CDSII(I) as a dead end!

Posted by: Reto D on 26 September 2002

Hi,

When considering to go for Naim's top flight player, I'm always a bit worried about the probability to come to a dead end. Spending another thousands of £ (SFr.) not knowing when everything comes to an end scares me a bit...

There's one question that I'm interested to know your opinion:

Naim certainly believes that CD technology will stay on the market at least for the next few years (otherwise they wouldn't have made a new top player). But what happens when CD once will be dead:

Is a CDS really a dead end? Wouldn't it be possible/does it make sense to upgrade a CDS II/III to another format? What are the differences
between CD and other (new) formats? Will there be a technical revolution necessary or is just a rather small jump....

What do you think?

Reto

CDX-XPS, NAC102, NAPSC, Hi-Cap, NAP 250, Naim Fraim, Chord Odysee 4, ProAc Response 2
Posted on: 26 September 2002 by Reto D
If 10 CD years are still to come....

then I would certainly not worry!

Reto

CDX-XPS, NAC102, NAPSC, Hi-Cap, NAP 250, Naim Fraim, Chord Odysee 4, ProAc Response 2.5
Posted on: 26 September 2002 by seagull
hands up all those still buying vinyl 20 years after it was pronounced dead!
Posted on: 26 September 2002 by Reto D
Simon,

That I won't got second hand cd's or lp's is not part of the problem. But what if you enjoy buying new releases? In fact, this was the reason why I bought a cd player, because i'm interested in actual music. nothing against second hand but they (or the few new releases on lp) cannot really satisfy me.

Reto

CDX-XPS, NAC102, NAPSC, Hi-Cap, NAP 250, Naim Fraim, Chord Odysee 4, ProAc Response 2.5
Posted on: 26 September 2002 by David Hobbs-Mallyon
Reto,

I bought my CDSII nearly two years ago, with SACD and DVD-A supposedly just round the corner. Two years on these formats have made little progress, and there's still very little of back catalogue software to make decent comparison. In the meantime, my system has been sounding better than ever. If I was buying a player now, my only issue would be to check how much closer the competition have got to Naim, and of course we've all yet to hear what a CDS3 can do.

David