Naim ND5 XS プリント

Naim has always been associated with fi rsts. The fi rst high-end CD player - the CDS. The fi rst high-end 
hard disk music player – the HDX. The fi rst high-end BMR speaker – the Ovator. The fi rst performance-
upgradable high-end audio streamer – the NDX. And now the NDX has its fi rst offspring – the ND5 XS. 
The ND5 XS takes the DNA of the NDX and concentrates it in the slimline XS style package. With an 
ND5 XS you can stream audio from a UPnP™ server, discover internet radio, connect your iPod, iPhone, 
iPad or USB storage, and even listen to conventional digital audio sources. Simply connect the 
ND5 XS to your home network, plug it in to a spare amplifi er input, and the new world of streamed 
audio is yours.
The ND5 XS is a condensed NDX, but while for the rest of the world that term might imply something 
missing, there’s no functionality cut from the ND5 XS. It incorporates most of the digital and analogue 
audio hardware and the same signal path as the NDX, and features the same connectivity. It offers the 
same variety of control interfaces too – front panel buttons, remote handset or iPhone, iPad or iPod 
Touch app – and the same complement of inputs, outputs and network capabilities. And it goes 
without saying that the ND5 XS can offer the same potential for extraordinary music from every one 
of its inputs and sources.

Streamed audio is a hi-fi  revolution and the ND5 XS unlocks its potential. It provides easy access to all 
the audio delivery formats that have suddenly made music in the home exciting once again. Through 
its wired or wireless network connection the ND5 XS can play literally thousands of internet radio 
stations. The ND5 XS is also fully Apple Authenticated meaning it can play iPod, iPad or iPhone-stored 
music, digitally for optimised sound quality, via its front panel USB socket. And via the same socket, 
the ND5 XS can play audio fi les stored on USB memory sticks. The ND5 XS can play audio fi les, 
including iTunes libraries, stored on a computer or on network storage over UPnP™. It can play the full 
range of audio fi le and stream formats at up to 24bit/192kHz resolution: WAV, FLAC, Apple Lossless, 
AIFF, Windows Media-formatted fi les, MP3, M4A, MMS, AAC and Ogg Vorbis. The ND5 XS will also 
handle M3U and PLS playlists formats and it supports gapless playback. Finally, an optional FM/DAB 
tuner module that integrates seamlessly with the ND5 XS control interface means traditional radio is 
also not forgotten. 
For more conventional external audio sources the ND5 XS provides three independently selectable 
digital inputs to enable S/PDIF audio from CD players, computers and other digital audio sources 
at up to 24 bit/192kHz resolution to be played. The three digital inputs offer a different connection 
socket option; optical TOSlink, coaxial phono and coaxial BNC, to provide both versatility and 
optimised sound quality.

Like the NDX, the ND5 XS is one of the most technically advanced and accomplished of all Naim 
products. The use of numerous innovative techniques for electronic signal processing and isolation 
ensure that each digital audio data stream is delivered to the ND5 XS outputs with maximum fi delity. 
The ND5 XS uses the same RAM buffer and master-clock jitter removal technique of the Naim DAC. 
It employs the same Burr Brown digital to analogue converter chip as fi tted to the HDX hard disk player, 
and all the oversampling, fi ltering and signal management techniques that have brought Naim to the 
forefront of digital music in the home. Component selection and layout is entirely optimised for sound 
quality and the XS style case construction helps minimise microphony by providing a rigid non-resonant 
foundation for the electronics. Like every Naim product, fastidious attention to power supply noise and 
regulation is a fundamental element of ND5 XS performance. A custom-wound mains transformer, 
oversize smoothing capacitors, independent power supplies and multiple regulators, along with 
painstakingly meticulous PCB layout and earthing topology, ensure minimal power supply noise.
And the result of all this extraordinary technology is extraordinary music reproduction. Connect an 
ND5 XS to your existing audio system and the world of high resolution audio downloads, UPnP™ 
streaming, and the vast resource of internet radio are yours for the listening. And it’s a world where music 
from any source will live, breath and satisfy – completely.

The ND5 XS is as versatile in use as it is in its applications. Its three user interfaces provide alternative 
methods of control – each one appropriate for different situations and personal preferences. It can 
be operated from its front panel buttons, from its remote control handset or by using the free Naim 
n-Stream iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch app. In each case, control is simple, intuitive and satisfying. 
System automation also features allowing the ND5 XS to integrate with Naim’s DAC or any connected 
Naim preamplifi er or CD player, offering centralised control via the n-Stream app.

For even better performance the ND5 XS can be upgraded by the substitution of an outboard XPS* 
or 555 PS power supply, and, or the addition of the separate DAC digital to analogue.

High-end slimline network player