Cds3 mech

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I’ve dropped them an email, hopefully get a reply at some point next week

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Let me know what naim say. :+1:

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Of course

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The NDX do you find it on par with cds3 or better.?

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Cds3 to me betters the ndx

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If a CDS3 didn’t easily best an NDX, I’d be very worried about its health. A lovely player, and one I still sometimes have pangs of regret over letting go.

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I am keeping mine I might just have to wait till naim sort new mech. Yes it is a fantastic player an worth seeking out.

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Last I heard was that they’re on the case but the current supply and logistic issues from Covid are causing problems, so we may just have to be a bit patient until the situation becomes clearer.

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Let’s hope I’ve just recently paired it with the 555ps and would like to keep it as a source, still on the vam1250 as well

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What’s it like with 555dr I am still on xps.

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And how is it on xp5xs - all I can afford right now …

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I have recently compared my CDS3/XPS (1250) with NDX2/555 and it’s a close call indeed. Preferred the NDX2 one evening and did not hear much difference the next evening. I am bad as such A/Bs but most importantly both sound lovely. (Have not bothered to swap the PSes yet)

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It will be interesting when you do. The 555PS really does something great for the CDS3

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Yeah, I am also curious and will try. Not that it will make me give up the convenience of the NDX2 in any case, but interesting experiment

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555PS is a major improvement over the XPS with my CDS3. I have not compared XPS DR however.

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Mine is also a non-DR XPS. I guess the 555DR will improve the CDS3 and it will be interesting, but I have ripped all my CDs during the pandemic, so the NDX2 is most important and I don’t think I will keep the CD

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To be honest if I’d known how good the CDS3/555PSU configuration was when I went back into vinyl I may not.

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I used a non DR 555PS with my CDS3 and was very happy with it.

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If I had known that the lockdown would never end and I’d get my whole collection ripped, I would not have acquired a CDS3 last summer :slight_smile:
I never left vinyl and there is no way I will for the albums I already have, so it’s P10, NDX2, and CDS3 right now

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Suedkiez, why you use 555 on NDX2 and XPS on CDS3 ? Not opposite or 555 on both ?