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SYSTEM 4 PREMIUM STREAMING COMBO

THE SYSTEM

STREAMER: NAIM ND5 XS 2 £2499

AMPLIFIER: ROKSAN BLAK £2799

SPEAKERS: KEF R3 META £1900

TOTAL PRICE £7198

TOTAL: £6649

Now we are the first to admit that, on the face of it, this lovely premium streaming system is a little unconventional. Why not pair the Naim streamer with a Naim amplifier, we hear you ask? After all, it’s well known that we are huge fans of the Salisbury-based company’s products.

Well, you wouldn’t go wrong with that match-up, it’s true; but in this instance, besides attempting to show that there are more answers to a conundrum than purely the most transparent solution, we decided to go with an amp that will match up brilliantly with the speakers in this system, rather

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