Hello, I have a Naim CD 3.5. I have had it for a number
of years and am very pleased with it, however, due to
an evolving set of requirements I now require a digital co-axial
output which the player does not provide for.

I have approached Naim, they will not modify the player
as "would seriously degrade the sound".
I am looking for suggestions.

I would have a go at modifying myself if I thought
it would be fairly easy (I am an ex electronics engineer).

Thanks for any advice.

Richard.

Richard Mace wrote:
Hello, I have a Naim CD 3.5. I have had it for a number
of years and am very pleased with it, however, due to
an evolving set of requirements I now require a digital co-axial
output which the player does not provide for.

I have approached Naim, they will not modify the player
as "would seriously degrade the sound".
I am looking for suggestions.

I would have a go at modifying myself if I thought
it would be fairly easy (I am an ex electronics engineer).

Thanks for any advice.

Richard.

Do a search for Avondale Audio if Les will not or can not do, not sure who could?

in fact here you are

http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/avondale/index.htm


--
Dave
www.davewhitter.myby.co.uk

Music is Art - Audio is Engineering
Steam is Fun

On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 16:49:21 +0000 (UTC), "Richard Mace"
wrote:

Hello, I have a Naim CD 3.5. I have had it for a number
of years and am very pleased with it, however, due to
an evolving set of requirements I now require a digital co-axial
output which the player does not provide for.

I have approached Naim, they will not modify the player
as "would seriously degrade the sound".
I am looking for suggestions.

I would have a go at modifying myself if I thought
it would be fairly easy (I am an ex electronics engineer).

Thanks for any advice.

Buy a modern 'universal' player such as the Pioneer DV-575A. It has
the output you require, and is a much superior machine. Note that
virtually *any* player which has a digital output will give the same
results, as CD transports have been essentially perfect for more than
ten years.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

Buy a modern 'universal' player such as the Pioneer DV-575A.

Why do you even bother saying that to a naim owner? He doesn't want
something that's been technically perfect for ten years, he wants
something that makes music.

jeremy

cubastreet wrote:
Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

Buy a modern 'universal' player such as the Pioneer DV-575A.

Why do you even bother saying that to a naim owner? He doesn't want
something that's been technically perfect for ten years, he wants
something that makes music.

If you want something that makes music, isn't that a musical
instrument?

Are you saying that Naim equipment should be compared with say, an
electric guitar?

In article ,
Arny Krueger wrote:
Are you saying that Naim equipment should be compared with say, an
electric guitar?

The average electric guitar amp, possibly.

--
*Certain frogs can be frozen solid, then thawed, and survive *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Arny Krueger wrote:
cubastreet wrote:

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:


Buy a modern 'universal' player such as the Pioneer DV-575A.

Why do you even bother saying that to a naim owner? He doesn't want
something that's been technically perfect for ten years, he wants
something that makes music.


If you want something that makes music, isn't that a musical
instrument?

Are you saying that Naim equipment should be compared with say, an
electric guitar?


a guitar is, like a cd player, a tool for reproducing music.
I've had guitars for years and neither of them have made music, I've had
to do all the work.

"cubastreet" wrote in message
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Arny Krueger wrote:
cubastreet wrote:

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:


Buy a modern 'universal' player such as the Pioneer DV-575A.

Why do you even bother saying that to a naim owner? He doesn't want
something that's been technically perfect for ten years, he wants
something that makes music.


If you want something that makes music, isn't that a musical
instrument?

Are you saying that Naim equipment should be compared with say, an
electric guitar?


a guitar is, like a cd player, a tool for reproducing music.
I've had guitars for years and neither of them have made music, I've had
to do all the work.


:-)

In article ,
cubastreet wrote:
a guitar is, like a cd player, a tool for reproducing music.

Rubbish. A guitar *makes* the sound. A CD player *reproduces* it.
Guitars all make different sounds - for different purposes.
Ideally, all CD players would sound the same.

--
*Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny?

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:36:02 +0100, cubastreet
wrote:

Arny Krueger wrote:
cubastreet wrote:

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:


Buy a modern 'universal' player such as the Pioneer DV-575A.

Why do you even bother saying that to a naim owner? He doesn't want
something that's been technically perfect for ten years, he wants
something that makes music.


If you want something that makes music, isn't that a musical
instrument?

Are you saying that Naim equipment should be compared with say, an
electric guitar?


a guitar is, like a cd player, a tool for reproducing music.

No, a guitar is an instrument for *producing* music.

I've had guitars for years and neither of them have made music, I've had
to do all the work.

And did you choose your guitar because it so superbly reproduced the
sound of your fingers twanging strings, or for the distinctive tone of
the whole instrument?

And, if you ever cut a record, would you want some second-rate CD
player *changing* that sound?
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering