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…
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Naim updates its network players with enhanced functionality
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…
Focal’s DNA in a unique pair of in-ear headphones
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.
Enhanced functionality for Naim network players
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.
The Pono Player: musically worthwhile or just good clickbait?
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’s new NAC-N 272 Streaming Preamplifier
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.
Source and preamp combine in Naim’s new NAC-N 272
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…
New range of Naim high-end interconnects and speaker cables
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.
New range of high-end interconnects and speaker cables from Naim
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…
Keith Monks discOvery mini One Sapphire Limited Edition
Keith Monks Audio today unveiled the new discOvery mini One Sapphire Limited Edition Record Cleaning Machine. This exclusive model takes all the benefits of the discOveryOne so successfully launched in 2013, and then improves on it. The Sapphire is the smallest ever Keith Monks and features a vacuum gauge, hinged lid cover and the Keith Monks Classic precision wash system built in. Each Sapphire machine and its accompanying certificate are individually numbered, and both display a reproduction Keith Monks original signature.
The discOvery mini One Sapphire is a limited edition of 45 production units worldwide.