Now, all I need is a Naim DVD Player!

They are working on it and it looks like its almost done.
See attached link. As for SACD....?

http://www.billyvee.demon.co.uk/billy/What.pdf

With the new dvd5 you will have the option between a dvd-audio or a sacd card.
Both cards together are not possible.
In this configuration the unit is about 3500 euros.

happy new year

Dani

Dani,
Where have you got this info (DVDA or SACD card), is it rumor or from a reliable source?

Emmanuel

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I'd be curious to know how the unit would sound for redbook CD performance. It's my understanding that DVDs spin at varriable rates, while CDs spin at a constant rate, so it is not as easy to get a DVD drive to operate with the utmost stability at the constant speed required for CDs.

However, if the unit sounds good on redbook disks, I may hold off on my CD5 purchase for a DVD5 to go with the Nait.

-Mike

Why cant it do both SACD and DVD-A. This kind of stuff is being made available from the mass market manufacturers quite cheaply now. The guys at naim are taking this long to put out a DVD player they must surely have figured a way of having both - just a matter of switching between two board surely isnt a problem. Also I hope its recordable too (which is also available on the mass market cheaply - heck they sell cheap DVD recorders at sainsburys).


I thought cds sping at variable rates too.

Hi Manu

My info i have from a naim dealer in germany; and some month before a dealer in switzerland told me the same.

Dani

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Originally posted by Mike in PA, USA:
I'd be curious to know how the unit would sound for redbook CD performance. It's my understanding that DVDs spin at varriable rates, while CDs spin at a constant rate, so it is not as easy to get a DVD drive to operate with the utmost stability at the constant speed required for CDs.

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I can't comment ref a Naim DVD player, but I can respond to the above comment.
CD, DVD and laserdisk players ALL spin at variable rates. This is simply to ensure a consistent amount of data regardless of whether the disk is being read near the outside or near the middle of the disk. I seem to remember reading that CDs spin anywhere between 200-500rpm.

Yes, all discs holding digital information spin at different speeds depending on where on the disc you're reading. This is because the size of the pits on the disc must not change to register as a valid 1 or 0.

This addresses one of the weaknesses of the vinyl record. Since it turns at a constant speed (constant linear velocity) it crams more 'data' into a much tighter circle towards the centre of the side, which is coincidentally the point where you have highest tracking error (unless using a parallel tracker which suffers no error). If the inner tracks are around the 6" mark, you're cramming twice the amount of information into a 'circle' as you are at the outer edge. This causes compression and is one of the reasons why many carefully pressed records use less of the record than you'd expect.

Since the individual bits of data on the digital disc have to be of a uniform size for them to be recognized, you can't cram the information in near the centre of the disc. Therefore you need to maintain constant angular velocity to read the pits properly.

Regards,
Frank.
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