The audio stream website has been very helpful in tweaking my system. Mike Lavorgna is quite knowledgeable and has online tutorials/articles about how to properly set up a system. Good luck!! I also have a very good analogue setup and believe that both vinyl and digital can sound very good depending on the mix/mastering of the piece of music.
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Have any of you had a chance to listen to a good DSD system? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Stream_Digital An audio engineer/musician friend of mine swears that it offers the best quality he has ever heard. And he has heard a lot. Unfortunately he lives on the other side of the country so I have not had a chance to hear his system. If I do make the jump I'd probably start here. http://primeseat.net/en/ You need a DSD compatible DAC. Apparently Korg is all over this, jumping in with both feet. Several models to choose from. Prime Seat is doing live streaming events/concerts. Sometimes directly from a studio. But this is far from main stream at the moment. This may be my next purchase. |
I am not familiar with the NDS, but very experienced with other Naim digital and I will say the power supply makes a huge difference in the sonics. If you are not using the XPS power supply, you should definitely audition it. When I upgraded my CDX2 with the XPS, the improvement was transformative. The sound was so much more harmonically complete and musically satisfying. If you are already using the XPS, it's true that the 555 is better, but maybe there are other things to be addressed first. |
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