nd555 announcement : music matters show/ 8 march

analogmusic posted:

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?

chord dave in green and black would be nicer with naim electronics.....

It would be interesting to have a chord streamer with the quality of the dave too....

HansW posted:

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

but a debut of the nd555....

The ND555 with a Statement has not publically debuted.  Yet. In the unlikely event that a ND555 will be presented alongside a Statement streamer, that will have been one hell of a well kept secret.

I am not sure how you could demo a statement streamer with a so called lower system 500 series streamer and not confuse the market. I think they will use a 500 base streamer feeding an S1 and Statement mono block amps.

Gazza posted:

I am not sure how you could demo a statement streamer with a so called lower system 500 series streamer and not confuse the market. I think they will use a 500 base streamer feeding an S1 and Statement mono block amps.

Source first?

So which came first the Nova or the ND555.

You would hope the ND555, so like the statement the learning filters down, but appears to be the Nova maybe why it's so special.

When the NDS was being readied, the ND5 launched. Naim demo'd ND5, NDX and NDS in roadshows. Little confusion was caused. Quite the opposite!

Paul stated that a Statement Streamer is in the works, some two years ago. Hardly a realevation. But the timeline to launch would be a realevation at this juncture.

The "bush telegraph" has been tracking the ND555 for the best part of a year. Maybe longer. It was expected to debut in the metal this year, although a retail launch date is unknown. I don't think that's too earth shattering. It will debut with Statement amps. That doesn't seem earth shattering either, given than to date, Naim have done NDS/555PS/555PS with Statement amplification at shows. Now they have a higher level front end.

A Statement streamer would be a total ambush - well, for me anyway. Although introducing the public to two new streamers at different levels in one sitting is precedented.

.....and there is no Naim magic fairy dust out there to scatter over a statement streamer. Even an ND555 will have to have a lot of  engineering tricks up its sleeve to warrant a doubling in price from the NDS. 

It’s an obvious upgrade path and maybe Naim will be happy with that but as I say it will really have to be something special to generate interest outside the Naim fraternity. 

There are quite a few disrupters out there at the moment. I have quality that to my ears is better than CD555/555PS at 20% of the price. 

.sjb

Harry posted:

The ND555 with a Statement has not publically debuted.  Yet. In the unlikely event that a ND555 will be presented alongside a Statement streamer, that will have been one hell of a well kept secret.

the Music Matters show , at Seattle, announced on the site:  new products : Naim statement / nd555 streamer, linn urika 2....   I don’t think it is a fake, you can google music matters nd555 streamer 8 march.

I'm looking forward to seeing what Naim come up with for the ND555. It's always interesting (well for me anyway) to see how Naim tackle complex problems and come up with a clever engineering solution. Interesting times 

Think I'd better get myself a ticket for the Bristol show. I just hope they don't feel obliged to use Focal speakers. 

French Rooster posted:

Harry posted:

The ND555 with a Statement has not publically debuted.  Yet. In the unlikely event that a ND555 will be presented alongside a Statement streamer, that will have been one hell of a well kept secret.

the Music Matters show , at Seattle, announced on the site:  new products : Naim statement / nd555 streamer, linn urika 2....   I don’t think it is a fake, you can google music matters nd555 streamer 8 march.

I think they have now taken the reference to Naim ND555 off their announcement on the Definitiv web site, but Steve Sells is shown as a "special guest" so I imagine he's not going all that way to listen to the Linn demo!

best

David

David Hendon posted:

I think they have now taken the reference to Naim ND555 off their announcement on the Definitiv web site

In true Naim style, it's delayed already, and it's now 14k 

I suspect that the website released information that should have been kept quiet. I’ve heard that it will be at Bristol, yet there is no mention on the Show’s website. 

No doubt you're right, Nigel - you'd think they'd be keen to drum up interest for Bristol though given it's only a couple of weeks away. 

French Rooster posted:

the Music Matters show , at Seattle, announced on the site:  new products : Naim statement / nd555 streamer, linn urika 2....   I don’t think it is a fake

I'm sure it isn't. I'm also confident that the way it's worded does not preface the introduction of a Statement level streamer. I think the new ND555 (much rumoured and anticipated) will debut fronting a Statement amped system.

We'll all know soon enough.

They've updated the website. 

Indeed - Naim’s Public Debut is gone - not even a correction to NDS/555PS-DR. 

Chag -

yes, the nd555 disappeared from the eventbrite site. Sad news....  Naim is not ready perhaps or it was an initial error?

French Rooster posted:

yes, the nd555 disappeared from the eventbrite site. Sad news....  Naim is not ready perhaps or it was an initial error?

No it's just that the US company broke the news embargo. They are embarassed right now. Naim is a little bit cross because they planned a surprise. To most people it will be a surprise still because the Naim forum is a microcosm, not relevant or even known, to most customers. The launch will still happen as the posting said.

best

David

Nice rumours to start and read, how about some real links, to real websites and not #fakenews ?

djh1697 posted:

Nice rumours to start and read, how about some real links, to real websites and not #fakenews ?

it was on the eventbrite website a few hours ago, and very probably it was not a fake, just the site had not the right to post it, as David Hendon said.   My dealer said also to me that a new nds streamer is on the way....but logically it will be on the statement level and normally the name will be nd555 .  Some mystery will remain until the end.

If it helps the Naim marketing department, I'll pretend I didn't see it.  :-)  See what?

I really hope it is on the new architecture. If it is simply evolution of the NDS or classic it will be obsolete out of the door. I am hoping for something great.. Also hoping for updated classic streamers on the new platform. Would really be interested in a upgrade from the 272, which I think was their best streamer effort to date  - with the new tech...

Please see an update from Naim, here: https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...nd-555-rumour-update