Those who have moved on from Naim.....

[lencotweaker]

Until, at a Heathrow show, I went into the RT Services room where he had a Spectral system through modest Verity speakers and Accuphase source. Wow. Never heard anything so good before that. Spectral had the speed which had drawn me to Naim, but it had tonal detail, texture, a soundstage, a spatial sense and a naturalness that was something else.

That very same room at that show (some 20 odd years ago?) had quite an impression on me too. I seem to remember it was the very first Accuphase SACD transport into a DCS DAC (Verdi?), Spectral amps and Verity Audio Parsifal speakers. Stunning. I always wondered why Spectral never did well in the UK.

I also remember Living Voice at the same show playing the Black Crowes through Air Scouts. Unbelievable dynamics.

 

[robbyd]

Or maybe even Fidelios? Probably 2001.