for the Naim dealer system. 

.sjb

Price is over 20.000 USD as dealer told me, possibel 40k range...

I am hearing ND555 is imminent too, on the grapevine......

best

David

Within next months all steamer should get a new streaming hw with roon support and probably USB out....rumer said...ahh and a color display...size and look of the chassis should stay the same (classic line)

I admire how the CD555 digs deeper than I ever thought possible, its technical abilities, but I always preferred the musical presentation of the CDS3. The NDS is a way in front of the CDS3 to my ears, although I regard it as its spiritual successor. It reminds me a lot of how the CDS3 served things up. So the ND555 is going to be interesting. 

I will never be able to afford one but it be interesting to read reviews on the ND555 but there's stiff competition out there and the digital face is changing every month so could be a big white elephant !

Gazza posted:

Anyhow NDS is in the classic box, you can get 555 ps in either classic or 500 series box. Nd555 will be in 500 series box with new Uniti type screen and architecture to be announced.

perhaps with statement ps in statement style?   13k for the nd555 and 13k for the ps?

well Naim had plenty of time to digest the onslaught of the Hugo and the Chord Dave, so I think this will be something special.

With all the new technology around, the Cd555 still sounds special to me 

Now that the cat is out of the bag, why not do a Chord or Linn style announcement and tell the world what it is

Naim , why not?

I hope they don't try to emulate Chord presentation.

I'm very, very sure it won't and would bet good money on that.

By the way does it mean you don't like the Chord presentation?

The site does say 'Public debut of: ... Naim Statement / Naim ND555 Streamer'. To me that means a Statement streamer and a 500-series streamer. It will hardly be a public debut of Statement amplifiers.

Hans