Quote Originally Posted by Mr Peabody
Topper, I agree your components should be balanced as to their ability BUT I don't agree with your backward (as in direction) approach to a hi fi set up. You, should, put the emphasis on your source. You start with the best source possible and then maintain it until it reaches your ears. A nice set of speakers isn't going to reproduce nothing that wasn't in the source signal in the first place.
You clearly graduated from the Ivor Tiefenbrun school of audio. Which is more important, the source or playback? This, as Carl noted, has been debated ad nauseum for longer than either of us have been alive. Let's just say we're both right and leave it at that.

To the OP,

RE the Nait 5i, keep in mind Naim products are designed specifically to work with Naim gear, from source to amp to speakers. This is not to say it won't work wonderfully with the Studio's, only that to extract the ultimate performance will require eventually reconfiguring your rig. As far as which sounds best, you'll have to tell us. We don't have your taste, your room, or your ears.