It’s a standalone machine, so, when connected using it’s own power supply and connected with it’s analogue output, will do absolutely fine!
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If you wish to connect the CD5 XS to your amp, all you need is the 5-pin SNAIC to plug it into both devices. But if you want to supplement/improve the power supply of the CD5 XS you need a Flatcap XS. This is an upgrade path and should enhance the sound of the CD5 XS but it is unnecessary to make it function as long as the link plug is used.
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Quick note, a SNAIC caries power, the interlink is therefore not a SNAIC 
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If you mean can you use a 5si amp to provide an upgraded power supply for the CD5XS then no.
You can connect them together with a standard Naim DIN-DIN signal lead. NOT a SNAIC!
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A SNAIC carries both signal and power if required.
Naim may disagree with you
“Naim Audio SNAIC interconnects are designed to offer the ultimate performance and reliability for your audio equipment. These interconnects use a custom-manufactured cable that has been specifically engineered to deliver the ideal levels of impedance, capacitance, and conductivity, ensuring that your Naim Audio products are operating at their best. Each SNAIC interconnect is meticulously hand-assembled in-house using time-honored production techniques, guaranteeing the highest levels of quality and precision. It is recommended to consult with your Naim Audio specialist retailer to ensure that you have the correct connectors for your system.”
They seem to used interchangeably, which makes it confusing. The FAQ mentions it differently. Guess they can’t make up their mind either! 
I guess it’s confusing because the SNAIC is in itself a type of interconnect, but is of course rather different to the standard interconnect, which is not a SNAIC. The forum FAQ explains all here. Apart from that I think the website might be best ignored for the time being until all the revisions put forward by Naim have been applied.
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Thank you all for your information until I upgrade my amp ill stick to Din- Din for now .
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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