Yes indeed. But apart from anything else, why on earth would you want to use an interconnect that is configured for carrying both signal and power when what is actually required is purely a signal interconnect?
Whether you want to or not, you can’t, so it’s irrelevant. A SNAIC cannot be used to connect the CD5xs to a NAIT 5Si. That requires just an interconnect.
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Exactly. The standard interconnects have a 180° pin layout, whereas the Snaics are 240°, so one won’t fit in the other.
Snaics are of course interconnects, as the name indicates, super naim audio interconnect.
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That is not what I said.
As far as I knew and given that Naim’s own website does the same I thought the Snaic brand /name was used to indicate both but it seems we are being told we cannot trust the information found on the website.
This feels like a massive overreaction. I mean, I know it’s a sign if the times to immediately call fake news, but can folks make an honest mistake, still? Richard Dane posted above that Naim is currently revising a lot of info, so we can presume it to be corrected anyway.
To get back on topic, the SNAIC has a different pin layout compared to the interlink, as stated. They cannot be used interchangeably because if this.
No Trev. Naim amps cannot power their CD players.
Well quite and I didn’t really make that clear did I.
Not entirely sure why it being irrelevant is of any particular concern though, since a fair old percentage of what’s posted here is either irrelevant or just plain incorrect and seems to pass muster OK!
Not sure what you mean by that. Anyway hopefully it’s clear now that the standard DIN-DIN I/C’s are different to SNAICS and the two are not interchangeable in any way.
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I meant what I said given richard danes comment about the info on the naim website.
I know the pin patterns are not the same I do have a Naim system and have had experience helping others put theirs together but as I said I thought along with what Naim say on their website (as I quoted above) all these cables whether carrying power or not are called SNAICs.
No, they never have been. I can’t really see in your quotation where this is implied, but that’s from the perspective of knowing it already and as Richard pointed out it may confuse some people since they are both interconnects of one kind or another.
When one has owned Naim equipment for several decades this sort of thing just becomes second-nature that one doesn’t even think about. There are lots of aspects like this and in the days before the internet (yes - I’m that old!) this sort of thing was gleaned of course from personal experience and via magazines but also very importantly from one’s dealer.
My own dealer gave me many insights into details that would certainly have passed me by otherwise and almost adopted a professorial role. These days with much equipment being purchased on-line perhaps lots of things that many of us older types would have taken for granted are not as clear. Times change for better and worse.
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What I quoted describes SNAICS and interconnects it does not differentiate between types
I did not say for a fact that they are all SNAICs
If you are going to quote me do so in full and certainly not change the meaning.
as I said I thought along with what Naim say on their website (as I quoted above) all these cables whether carrying power or not are called SNAICs.
I am no youngster either and at one time worked in a HiFi shop, many moons ago.
Again if you are going to quote me do not do so as a whole or at least a whole sentence. You have started an incomplete sentence with a capital suggesting it is the full sentence and it rather changes what I said.
However, I suggest we leave it there rather than bore everybody to death
If you want to explain/expand/clarify or elaborate then please feel free to, but I’m afraid that as it stands none of what you say appears to make a great deal of sense and is self-contradictory.
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Hi everybody I have now connected my CD5 XS to my Nait 5Si amp via a Naim 5 pin snaic lead at it works perfectly. I thought I try it before using Din- Din .My next goal is an upgrade on the Amplifier so I can add other Naim units. The discussion was very interesting as Naim UK do not show interchangeable items in the way I’ve used them but only in there original upgrades .
Thank you for all your advice.
Happy music 
playing.
Trevor
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Hi the 5 Pin CD outlet from the 5Si as your picture shows or is this another wrong terminology . I am not here to critic people but give just link equipment & enjoy music .
Naim’s current web site does lump what hitherto has been referred to as a Lavender interconnect, which only carries signal, in with Snaics, which can carry signal and DC power. The forum FAQ explains the difference but whoever is redesigning Naim’s web site either hasn’t read it or there’s a move to simplify the terminology, which is causing confusion.
The FAQ enlightens all…
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I must admit that when I recently used the Naim website to look up which cable (type of SNAIC) to use between FC XS and XS3 I was none the wiser - I could not find any information that went into detail about 4 pin, 5 pin etc.
Fortunately, advice from forum members and a phone call to the dealer I bought the second cable I needed from (the FC came with the other) was what I needed.
As a general note, ref ‘discontinued’ products, there is not as much detail as there used to be. This includes the recently discontinued classics range. Fortunately the manuals are still linked as a PDF therefore I would recommend members access these if required.
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