The Naim 500 Series represents the ultimate expression of the state-of-the-art in musical replay systems. The performance of each individual element is, we believe, unsurpassed, but when the three are combined they form a union that is truly magical in its breath-taking ability to connect you with the music.

The CD555 CD player with the 555PS power supply delivers the ultimate musical performance from a CD. It makes no attempt to play DVDs, DVD-As or SACDs. It doesn't have a digital output. Nor does it have a variable output. The CD555 simply plays CDs and at that it excels. We are confident that is the best CD player ever.

The NAC 552 pre-amplifier is by some distance the most advanced Naim pre-amplifier ever and has some claim, therefore, to being the best pre-amplifier, period. Its introduction in 2001 brought with it a new level of technical and musical performance. A Naim design project group began reviewing the existing pre-amplifier designs exploring possibilities for major design improvement over the existing reference pre-amplifier, the Naim NAC 52.

The NAP500 power amplifier came from a design brief requiring an amplifier that could drive any load down to 2 Ohms for prolonged periods, deliver over 100W into 8 Ohms and sound - at the very least - as good as our reference at the time, the NAP135.