Cyrus, never ever again !!!!!
Posted by: XJR1300 SP on 06 January 2010
Hello Naim owners I am a proud converted Naim owner; it all started a year ago with building a Cyrus system consisting of 6 units namely CD8SE, Pre vs2, X power and 3 PSXRs. When I bought the player a year ago, straight out of the box it was full of distortion yes that’s right distortion. My dealer changed it straight away, not a good sign start as you mean …………The replacement was better however it did on occasions skip.
I put up with for 9 months until I could stand it no more and discovered with it being an early player there was a software update for it. I contacted my dealer and it was sent to Cyrus. On return it was just the same, my dealer changed it for a new unit. Guess what this one had very noisy motor, yet another new unit. This one would not play cds constantly coming up with disc error and ejecting it.
Another new unit this was the same even with a brand new cd, my entire disc are handled with care. The final straw came just before Christmas with yet another new unit this being number 5 and still refused to play.
Another thing it did was after reading the TOC the play symbol was on, disc spinning no music.
My dealer offered me my money back on the player and the X Power I bought recently. All the units were put in part exchange for Naim.
What a revelation absolutely superb cannot praise Naim enough. Just waiting for Hi cap and Napsc to finish it off. I wish I had bought Naim at first. I would not recommend Cyrus again. Naim is superior in every way well done happy Hi Fi owner. I understand now what you mean by You're nobody without a Naim
I put up with for 9 months until I could stand it no more and discovered with it being an early player there was a software update for it. I contacted my dealer and it was sent to Cyrus. On return it was just the same, my dealer changed it for a new unit. Guess what this one had very noisy motor, yet another new unit. This one would not play cds constantly coming up with disc error and ejecting it.
Another new unit this was the same even with a brand new cd, my entire disc are handled with care. The final straw came just before Christmas with yet another new unit this being number 5 and still refused to play.
Another thing it did was after reading the TOC the play symbol was on, disc spinning no music.
My dealer offered me my money back on the player and the X Power I bought recently. All the units were put in part exchange for Naim. What a revelation absolutely superb cannot praise Naim enough. Just waiting for Hi cap and Napsc to finish it off. I wish I had bought Naim at first. I would not recommend Cyrus again. Naim is superior in every way well done happy Hi Fi owner. I understand now what you mean by You're nobody without a Naim
quote:Who bothers to read that shite?
The answer to that, Stu, is an awful lot of people. To the average "civilian" the hifi and home cinema worlds are pretty daunting, and they are terrified of spending their hard-earned cash on the wrong stuff. WHF is widely available and its reviews are easy to read, since they don't bother with any technical analysis.
People hate coming into the shop and appearing ignorant, so they try to get some knowledge from a widely available publication - maybe even just by reading at a news stand while waiting for a train!
I assumed Cambridge Audio stuff was bought without audition; I didn't believe anybody would listen to it and still buy itquote:Originally posted by Chris Kelly:quote:Who bothers to read that shite?
The answer to that, Stu, is an awful lot of people. To the average "civilian" the hifi and home cinema worlds are pretty daunting, and they are terrified of spending their hard-earned cash on the wrong stuff. WHF is widely available and its reviews are easy to read, since they don't bother with any technical analysis.
People hate coming into the shop and appearing ignorant, so they try to get some knowledge from a widely available publication - maybe even just by reading at a news stand while waiting for a train!
I knew somebody who bought a CA set-up just because it got 5 stars in WHF and invited lots of people around to listen - one of the worst experiences ever: how do you tell somebody he has wasted his hard earned cash - he could have bought a TEAC mini system for a quarter of the price which would have left it for dead.
i gotta start using these things 
i had infinity rs monsters in 1982 with a bryston 1b and 4b that put out about 1hp. my friend had a 42/110 that i loved but could not imagine could compete with the bryston. i took a chance and i still remember the first track i heard and how these small shoe boxes absolutely kicked the bryston in the jarbles. the bryston was not musical at all by comparison. i wondered why i ever bought it in the first place. 
my friend warned me though that naim was like a cult. 25 years later i am surrounded by naim, talking about naim, thinking about going home to my naim after work and conspiring to get more naim... 
i had infinity rs monsters in 1982 with a bryston 1b and 4b that put out about 1hp.
my friend had a 42/110 that i loved but could not imagine could compete with the bryston. i took a chance and i still remember the first track i heard and how these small shoe boxes absolutely kicked the bryston in the jarbles. the bryston was not musical at all by comparison. i wondered why i ever bought it in the first place. my friend warned me though that naim was like a cult. 25 years later i am surrounded by naim, talking about naim, thinking about going home to my naim after work and conspiring to get more naim...