Naim or Jeff Rowland?


Hi, I'm looking to go down the full streaming path, ideally I don't want to spend more than £3,500, I've heard the Naim Super Uniti, which was pretty good. I've been offered a Jeff Rowland Concerto Integrated amp for £1,600 so one option would be to combine that with a Naim ND5 XS

Or

ND5 XS / Nait XS

Or stick with the Naim Super uniti

I'm not massively familiar with Jeff rowland, but it seems to review well. I am running a pair of B&W 805's. Any thoughts on the above welcome. Thanks
miami4242

Showing 1 response by ejlif

If you want to keep it clean and all in one box then super uniti it is. Naim gear seems to get a lot of love hate where Rowland is more of a classic smooth hifi sound that's pretty hard not to like in some way. If you get the Rowland them you have to start looking for a DAC. Another option would be something like the NAD M2 at around the same price as the naim. If you know you like naim sound and your room amd speakers are good with its low ish power then its a good choice.

Personally I think I would rather keep my DAC and amp separate since you never know what improvements are around the corner as far as DACs are concerned and it seems foolish to add a DAC to a system with one built in. I say get the every best amp/pre/integrated you can its the heart and soul of a system.