Naim -- Fatiguing?

It only gets better,,,,35 years of Naim gear, and active systems sublime ,,, 

I used to own Naim Nac92 and Nap180, Naim CDX with Epos floor standing speakers.  For me this system was great for band type music but not so good with classical music. For eg the group The Pogues has many members playing different instruments in that swirly heady melodic Irish music, the Naim system captured that involvement. It was not fatiguing because I was in that Naim fix trance. I would imagine going up the Naim chain would considerably improve the sound but at the end of the day Naim does add something to the sound which makes the music a little bit more on the high. I have known someone  who owned respectable Naim system built up after many years and one day he got tired of it, sold Naim gear and replaced it with Sugden gear.  

The best front end now or whenever is the Naim CD-555 with it's optional 555 power supply, even today commands big $$$$$ for those who know it.

Cheers George   

Typically Naim gear has rather high input sensitivity, and that may well be responsible for the ’Naim sound’. It suggests that there is more power than there really is, but it also potentially clips the signal, giving that fatiguing result that impresses some. There is a simple technical reason for it - no magic here.
If you own one and have come to dislike the sound, all it probably needs is a cheap set of inline attenuators.
By the way, Naim is not the only brand that does this trick to impress in the demo room.