giant steps...

Posted by: ken c on 21 June 2001

today i collected and installed my cdsii. i offered to do this - the plan is that my dealer will visit to make sure all is OK in a week or so.

i also collected my lp12 with its new xx2 cartridge. i haven't had the chance to install this yet.

however, back to the cdsii.

the plan was to play one cd just to make sure all was OK, and then to leave it in the machine on repeat for quite a long while -- with occasional checks to ensure the cd hadnt melted inside. but as soon as i played the "cheikh lo" cd that just happened to be nearby, this plan was quickly abandoned. what i was hearing wasnt something i could dismiss with "ah, well.. it will take some time to come on song with warmup". this cd player was on song right from the word go!!!

i suspect foul play!!! i think naim pre-warmed up my cdsii without my permission!! i protest!!

i actually sat down and played quite a few cd's --not the ones i had lined up for when the m/c was runin/warmed up (>5 days time??) -- i just picked up whatever came to mind at that time. very enjoyable. very pleasant surprise.

i will leave a cd on repeat tonite. i am not really sure what's going to happen as this thing breaks in, but whatever it is, i know it will be positive and i am in for more good times with my recordings...

i will try to install the lp12 tomorrow.

enjoy

ken

Posted on: 05 July 2001 by ken c

i am noticing that on my cdsii i can now play quite a lot of cd's that i just couldnt play on my cd2, unless i messed about with the puck quite a bit. is it the case that the cdsii is more tolerant of different cd trimmings, especially around the centre -- which i thought was the course of content list read err in the cd2?

it is very nice to be able to play all those naxos cd's that i have. questionable recording quality sometimes, but good fun nevertheless.

enjoy

ken

enjoy

ken