CD 5 XS

Posted by: Freedomsounds on 24 February 2018

I was wondering if I could get the opinion of anyone out there who has or have had a CD 5 XS ???  I am thinking about investing in one to start a long term project the of building a separates naim system and felt I should check here with forum. I know that they XS series is being discontinued. Any feedback appreciated ! 

Posted on: 25 February 2018 by Freedomsounds

Guinnless, By A/B Repeat I mean an a A/B repeat button on the remote or the player it's self that allows you to repeat a certain section of a song over & over again. In the early days of CD players they were very common, then disappeared on most, and now seem to be a little more common on some mid-highend players Iike Sudgen. It was & is a nice feature to have if you play or study music.

Posted on: 25 February 2018 by Guinnless
Freedomsounds posted:

Guinnless, By A/B Repeat I mean an a A/B repeat button on the remote or the player it's self that allows you to repeat a certain section of a song over & over again. In the early days of CD players they were very common, then disappeared on most, and now seem to be a little more common on some mid-highend players Iike Sudgen. It was & is a nice feature to have if you play or study music.

Aah I see.  I remember having one of those on a Technics CD player 30 years ago.   It was beautifully made, loads o' buttons, lights, and functions but didn't play music and got replaced with a Linn Axis.

Posted on: 25 February 2018 by Christopher_M

Love mine.

Happy chap.

Chris

Posted on: 25 February 2018 by Adam Zielinski

Fully support [@mention:41551091830475636] 's summary. On this occasion I agree with him completely  (doesn't happen very often).

I went through 2 NAIM CD players - ND5XS and CDX2. Don't miss spinning my CDs at all - as soon as I buy a CD, it get's ripped on my UnitiServe and is stored away.

Posted on: 25 February 2018 by Innocent Bystander
Adam Zielinski posted:

Fully support [@mention:41551091830475636] 's summary. On this occasion I agree with him completely  (doesn't happen very often).

True - nice when it happens! 

Poszanowanie

Posted on: 25 February 2018 by leni v

I used a cd 5xs for 4 years with olive 250/72/hc dr  with very good results and very few weak points .excellent player.no ps.

Posted on: 25 February 2018 by Freedomsounds

To Adam Zielinski : So, you had that much breakage with your CD X2 ?

Posted on: 25 February 2018 by Adam Zielinski
Freedomsounds posted:

To Adam Zielinski : So, you had that much breakage with your CD X2 ?

Nope - on the contrary I just stopped using it after getting my NDS.

A very good friend of mine came to the rescue - he has no interest in setting up a streaming network and plays CDs only. So he bought it off me - we are both happy

Posted on: 25 February 2018 by Freedomsounds

I hear ya ! Thanks