# CD5X Repair **URL:** \ **Category:** Hi-Fi Corner\ **Created:** [December 29, 2023, 8:39am UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694 "2023-12-29T08:39:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MikeD](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/miked/32/168308_2.png) [@MikeD](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/MikeD)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/41 "2023-12-30T12:36:24Z")
I suspect that CD has been squeezed out from both ends (Ooh Matron) by on the one hand the convenience and equal/better SQ of streaming and at the other, the resurgence In vinyl enthusiasm. I look forward to watching the discussion about “non-NAIM but good enough” CD players elsewhere. Want to kick it off, IanRobert? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![IanRobertM](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/ianrobertm/32/247863_2.png) [@IanRobertM](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/IanRobertM)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/42 "2023-12-30T13:37:00Z")
Done… 😑 > [@Not Naim but Good Enough CD players](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/not-naim-but-good-enough-cd-players/32723): > > As @MikeD suggested… I currently have a 2002 build Naim CDX2 - which I love. But… as many posts attest, a transport failure can now render your beloved Naim CD player into nothing more than a doorstop or function-less curiosity… astonished Before I got my CDX2 I had - in order - an Arcam Alpha +, an Arcam Alpha 8 (which I had Arcam upgrade to an Alpha 9) and a Rega Apollo. All were very acceptable. But… the Naim CDX2 was … better. Even more so, once I found it an XPS2. So, what other ‘non-… ---
**Author:** ![ratrat](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/ratrat/32/24291_2.png) [@ratrat](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/ratrat)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/43 "2023-12-30T13:39:38Z")
A good read…. > [@Cyrus CDi-xr CD player](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cyrus-cdi-xr-cd-player/32387): > > Hi I am thinking of rebooting my cd collection. I have a Supernait 3 with a HiCap DR and was thinking of adding this player. I would go for an CDX 2 but worried about its longevity and the CD5 Si seems a bit basic. Anyone using this player with Naim kit - would appreciate your impressions? Thanks all! ---
**Author:** ![Jaybar](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jaybar](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Jaybar)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/44 "2023-12-30T15:51:54Z")
For my first Naim system, I wanted to stay with the Naim offerings. I am a happy user of the CD5si. I have nothing to compare it to. When I had a Rega system, I had the Saturn. I actually had two units. Both stoped initializing CD after a while. Not for me. ---
**Author:** ![suzywong](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/suzywong/32/705_2.png) [@suzywong](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/suzywong)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/45 "2023-12-30T15:54:32Z")
Or a decent CD transport feeding an nDAC? While Sue’s CD3.5 was in Wiltshire for a new laser (now back and in fine form 👍 ), she’d borrowed my CDX. I therefore ran an old Meridian 200 transport into my nDAC. It worked very well, and the overall sound was pretty similar to my RPi streamer (which, er, also feeds my nDAC - hmmm there’s a clue there 😁). ---
**Author:** ![Skeptikal](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/skeptikal/32/316987_2.png) [@Skeptikal](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Skeptikal)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/46 "2023-12-30T17:01:27Z")
I love my CD5si it goes great with my Supernait 3 It’s indeed a very straightforward machine with no frills but it’s built like a tank and is very analogue feeling in its use. Less gimmicks to go wrong manual all the way. 👍🏻 ---
**Author:** ![Jaybar](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jaybar](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Jaybar)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/47 "2023-12-30T21:48:52Z")
@Skeptikal Well said. I really like mine with my SN3 as well. ---
**Author:** ![sktn77a](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/sktn77a/32/220043_2.png) [@sktn77a](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/sktn77a)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/48 "2023-12-31T14:55:46Z")
> [@Skeptikal](#): > > built like a tank Apparently not… ---
**Author:** ![Skeptikal](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/skeptikal/32/316987_2.png) [@Skeptikal](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Skeptikal)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/49 "2023-12-31T15:02:42Z")
Mine is a CD5si not the thread title CD5X. We were talking replacements. ---
**Author:** ![Mikee](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/mikee/32/185208_2.png) [@Mikee](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Mikee)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/50 "2023-12-31T16:18:55Z")
Hi Graham Why not ask your dealer to loan you a box fresh CD5Si? With a decent power cord and using RCAs in place of Din. I would be very surprised if you did not decide to keep it. It’s a much more up to date design than the balance of your kit. Even if not entirely to your taste, you could at least listen to your treasured CDs whilst awaiting an older player to appear. When one does, you will find the CD5Si holds value well as a trade in ---
**Author:** ![Skeptikal](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/skeptikal/32/316987_2.png) [@Skeptikal](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Skeptikal)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/51 "2023-12-31T16:21:35Z")
> [@Mikee](#): > > CD5Si? With a decent power cord and using RCAs in place of Din. I would be very surprised if you did not decide to keep it. Absolutely agree 100% 👍🏻 ---
**Author:** ![Mikee](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/mikee/32/185208_2.png) [@Mikee](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Mikee)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/52 "2023-12-31T16:25:45Z")
I think there is a bit of “ if it costs more it has to be better” thinking applied to this piece of kit. Personal view, there is more variation in disks than players ---
**Author:** ![Skeptikal](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/skeptikal/32/316987_2.png) [@Skeptikal](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Skeptikal)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/53 "2023-12-31T16:26:52Z")
@Mikee You are so very right. Seasons greetings to you. 👍🏻 ---
**Author:** ![Mikee](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/mikee/32/185208_2.png) [@Mikee](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Mikee)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/54 "2023-12-31T16:29:16Z")
Thank you Happy new year to you too ---
**Author:** ![anon70766008](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e99b99/32.png) [@anon70766008](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/anon70766008)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/55 "2023-12-31T17:56:16Z")
Thanks, Mike. I’ll have a word with Audio T. I can easily afford to buy a CD5Si, and you’re right that I should have a CD player to play the discs. ---
**Author:** ![Mikee](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/mikee/32/185208_2.png) [@Mikee](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Mikee)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/56 "2023-12-31T18:27:02Z")
I hope, and don’t think you will be disappointed! Happy new year and CD listening. ---
**Author:** ![anon70766008](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e99b99/32.png) [@anon70766008](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/anon70766008)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/57 "2023-12-31T18:35:24Z")
Thank you, Mikee. ---
**Author:** ![broomy](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/broomy/32/307384_2.png) [@broomy](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/broomy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/58 "2024-01-01T11:29:42Z")
If you are wanting something of a much higher standard from Naim and are prepared to buy preowned, I couldn’t recommend a CDS3 more, provided if has already had the mech changed to the different Phillips Mech, you are on safe ground still should this fail. The type of magnetic puck will indicate to you if the mech has been changed as newer one uses a later puck. ---
**Author:** ![Ian2001](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/ian2001/32/268534_2.png) [@Ian2001](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Ian2001)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/59 "2024-01-01T12:17:39Z")
I would also ask them to demonstrate the Chord Shawline interconnect and a Chord Powerline (I know you favour the Graham Hydra) but it is possible to uplift the performance of the CD5si in discernible steps ---
**Author:** ![Wugged\_Woy](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/wugged_woy/32/422906_2.png) [@Wugged\_Woy](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Wugged_Woy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694/60 "2024-01-01T20:35:05Z")
> [@broomy](#): > > I couldn’t recommend a CDS3 more, provided if has already had the mech changed to the different Phillips Mech, you are on safe ground still should this fail. Hmm, why would you be safe ? If he buys a used CDS3 and needs to replace the mech in a couple of years time, what will the situation be regarding replacements ? I understand that Naim’s stock of mechs for **all** their players is getting dangerously low. IMHO, it’s best nowadays to buy new. [Previous page](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694.md?page=2) [Next page](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/cd5x-repair/32694.md?page=4)