Cyrus + Naim

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Good evening

I’m thinking of resurrecting my CD collection for use with my Superuniti.

I have been offered the chance to acquire a Cyrus CDt transport, for a modest outlay - just wondering whether anyone has experience of using this transport with any form of Naim DAC in recent years?

It’s not a scenario where I can try before buying!

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This might help:

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thanks Tony

I think this is an even older iteration………..

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I have Exposure amp and use a Cyrus Cdi xr with power supply and I like it.

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thank you

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I’d think twice

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The cyrus cdt is an extremely good very reliable transport winning many awards over 10 years with What hifi. Cyrus, then brought out the xr range a few years ago offering a CDT-XR transport and cdi-XR integrated player. The CDT-XR is the better one, however, your post is enquiring about the earlier CDT. From personal experience mine was a stella player going through a naim system. Over time I moved over to cyrus consisting of 6 units with the CDT-XR being the main player. To sum up the earlier CDT is a stonking player to have in your system

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thank you, really appreciate the detailed response. that’s all very helpful and encouraging.

David

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Thanks. Do you mind me asking why - is it a specific concern you would have, or just generally a concern re purchasing an older machine?

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Its a well known fact, earlier Cyrus CD players/transport had reliable issues, sure you can find information regarding this. Have they solved all those problems ?

Personally I’d think twice.

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fair enough thank you

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If I was in your shoes I would probably just get one of those inexpensive Audiolab transports (I think they make three at various price points) and see if I enjoyed my current CD collection and/or wanted to expand it in the future. I was in a similar position a few years back when my old Meridian CD player became unreliable. I bought an Audiolab transport to resurrect my old collection of around 500 CDs. What I found is that it was great to be able to listen to out of print albums and music that is currently unavailable through other methods but streaming/downloading turned out to be the main way I listen to digital recordings because it is just a more convenient option when the music is available in digital form.

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