# CD5X any hope of saving? **URL:** \ **Category:** Hi-Fi Corner\ **Created:** [September 27, 2025, 9:29am UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-any-hope-of-saving/41927 "2025-09-27T09:29:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AndyP](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/andyp/32/530_2.png) [@AndyP](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/AndyP)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 9:29am UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-any-hope-of-saving/41927/1 "2025-09-27T09:29:50Z")
Naim having confirmed that they are no longer repairing CD players - I had my local dealer send my CD5X as a last hope it to their repair man who reports: “left channel PCM1704 IC Pro version DAC has PCM serial data input but no analog output - SMD IC DAC unobtainable in Pro-version and obselete, player classed as EOSL (End of Service Life)” Damn pity as the right channel DAC was replaced by Naim in 2022 and all in all I reckon over the years I have had the CD player from new it’s only had about 60 hours of play time, just nice to have a player around for my remaining CD collection. Is that it the end of a lovely piece of kit? ---
**Author:** ![Neilb1906](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/neilb1906/32/391833_2.png) [@Neilb1906](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Neilb1906)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 10:19am UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-any-hope-of-saving/41927/2 "2025-09-27T10:19:16Z")
I don’t know how competent the repair person is but could they bypass the DAC and fit a SPDIF out? Worth the ask. ---
**Author:** ![Neilb1906](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/neilb1906/32/391833_2.png) [@Neilb1906](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Neilb1906)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 9:51am UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-any-hope-of-saving/41927/3 "2025-09-29T09:51:28Z")
Think the answer to your question is “yes”. ---
**Author:** ![Klout10](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/klout10/32/84921_2.png) [@Klout10](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Klout10)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-any-hope-of-saving/41927/4 "2025-09-29T16:11:48Z")
I feel sorry for you, the CD5X was my first Naim CD player and I still have some good memories to it … ---
**Author:** ![AndyP](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/andyp/32/530_2.png) [@AndyP](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/AndyP)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-any-hope-of-saving/41927/5 "2025-09-29T18:10:05Z")
Thanks, just wish I had got more use out of it - pound for hours played it is the most expensive piece of naim kit I have ever bought. Problem solved a local dealer was doing an Audiolab 6000CDT transport for a giveaway price. So that is going in my NDS and will have to suffice. The CD5X may get sold on for spares. Must be someone out there that wants a mech. ---
**Author:** ![Loki](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/loki/32/180_2.png) [@Loki](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Loki)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-any-hope-of-saving/41927/6 "2025-10-03T19:57:09Z")
Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://d2ikyu8xyuibjx.cloudfront.net/original/1X/26b5e4ef7e37d3771c473a6a1f688186c20823ac.png) [@system](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-any-hope-of-saving/41927/7 "2025-12-02T19:58:06Z")
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