To show how our customers satisfied with Nimitra Computer Audio Server product, we’d like to share customers’ experience with Nimitra. Feel free to read testimonials before before purchasing Nimitra with 30-day money back guarantee.
So with the opportunity to add and tune Nimitra/EtherStream/Nikola units over time I ended up with a complete Fidelizer system, benefiting from hardware and software upgrades as Keetakawee gained experience and further optimized designs, and the incredible value of his direct on-line support to resolve installation and upgrade issues plus optimization.
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The first impression is wider soundstage. It feels like note attack is stronger. The atmosphere is much more intense. I never listened to CD before but now I feel very immersed in music. I guess I’ll keep listening for whole night. It really gave me goosebumps.
We are pleased to report that the audio performance of the Nimitra2 has surpassed our expectations and has elevated our listening experience to another level. The staging and imaging has become extremely precise and has increased in length depth and height. Separation is tremendous and the pace and accuracy have both been incredibly enhanced. Sound is natural and effortless. The gains are significantly more than were expected.
Thank you
Tiny Kambaran
I really like all the features of Nimitra. It is a perfect adaptation of a computer just for music and streaming. No other clutter. I am thinking I will explore Roon eventually since it is already supported.
Best regards
Mike
Your N+N combo blows away the ROON Nucleus unit in providing PRAT. I noticed an immediacy and tempo of the music in each of my 3 zones that was not there with the Nucleus. Thank you.
JAK
Hello,
Just to let you know that the dCS Rossini system (transport + DAC + clock) is up and running and even though the whole thing is not burnt in yet, notably the cables, I am very pleased.
I have a story for you: My retailer, was telling me that the amazing thing with the Rossini is that, in his experience, music from a CD always sounds better than from streaming. So yesterday, once the electronics had been running for 24 hours, my wife and I carried out our own test with one of our favourite pieces of music — Chaos (Water – Air – Earth – Fire) from Jean-Féry Rebel’s 1731 Les Eléments: it starts with a very dissonant aggregate of all notes from the D minor scale, and then each “element” appears to picture Creation, providing a very diverse and deep orchestral experience. We are fortunate enough to have the 1989 rendition of the piece by Ch. Hogwood’s Academy of Ancient Music, both on CD, which I have digitized to FLAC and on Qobuz. So we listened to the three versions, CD / FLAC on Nimitra and FLAC from Qobuz and I must say that we could not hear any drop in quality one streamed, either locally from Nimitra, or remotely via Nimitra. Thank you again.
Regards,
Philippe
Hello Keetakawee,
Thank you for all the help! The German keyboard is working, and also AnyDesk. After my first few days of listening to familiar recordings I can safely say that the Nimitra sounds truly wonderful. The difference to my previous PC with Fidelizer Pro is absolutely stunning. The Nimitra has added clarity and detail resolution, while sounding also richer, smoother and more natural at the same time. The sound stage is more real by a huge factor. You can really imagine the reverb coming from a room, rather than sounding artificial. The instruments sound more immediate (life-like) rather than recorded.
Thank you again for the wonderful work.
Beat
Hi Keetakawee,
Nimitra+Etherstream are awesome!! I can’t describe it in detail due to poor English but it is totally upgrade. And the most important thing is they bring a pressure free listening experience to me. In my previous system, I usually feel pressure and the pressure makes me headache. The problem really bothers me a lot. Now all pressure is gone, only sweet and comfortable music left. Now I can play my system all day ?. Thank you, and hope you have a nice day.
I received the Nimitra today. Thank you very much! I extracted a test CD. Although the Nimitra needs some burning-in, the result is already impressive. I have never heard such clarity and delicateness in the extracted music (I am almost listening to classical music).
Qobuz is back, so I could listen to some favorite pieces of music. Of course, there is no comparison possible with the Bonn N8…. Your switch does a very effective job and it sounds completely different as previously. And, Qobuz becomes worth listening to 🙂
The Bonn N8 has been « offered » by the shop which sold my Linn system. So I had no possibility to compare with something else. Now the comparison is made, and the Bonn N8 is going to be sold very quickly. Thank you again!
Regards,
Olivier
Thank you! The Nimitra is improving as it breaks in. It sounds amazing! I love it.
Hello Keetakawee,
I’ve now had the opportunity to listen to the Nimitra for several days and must say I’m very, very impressed. I tried it first as a direct replacement for my Mac Mini using it as a Roon Core with a Sonore microRendu as my endpoint connected to my Lampizator Atlantic Plus DAC. It was as you suggested a big upgrade. After listening for a day or so I did as you suggested and removed the microRendu driving the Lampizator directly from the Nimitra. This was another improvement, music becoming much richer but still with lots of details. Tone with classical music was much better, as were the dynamics, altogether more like live music. I’m very happy with my purchase.
All the best
I take this opportunity to congratulate you, after several months of listening pleasure, for the very high sonic quality I achieve with my server. This is really excellent, on par with, or even better than servers on the market regarded as the best ones (Aurender, Melco etc.)
Kind regards
Keetakawee,
That is a great job just what I was asking for top support. Oh and by the way this streamer puts my Auralic Aries streamer to shame great sound.
Just as an update, Keetakawee scheduled and updated my Nimitra to the most recent version in only several minutes, then came back again to fix a start-up issue I caused by not mentioning my desired configuration to him earlier.
It’s the best, most pleasant, and thorough service I’ve ever had in audio. I’m a big fan of his company’s and highly recommend his hardware products as well.
Hi. I have been playing around with the NimitraS so far when I got time. It sounds really great! I am currently just using it with the dragonfly red and HD600 headphones until I get the kii three setup.
Fabulous. I really like the improvement. My DSD copies of my analog tapes are so much closer now. I can listen to 4XDSD copies now and like them whereas before I could not listen to them too much.
Stay at it as you’re making huge steps forward. Don’t stop. This is wonderful.
Hi Keetakawee,
It’s about a week ago that I have the Bifrost dac back and I can tell you that the Nimitra is playing fine with the upgraded dac.
I can play music from the hdd storage and from JPLAYERstreamer. The only weakest feature is the Linn Kazoo app, but I can live with it. The most important is I can enyoy playing my music collection now with Nimitra.
Many thanks for supporting me all the time, I appreciate this very much.
Some day I will contact you again and say ‘hello’ to you or maybe I will have some questions for you.
From my place I wish you good luck on your way to make significant improvements for audiolovers.Regards,
Djie
We LOVE the custom Fidelizer Nimitra. We run Roon to HQ Player on the MacBook Pro, then ethernet to Nimitra HQ Player NAA. We upsample PCM to 88khz, unless it is higher res, and upsample all DSD to DSD 128. With the PS Audio DirecStream DAC 24-88 khz sounds better than 24-176 or 24-192. We gave up on the Playback Designs Merlot, the PS Audio sounds more like real music, more full bodied and less clinical, but with all the details.
The Denafrips Terminator DAC will accept DSD 512 so things may change tomorrow!
All the best,
David Levinson
The Nimitra sounds incredible, even on my humble setup. I know it’s a cliche, but I’m hearing things I never heard before. Instrument separation is orders of magnitude better than with my laptop. Vocals that were muddy are now crystal clear. Listening is soooo engaging. I can’t wait for Asset to finish to I can listen to more goodies.
Very nicely done, and highly recommended.
Keetakawee,
I have been using my Nimitra server and Nikola PSU for about a week now. Initial impression is that I do not appear to be missing anything with the sound.
The sound is similar to that which I get with my Linn Sondek turntable with good musicality and timing.
Out of interest, I run Fidelizer 7.9 software on my JPLAY Control PC which definitely improves clarity of playback in my system.
I listened to digital playback via my Nimitra server for about six hours last Saturday and no listener fatigue.
So this is the first time that I have actually enjoyed listening to CD and Hi-Res file playback with my system!
I would like to stay in touch with you for any future product or software developments you may have.
Regards,
Geoff
Powering Nimitra and the exaSound e38 DAC with the customized Nikola power supply indeed sounds GREAT!
I’m in complete agreement with Steve Plaskin’s assessment of the Nikola / exaSound DAC combination; it is transformative! Nikola transported the sound quality to another level and I’ll add that it is a quantum leap!
And now with my original Nikola powering the Western Digital HDD, my system is completely free of the contamination caused by switching power supplies.Thank you for your awesome contribution to my enjoyment of music of all kinds.
All the best,
Mike Covher
Hi Keetakawee
The Nimitra is sounding very good indeed. With the usb drive plugged into the USB 2.0 input, the sound is much more cohesive and musical. It also works well with Roon – very smooth interface.
Regards
Vaughan
Hi,
My Nimitra has now been on playing a mix of music for 200 hours and its sounding brilliant, quiet background, bags of detail, wonderful bottom end. This is extreme value for money.
Kind Regards
Roger Smith
Thank you so much. The display is now working fine and the music has never sounded better. Great support.
Hi guys.
I wanted to jump in here as a customer of Nimitra.Firstly I have to say the product is top shelf. I have never heard my system sound so good and am thoroughly enjoying the benefits of this device. In fact I have sold a Sony HAPZ1ES player that retailed for $3k aud, it’s that good.
Now let me share a story. When nimitra arrived I had a problem with my DACs USB drive. The service I was provided by Keetakawee was second to none. Not just in the audio world, but in general.
The dac was so problematic but he literally spent countless hours trying to fix it and rectify it. His Skype and teamviewer service was excellent.
He even went as far as to send me another nimitra and his power supply (Nikola) in case the problem lies with the nimitra. My dealer for the dac assured me that it was 100% the dacs fault and the nimitra was in perfect working condition He came to mine and fixed the dac with custom usb drivers and nimitra has worked flawlessly ever since.
I sent back the replacement nimitra fully in tact and actually bought his custom power supply it was so impressive. He even sent me the power supply without me having to pay for it to test it out. He fully trusted me to pay for the device after the fact. He is just a pleasure to deal with.
I truly believe he spent more time with me than what he would have made on my sale personally, in terms of man power after sales support. He never complained and was always responsive and extremely helpful. He is a credit to the industry and he has the products to match. In short my source now is one of the strongest parts of my system. Based on external reviews, this compares favourably to aurender devices and sotm devices that are way more expensive.
The best thing about this device is its truly an audiophile sounding device with the flexibility of a pc with the simplicity of a standalone streamer. I hated the idea of using a pc to run my music but all I do is press the on button and the system loads quickly and I am off and running with my connected usb device or upnp device. Roon runs perfect but you can use jriver or any other remote to run your library. I just liked roon as it sorted my library the best and looks and feels the best to me.
The best part of this is hard drives tend to die in streamers so this flexibility eliminates this because ejf mine does I just replace the hard drive and the nimitra stays in tact.
I would recommend this product and this service to anyone. While this review sounds over the top I can assure you it’s all true. I have been a lurker in stereo net for a while but I had to say something here. Just. A music lover in Sydney with a good experience to share.
Either way it’s worth the money any day of the week. Check out his power supply Nikola as well as it Really rounds it off.
Any questions please let me know.
Beautiful couple in both sound and body. Sound improve in all three range. For update, the improvement of Nimitra upgrade version from Nimitra original version now is more than 50%!
Hi Keetakawee, I received the Nimitra yesterday and I want to congratulate you on a wonderful streamer. The set up was a breeze and the sound is fantastic! I spent 3 hours last night listening to music, what a treat!
Hi Keetakawee,
I am now back home enjoying the music with Nimitra.
I am very happy with Nimitra, sonic performance is great – thought you’d want to know.
Thank you for your work for me.
Regards,
Manu
Hi Keetakawee,
Thanks so much for all your trouble! Everything seems to be working well now. I did unplug the USB lead to the DAC, so I could compare the Aurender and the Nimitra, as you had it playing stably..
I can’t get JRemote to register, but that’s no problem now that both Kazoo and mConnect are working fine! 🙂
So, my impressions of the Nimitra, now that it is playing well is that it really is amazingly good. It can’t match the three-dimensional sound generated by the Aurender, but it’s also important to realize that most people’s systems will never know the difference..
To put that in context, the music server (Nimitra or Aurender) are playing down a ‘Curious’ USB cable into a Lampizator Golden Gate DAC, then into a Brinkmann Marconi Pre-amp, balanced signal out to PSaudio Bascombe King Signature 300 monobloc amps and into Sophera Transparent LH 1 isobaric speakers. All interconnects and speaker cables are 99.998 silver. In anything other than this system, I reckon the Nimitra would sound very close to the Aurender or Baetis – and better than Naim etc..
So you’ve done a great job – and provided fantastic service – I really appreciate it! I’ll probably set the Nimitra up for my colleague (who makes the Sophera speakers – sophera.com.au ) and see if it’s a good fit for him and his clients..
Have a good night and all the very best with your forward journey.. Please stay in touch and let me know what you’re doing..
Simon
Hoi Keetakawee,
I thought I will give you an update of my adventures with Nimira and Nikola. It runs very stable. Some times after a driver switch a DAC clock locking problem occurs but that is fixed by a restart or some more switching.
Roon runs very stable and also with JPLAY as driver / output. JPLAY Server and Kazoo runs stable (slow on the remote). I guess to much files and albums. Latest update did not solve all the performance issues.Than at last where everything started with. Sound wise Nimitra is for me an end game solution.
I am not going to describe my experience in subjective terms but I am very happy with it and I do not need anything better. I can alter the sound it a little bit with different USB cables, drivers or the player. It’s a matter of taste but it sounds always good.Roon performs sound wise also very nice. Comparing Roon to Jplay is not that easy. I like them both and I can use them both. Luxury problem that I am very happy with.
Regards,
Richard
Nimitra/Nikola is a clear winner in my system; this innovative system represents a step change in performance. Compared with my ‘tuned’ laptop audio-PC, Nimitra/Nikola is clearly the better music machine. Higher level of detail, transparency and tonal richness. Deep soundstage, solid bass and iron control playing complex music, across all genres. The Nimitra/Nikola system moves focus from Hi-Fi to the world of music and represent excellent value for money. Thanks also for your quick and expert support!
Best regards
Kjell
Hi Keetakawee,
I got the Alpha USB driver installed and listened using jRiver Media Center. Wow! It really is a superior sounding rig! I will listen for several hours before upgrading to the Nikola power supply, but I am already very impressed!
Grant
Good news. The sgms does sound superb. But nimitra is very close. Too bad we haven’t had more time to compare. We only compared the Shirley horn song playing now. In a blind test, I may not be able to differentiate sgms and nimitra. Sgms maybe sounds slightly more relaxed. Well done. Surely it sounds much better than other cas.
Many, many thanks!
I am listening to the Kazoo JPLAYSTREAMING on HUGO through HIFIMANN 1000v2 headphones and the sound is truly magical!
I am sure I will still need some handholding later on but for now everything is quite wonderful.
You are obviously a magician!
Thanks again,
Colin
Hello Keetatawee,
I have received the Nimitra in good order from DHL.
You have indeed solved the problem: the NAS can now be seen in the network and also be added as source for JRiver library import. The Nimitra is connected to my dac and already playing wonderfully, a clear improvement over my old laptop Duim omhoog
I now have the audio set-up which I was aiming for when purchasing the Nimitra.
Many, many thanks for your expertise and time invested in sorting this out for me!
Best regards,
Pierre
As NAA with HQPlayer and a second pc, the Nimitra sounds really exceptional. Congratulations.
Sold my Aurender W20 & guess what , I bought Fidelizer Nimatra based on fidelized window 10 platform , which can serve as Streamer , Server & Network player Roon ready & as HQP NAA device . After doing much research ( read audiostream review about Nimitra & 6moons abt Fidelizer software ) I decided to buy Fidelizer Nimitra at promo price @ USD 1195 ie more than 10x cheaper than W20 .
Being computer illiterate , I had great difficult setting it up & thru TeamViewer & working for 6/7 hours over 2 days , finally I managed to get it working & it certainly sound better than what I paid for . Let’s see how it perform with better LPSU , cabling & SSD
It’s rare to get such dedicated service for such cheap product & I certainly appreciate the effort by Keetakawee Punpeng
I understd a unit was send to Matej of Mono & stereo for review
First I have to thank Mr Keetakawee Punpeng for all of his brilliant support he really takes care of his costumers!
I first started with fidelizer free a few months ago and was surprised over the difference in sound on my pc, only a few days later I ordered my pro version and boy was it worth it. Big upgrade in sound for almost no money!
When Nimitra came out I wasn’t sure what it was really, but Keetakawee explained everything in great detail to me and I knew this was just the thing for me.
I work part-time in a hifi store and listen to fine expensive audio very often. Nimitra sounds like it should cost a lot more than it does, the airiness in treble is fantastic the punchy bass that’s more refined sounds just amazing. You can say it sounds more analogue.
I’m on the lazy side so getting up to switch between cd’s or vinyls is not my thing… Just open the app and play from tidal or high resolution files from hdd, it´s so simple!
After playing my special order Nimitra, It is clear that it is the best of the best music players out there, regardless of price and I am confident of that as I heard streamers from big names that cost more than 4 times Nimitra and don’t sound as good.
Of course I am pairing it with a very good LPS and the sound is simply incredible, wide sound stage with amazing depth, separation of instruments and clear attack and decay of notes. I am happy I bought Nimitra, will never look back at any of the streamers from the big names again.
Keep it up Keetakawee!
Regards
K,
I’m using the Nimitra now as Roon endpoint. Setup was very simple. Out of the box I must tell you it sounds magnificent. Roon is running on my custom PC.
Thank you. You have created something very special my friend.
Best,
Jim