Naim Audio CD5si CD Player

Description

Naim Audio CD5si CD Player

The humble Naim Audio CD5si CD player. After all, the CD is still by far the world’s most popular music format. For millions of music enthusiasts compact disc collections still constitute the heart and soul of precious music libraries.

This outstanding machine, which replaces the previous CD5i, brings worthwhile performance benefits for users but retains the functionality and straightforward usability of the classic player.

The CD5si is designed to be the best in its class, incorporating genuine technological advances to provide a thoroughly enjoyable musical experience.

Naim Audio CD5si Reviews

• What Hi-Fi? Sound & Vision, Jan 2013 – “The CD5si is as musical as they come at this price.” Read full review
• Malcolm Steward, Jun 2008 – “The player also appears to have acquired some transparency, along with delightful openness and ability to communicate“
• David Price, May 2008 – “the new Naim CD player feels exceptional to use at the price“
• What Hi-Fi? Sound & Vision, Apr 2008 – “The Naim talent is to arrange all this info in a communicative way”
• HiFi World, Dec 2005 – “Budget price no longer equates with budget performance, and spending a fortune is no guarantee of class“

FAQ’s

1. What is the Naim CD5si and what does it do?
   The Naim CD5si is a high-fidelity compact disc player that reads audio CDs and converts their digital data into a high-quality analogue signal for playback through your audio system. It’s engineered to deliver musical detail, clarity and stability for listeners who still value physical disc collections.
2. What makes the CD5si different from standard CD players?
   Compared with basic players, the CD5si uses an advanced Burr-Brown PCM1793 DAC, a stable DAC clock and improved analogue filtering, plus a high-performance disc transport and rigid aluminium casing — all aimed at reducing noise and distortion and getting more musical detail from every CD.
3. What kinds of CDs can the CD5si play?
   It supports standard Red Book audio CDs and many CD-R discs, making it compatible with most commercially pressed and properly authored burned discs.
4. How do I connect the CD5si to my stereo system?
   You connect it to a preamp or integrated amplifier using analogue outputs, typically DIN and RCA, because it doesn’t control volume itself; your amplifier handles level control and speaker driving.
5. Does the CD5si come with a remote and easy controls
   Yes, the player includes a bi-directional remote control and front-panel buttons for basic playback functions, allowing easy operation from a distance or directly at the unit.

Features

• Stiff, extruded aluminium casework provides excellent resistance to external vibration
• High performance drawer and transport mechanism as with their premium CDX2 model, providing low resonance, low-inertia disc operation
• Discrete digital and analogue power supplies for superior isolation of sound critical electronics
• t’s built with separate digital and analogue power supplies to better isolate noise-critical circuitry.
• The swing-out disc drawer and solid mechanics keep resonance low, which enhances playback reliability and sound quality

Technology & Craft

The CD5si name may only differ from its CD5i predecessor by one character, but under the skin there’s numerous fundamental improvements and advances – each one aimed at extracting more music and enjoyment from every CD.

To begin with, the CD5si digital to analogue converter chip has been upgraded to a Burr Brown PCM1793 – a device very closely related to the one used in the NDX high-end streaming player.

The CD5si also benefits from a more stable DAC clock, higher voltage power supply rails, a revised analogue filter design and a brand new CD transport and laser optics. All these changes were driven by their relentless search for engineering reliability and sound quality, and the benefit of each change was confirmed after many hours of listening.

However, just as change can bring improvement, there’s often nothing wrong with sticking to your guns, so the CD5si retains all of its predecessor’s best features and Naim Audio trademarks. The unique Naim Audio swing-out CD drawer, laser tracking and digital error correction software, discrete analogue output electronics, and a die-cast, non-magnetic enclosure construction that helps ensure the electronics within can extract the most music possible from every CD.

Specifications

• De-emphasis: ±0.1dB referred to main response
• Line Outputs Fixed (level):1V RMS at 1kHz
• THD + N: <0.007%, 10Hz – 20kHz at full level
• Load Impedance: 10kΩ (min.)
• Output Impedance: 10Ω (max.)
• Analogue: DIN, RCA
• Frequency Response: 10Hz – 20kHz, -0.6dB at 20Hz
• CD Formats: Red Book
• Disc Compatibility: CD, CD-R
• Weight: 9 kg
• Dimensions (HxWxD): 70 x 432 x 301 mm
• Power Consumption: 9VA (stop mode), 12VA (play mode), 16VA (peak)
• Supply Voltage: 100V, 115V, 230V; 50 or 60Hz
• Supplied with: NARCOM-5 Remote Control, Standard Interconnect, Power-Line Lite mains cable (UK denominations only)
• Front Panel: Four button matrix
• Handheld: Remote handset
• Remote Control: Infra Red (RC5)