CDS - The Greater Charmer
Posted by: Naheed on 03 August 2002
CDI versus CDS1/CDPS
Well its been just over a week now since the arrival of my cds1/cdps - before I begin its worth pointing out that with CDI set-up allowed an additional shelf to really distance the 82 and snaxo from the p/supply nastiness, now the cdps has muscled in - my hicap resides on the same shelf as the snaxo, and directly underneath the 82
I must admit the first few days left me very underwhelmed - the cds1 was only switched off for say 2hrs, but the improvement vs. the CDi was very subtle. It wasn't really until a week in that the cds1 is REALLY coming on song BIG TIME - the sheer ease this player operates with is sublime, but there wasn't really any more detail - essentially the presentation was just more laidback and much easier to follow.
Heah Marco - yesterday I swapped the cdps MWorks IEC lead, back to a pukka Naim lead, WOW the sheer detail coming through now its truly amazing, its seems the MWorks rolls off the high-end detail, giving a more rounded/smoother sound. The Naim lead masks nothing - the way like it. Anyway to be fair I intend swapping back to the MWorks before making any permanent changes.
In summary oncefully warmed the cds1 - beats the CDi, in terms of bass retrieval/unravelling tunes/and PRaT - not in a major way, but one that just makes so much more sense...
However, I do feel if the current set-up was level with the old CDI set-up (in terms of distancing the pre/snaxo from p/supplies) the difference would be far greater.
naheed
active Phase 4 SBLs is the only way...
Well its been just over a week now since the arrival of my cds1/cdps - before I begin its worth pointing out that with CDI set-up allowed an additional shelf to really distance the 82 and snaxo from the p/supply nastiness, now the cdps has muscled in - my hicap resides on the same shelf as the snaxo, and directly underneath the 82
I must admit the first few days left me very underwhelmed - the cds1 was only switched off for say 2hrs, but the improvement vs. the CDi was very subtle. It wasn't really until a week in that the cds1 is REALLY coming on song BIG TIME - the sheer ease this player operates with is sublime, but there wasn't really any more detail - essentially the presentation was just more laidback and much easier to follow.
Heah Marco - yesterday I swapped the cdps MWorks IEC lead, back to a pukka Naim lead, WOW the sheer detail coming through now its truly amazing, its seems the MWorks rolls off the high-end detail, giving a more rounded/smoother sound. The Naim lead masks nothing - the way like it. Anyway to be fair I intend swapping back to the MWorks before making any permanent changes.
In summary oncefully warmed the cds1 - beats the CDi, in terms of bass retrieval/unravelling tunes/and PRaT - not in a major way, but one that just makes so much more sense...
However, I do feel if the current set-up was level with the old CDI set-up (in terms of distancing the pre/snaxo from p/supplies) the difference would be far greater.
naheed
active Phase 4 SBLs is the only way...
I assume the seperate racking is purely to distance boxes with p/supplies.
I have an idea ergonomically crazy, which is to add a two-tier rack to my six-tier, and house the 82/cds, this would also distance the snaxo - but would require a stepladder to change cd's
naheed
active Phase 4 SBLs is the only way...
I have an idea ergonomically crazy, which is to add a two-tier rack to my six-tier, and house the 82/cds, this would also distance the snaxo - but would require a stepladder to change cd's
naheed
active Phase 4 SBLs is the only way...