Hi everyone,
I am not fully enjoying my gear right now. I like my music to have detailed treble and midrange with decent enough bass.
My setup is: Kimber USB gold
Musical Fidelity v-dac II + psu II
Chord Crimson+
Naim Nait XS + custom powercable (Furutech)
Kimber 8TC + Furutech gold banana plugs
Roksan mkII tr5 (biwired)
MJ Acoustics Pro 50 mk2 subwoofer (with very long cable borrowed from store, high input)
I think that I already reached the limits of my dac so it could be part of the problem.
I have enough bass, but the treble seems polite and the midrange is too smooth. The sounds are there but somewhat hidden away. This varies from music to music though, the soundstage is excellent with good build-ups and with excellent accuracy and timing. I can still enjoy jazz and classical but with almost anything electronical I find the bass too present with a treble that lacks excitement and punch and a midrange that is sounding compact.
I have goosebumps every time I hear electronics on a Marantz CD 6004 / Marantz PM7004 / Cabasse Jersey MT3, a lot cheaper combo. But I want to have gear that can go all-round but mostly with electronics (trance mostly with lots of vocal, progressive, dub-step), moviesoundtracks, soul and also some jazz and classical. I know Cyrus and Roksan themselves have great amps that are group winners here but I want to have some input from more experienced people.
I am thinking (and willing) to change amps and dac because I know the Roksan's are up for the task. Or is there a possible rescueplan for the naim to get the sound that I like? (without adding a flatcap).
I am not fully enjoying my gear right now. I like my music to have detailed treble and midrange with decent enough bass.
My setup is: Kimber USB gold
Musical Fidelity v-dac II + psu II
Chord Crimson+
Naim Nait XS + custom powercable (Furutech)
Kimber 8TC + Furutech gold banana plugs
Roksan mkII tr5 (biwired)
MJ Acoustics Pro 50 mk2 subwoofer (with very long cable borrowed from store, high input)
I think that I already reached the limits of my dac so it could be part of the problem.
I have enough bass, but the treble seems polite and the midrange is too smooth. The sounds are there but somewhat hidden away. This varies from music to music though, the soundstage is excellent with good build-ups and with excellent accuracy and timing. I can still enjoy jazz and classical but with almost anything electronical I find the bass too present with a treble that lacks excitement and punch and a midrange that is sounding compact.
I have goosebumps every time I hear electronics on a Marantz CD 6004 / Marantz PM7004 / Cabasse Jersey MT3, a lot cheaper combo. But I want to have gear that can go all-round but mostly with electronics (trance mostly with lots of vocal, progressive, dub-step), moviesoundtracks, soul and also some jazz and classical. I know Cyrus and Roksan themselves have great amps that are group winners here but I want to have some input from more experienced people.
I am thinking (and willing) to change amps and dac because I know the Roksan's are up for the task. Or is there a possible rescueplan for the naim to get the sound that I like? (without adding a flatcap).