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The CD5 XS CD player has probably seen the most changes on the
journey from its CD5x predecessor within the XS Series. Almost every
element, with the exception of the mains transformer and the disc
mechanism, is new or significantly revised.
Fundamental elements including critical analogue circuitry have
been updated to extract yet more music from every CD. Also new in
the CD5 XS is the inclusion, for the first time on a Naim CD player,
of a transformer-coupled digital output that provides the choice
of digital or analogue signal output.
Improving on the award winning CD5x was a tough ask, but through
scrutiny and refinement of every last engineering detail, the class-leading
Naim CD5 XS delivers newly dramatic and vibrant music.
The CD5 XS uses every possible development from earlier and more
costly Naim CD players to help establish it as the reference entry-level
CD player. The drawer and transport suspension is borrowed from
the CDX2; a low inertia, resonance-controlling device that ensures
rigid coupling and mild damping without adding to the task of the
drive servo mechanism by increasing rotational inertia.
The zinc and extruded aluminium casework is a development of that
used in the existing 5 series and results in an inert case with
great resistance to pollution from external vibration.
The CD5 XS continues the trend of the latest Naim reference products
by including RCA phono sockets alongside the traditionally used
DIN sockets. RCA phonos allow easy connection to non-Naim amplifiers
with a variety of interconnect cables allowing fine-tuning of the
sound which is potentially beneficial when used in a budget non-Naim
system.
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