agentsmith;295438 Wrote: > I agree with that being a Naimee. To me it is a Naim quality CD player > plus a Transporte minus digital in. I am sure sound wise it would at > least give the Transporter a good run for the money. Too bad it is > sooo much money. Surely the power supply and case isolation would be a > lot more than the Transporter?
Personally and in my humble opinion, I really think that the Mac and now Naim NMP come down to the fact that they both know they have to get their hat in the ring, toe in the door, or whatever analogy you want to use. Mac went the dress up somebody elses proven product as a Mac route. Naim looked at what was out there and decided they had to build a product they could put their name on. With Mac setting the bar at $6000, it made it easier for Naim to go over the top. Sure I can see somebody building the audiophile of audiophile Network Media Player. The one with the separate power supply, all digital in another box, and all analog in yet another box while putting a price tag on it that makes it the NMP to have (read second mortgage expensive). But I do not see Naim or Mac trying to do this. They want some skin in the game and are going after the non-computer user that will not believe ripped CDs can sound good unless a name like Mac or Naim is associated with it. It is for the guy/gal that can use a CDP which makes them able to feed a NMP that does it all for them. What really surprised me about the Mac and the Naim was that they did not force you to buy a DAC. When I heard they were going to make a NMP, I was sure it was going to be a head unit with digital out only. But on reflection, I guess that goes against the all in one box theory to get the non computer using audiophile to buy a Network Media Player! I think Wes Philips said it best in his review of the Mac MS750, "There are still logical reasons why a consumer might buy a McIntosh MS750, especially if cost is no constraint. In that case, go ahead and get the Mac and the digital processor of your choice. But a little bit of computer savvy, a $300 Slim Devices Squeezebox, and that same processor will get you to the same sonic place for significantly less." Did you notice what I noticed? Wes says buy the Mac (if money isn't an issue) and oh by the way also get the DAC of your choice. I just paid $6000 and I still need to pay another $3000 for the DAC of my choice!? I am with Wes on this one. Buy either the Transporter or put a Duet with the Bel Canto's e.One DAC3 for NMP Audio Nirvana. The thousands one saves can go to buy more CDs and bigger hard drives. -- iPhone iPhone Last.FM http://www.lastfm.com/user/mePhone Media Room: Transporter, Vandersteen Quatro Signature, Ayre MX-R Mono Blocks, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center Channel, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco 710, RAM Oppo DV970HD, VeraStarr 6.4SE Living Room: SqueezeBox Duet, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold Bedroom: Squeezebox 3, Thiel 2.3, NAD C370 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46767
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