Naim cd 5 and Rega Júpiter

Posted by: Nuno Baptista on 19 July 2002

Ok guys:I´m in Lisbon two days for a short hollidays!I will publish my notes as I promise!
Yesterday I went to distinct dealers hear a Rega Jupiter and a Naim cd 5 .I will start for cd 5 as I knew the Júpiter,but as you know I was curious about hear a all Naim sistem!and everithing I read about Name sinergies were true!I hear a Naim cd 5/Flatcap 2 and Nait 5!what a sound!wooahuuu!Some hours before I heart a Chord pre/power Jupiter and Naim sistem blow up all my expectatives!this is true hi-fi!And what did I think of cd 5?Well,first I heart before some cd players 1000£ so I expect a very refined and powerfull sound ,and as a cd comes playing this expectatives were rigth!I was happy
wink second i start to listen my records!What a powerfull sound,lots of detail and refinement !it was as I was hearing the band!what can I say more?
then the dealer put a own record!focus and a large bandwithd were the atributes,I can hear a bass that I´d never heart in another sistem!The large bandwithd of CD 5 makes possible this lots of bass,that lacks in Júpiter that seems to me a more agressive an d digital sound!BUT...the sound seems very analogic ,that I really like it,but with the dealer´s record a bit forward!It´s here that I´ve got some doubts and today I´m going back to hear the pace,rithm and timing of the sistem!I was a bit hurry yesterday and let´s see if I can live with Naim sound !off course it´s a wonderfull cd player,no doubt but I really don´t know yet if Naim sound it´s my couple of tea,ok?
Posted on: 19 July 2002 by herm
Spot on, Marco. It explains everything.

It's not just that July doesn't have an R that's causing Nuno's massive indecisiveness, but the same goes for June and May, and who knows what the Portuguese is for April? Really, now I understand...

It's your money, Nuno. Don't get anything that's not your c of t. However, perhaps it would be a good idea to just listen with your own ears, instead of keeping on reporting / querying without making any progress. Your posts are always interesting and / or entertaining, but perhaps you're not helping yourself this way. In the end you have to make your own decision.

Herman
Posted on: 19 July 2002 by seagull
It seems that you have now been able to hear what the different CD players do. Now its up to you to decide which one fulfills your needs best of all.

Only you can decide that. Whatever you finally choose buy pleny of CDs and enjoy... big grin big grin
Posted on: 19 July 2002 by Nuno Baptista
Hello :
Well, today I heard Naim cd 5 with more time!Yesterday I was very impressed but I didn´t know describe if I really love or hate the sound!Today it was clearer that CD 5 has pace,rithm and timing!That what I want finding out!adding this qualities a very refined sound that was familiar to me as I´ve got the amplifier!Yes,if I´ve got the money I will buy this cd tomorrow!has sinergies with the amplifier,too!It doesn´t matter if Júpiter can compete with CD 5,just cd 5 impressives me so much today that after two hours hearing it I´ve got the desire to buy it!Now I don´t care if my dealer in Coimbra wants to dem another source,CD 5 is a winner!