Understood. Did your dealer give a reason why they thought this wasn’t a good option?
I don’t recall
Ok
The tech tried lots of things but nothing worked. He completely reinstalled everything, tried standard DIN cables and fixed the system automation which I messed up. Nothing helped. If the new CDP fails we know it is the 332. However the dealer and the tech thought thus to be unlikely, since the CDP worked for a few days when the 300 system was first installed. The only thing he did not do was switch the inputs to check if the 332 is defective. He will do that when he returns.
I think the CDP output assignment wasn’t reset making you doubt the players capabilities and “upgrade” the CDP for more money. 
That’s good. I’m sure they will get the Luxman working for you both.
Could be because Innovative doesn’t sell any CD transports, judging from their website.
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I don’t think they do and I am not bothered by that. A new CDP will be fine and less cable types to question.
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I don’t understand the negativity about somebody buying a CD player, as opposed to a CD transport. Plus the negativity towards the dealer.
Plenty of forum members have bought CD players recently, quite a few bought Marantz players at a very nice price. No coercion from any dealer. Bought online. I don’t remember anybody being harangued for doing so.
Seems a good idea to me. There are benefits in doing so.
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The point is that Naim streamers have outstanding DAC sections, so it seems redundant to buy a CD player if you own a Naim streamer/DAC. And in particular if you like the Naim sound signature, since Naim no longer makes CD players, an auxiliary CD transport is the best way to get that result. Personally I have used transports into 555 , 222, and Atom HE, and in all cases the CDs sound better than the streamer via Qobuz etc., although not necessarily when streamed from locally stored files. Of course you need to choose the transport and cable carefully. My current favorite is the TEAC VRDS-701T (optional external clock available).
One more thing about transports. If the CD mech breaks and can’t be replaced, you can just buy a new transport. You’re not stuck with a dead CD player.
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I am happy with my choice of the Luxman.
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Luckily you are also not stuck with a dead one when a Luxman breaks either. They are all high end DACs too, so if sometime in the distant future, the mech dies and cannot be replaced on any current Luxman CD player, you can attach another transport. It won’t simply becomes a doorstop.
While I totally agree that a lower cost transport into a 333 would be the lowest cost method of effectively getting a high end CD player, there are several users who use Naim streamers like the ND2 or 333 as transports only. It’s not what I’d do but as they are very decent transports, if you like the control system and interface it makes sense.
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How would you use a 333 as a transport? Where would you put the CD?
That’s not what I mean.
You can use the 333 as a streaming transport into an external DAC. A lot of users use Naim streamers this way. And as the Luxman CD player also can be used purely as a DAC, you could compare the two. You effectively have 3 connectivity options:
- Use the 333 as a streamer with it’s own DAC and the Luxman as a CD player with it’s own DAC.
- Use the 333 as a streaming transport and have the Luxman CD player act as the DAC for both streaming and CD for the whole system.
- Use the Luxman CD player as transport and have the 333 act as the DAC for both streaming and CD for the whole system.
I understand now. We shall see. Thanks.
Is the LCD panel easy to read?
Of course he want and should beçause the 5si is a cheap entry level device and it’s definitely no match for a 332 system.Should go at least for the Luxman 03 .
Is the Luxman easy to operate and see? Mine should arrive to my dealer this week.
According to the manufacturer’s website, it has “zoom mode” so you can enlarge the display of track and time
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