Has anyone heard or tried the new Naim Dac?

"I think it is a huge waste of money to spend that kind of
coin on a cd spinner when high rez media and hard drives
are the way of the future. "

A used or even new Naim cd player at any level is a great value if you have a decent sized cd collection. It's also a great value because they support their products. I would say an inferior sounding DAC (any DAC) is not as good a value.

Docmarc, have you had the chance to compare
your set up to the CDS3?

Sandra, it is possible to play high rez files on itunes.
However, you have to convert the files to wave using a
converter program such as from this web site:
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
I tried a few free samples at HDtrack web site and
they do work in itunes after conversion and are still
high rez quality. The People at HDtracks did tell me
that you can play them on your ipod. However, these
files will not transfer to my ipod even though they do
play on my computer.

Bummer, I really wanted to try out this high rez media.
Maybe it works on newer ipods.

I'd love some hi-rez music. Unfortunately, hardly anything I like is available.

Scott, I asked on the Wadia forum if you could download hi rez from the itunes store and play it through the Wadia170i/Ipod and this is what they said

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"iTunes can play back 24/96 music, but you can not purchase lossless music, let alone hi rez from iTunes. The highest you can purchase in the iTunes store is 256 AAC files.

The iPod itself can store higher resolution files as portable memory stick, but cannot play back anything higher than 16/48k. iTunes will stop anything above that from loading into the iPod.

Because of this limitation by the iPod, the 170i will not accept a sample rate higher than 16/48k. unquote
Wadia Support
KBarkamian, I agree with you at this time, high rez is very limited, but as more of us show interest in it there should be more variety becoming available. Sandra