Focal, the French loudspeaker manufacturer, has developed its first in-ear headphones starting from first principles. The result: Sphear breaks with conventions and proves that high-fidelity in-ear headphones can be used for hours without discomfort. In-ear headphones? People love them or hate them but one thing is for sure: everyone has a very definite opinion on their sound quality and comfort….
Naim improves its award-winning DACs with increased performance and DSD playbackNaim today released firmware updates to both the Naim DAC (colloquially known as the nDAC) and the DAC-V1. Both multi-award winning DACs have a strong following and large installed base and demand for DSD playback has been strong from some international markets. More information and images
Naim today released firmware updates to both the Naim DAC (colloquially known as the nDAC) and the DAC-V1. Both multi-award winning DACs have a strong following and large installed base and demand for DSD playback has been strong from some international markets. The firmware updates add single and double rate DSD to both DACs. This has required some significant additional…
Includes Bluetooth (aptX), DSD, BBC HLS playback and improved multiroom capabilities. Monday 29th June 2015. From today the Naim ND5 XS, NDX and NAC-N 172 XS network players will be shipped with Bluetooth (aptX) compatibility. Naim also releases Firmware Version 4.3 today, enabling DSD playback for existing owners of Naim streaming products equipped with their highest spec SHARC DSP hardware…
Focal, the French loudspeaker manufacturer, has developed its first in-ear headphones starting from first principles. The result: Sphear breaks with conventions and proves that high-fidelity in-ear headphones can be used for hours without discomfort.
Includes Bluetooth (aptX), DSD, BBC HLS playback and improved multiroom capabilities.
From today the Naim ND5 XS, NDX and NAC-N 172 XS network players will be shipped with Bluetooth (aptX) compatibility.
I don’t like the hype around it, the software or the website but I do love the player itself.
I hear a level of sound quality and musical performance, from CD resolution and hi-res files, that I’ve not heard before from portable devices.
Naim today confirmed the arrival of a new product, the NAC-N 272, in its core range: a performance upgradeable preamplifier including full network audio and zero S/PDIF jitter DAC.
Salisbury Monday 16th February 2015. Naim today confirmed the arrival of a new product in its core range: a performance upgradeable preamplifier including full network audio and zero S/PDIF jitter DAC. Combining the qualities of a Naim preamplifier and a Naim network audio player in one Naim classic non-magnetic aluminium case is not easy. It has taken time and significant…
Today Naim revealed its new Super Lumina range of high-quality interconnects and speaker cables, developed in parallel with Statement, its flagship amplification system.
The brief was simple: design a range of cables that would complement and allow the maximum performance of Statement as well as Naim 500 Series and Classic products. Starting with a blank page, Naim’s engineers specified each element of the cables based on the results of thousands of hours spent in the listening room testing prototypes.
To reach their goal required a deep understanding of material science and the influence of cable and connector construction on sound quality.