Le NDS a été testé avec une puis 2 555PS
Ce qui est sûr, c'est que le KDS prend moins de place que les 2 ou 3 boites d'un NDS couplé à une ou deux 555PS, moins de câbles et moins d'étagère, et vu la multiplication des sources, c'est un élément important
Il ressort que le KDS fait au moins jeux égal avec le NDS munis de ses 2 alims, sa fluidité et son caractère analogique est mis en avant, mais la préférence pour le NDS plus punchy est tout aussi pertinente, ce dernier semble avoir l'anvantage sur la musique live, et aussi un peu sur la restitution des basses.
I am lucky that my local Naim dealer (Cymbiosis in Leicester) is also a Linn dealer and I had the pleasure of being able to do a head to head comparison of an NDS with one or two 555ps vs a Klimax ds using a 555 pre amp, a 300 power amp and Kudos c30s.
I am currently using a HDX into a 555 powered DAC with the above amplification set up and the same Kudos speakers.
Firstly the NDS with a single 555ps was easily better than my current Naim powerd dac both in terms of detail and musicality. When we compared this to the Klimax Ds I have to say the Klimax was better in terms of delivary of detail - the Naim was probably more exciting but the Klimax more musical.
When we added a second 555ps to the NDS this is when it became interesting. I was expecting a straight race and an easy decision x was better than y - this is not the case (to my ears anyway). Both streamers were excellent in terms of detail. Their presentation of the music was very different- we listened to a range of music including a number of high res files everything from The Carpenters to Jazz, Rock, Coldplay, Nils Lofgren etc. The Naim was better on some tracks and was certainly more aggressive / exciting with the delivery but the Linn was better on others. In a perfect world where money was no object I would recommend both!! The Naim is better with Live music they both work well on most other types of music and the Linn is better with 'easy listening' tracks.
I must thank the boys at Cymbiosis for an excellent afternoon. But they did leave me with a dilemma....which streamer?
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