Naim CD3.5 CD speler

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CD3.5
Of the four pieces, it was the CD3.5 that I wanted to review the most. The CD3.5 uses a modified version of Philips' linear-tracking CDM12 mechanism, SAA7376 decoder, and TDA1305 converter. The DAC chip is a nominal 18-bit hybrid converter that uses a combination of bitstream and multibit technology. Naim uses the chip because of its low-level linearity and low overall distortion.
Like the other three pieces in the series, the CD3.5 has a very large toroidal mains transformer situated in the right front corner which feeds a pair of 10,000uF reservoir capacitors, which in turn supply no less than 11 local IC voltage regulators. This is not a good CD player to leave lying around the swimming pool unsupervised (my safety tip for the summer). Most of the circuit can be found on a double-sided PCB that runs along the width of the cabinet at the very back. A second sub-board mounted behind the fascia is responsible for the control buttons and the LED display. The rear panel has an on/off switch, five-pin DIN output, DIN input for the external power supply, and, of course, no digital output. Naim has never included a digital output with any of its CD players and they sure didn't break with tradition this time around.
The swing-out disc tray is just about the coolest thing in all of high-end audio, and I love how smoothly the it operates. Naim supplies a small magnetic disc clamp that must be used or the CD player will not operate. The supplied remote is easy to use, and it does just about everything but make Scary Spice appear in a leopard-pattern bikini. Hey, you can't fault me for dreaming!
From an operational standpoint, the CD3.5 starts and stops faster than any other CD player that I’ve tried, and it was very easy to move in between tracks. If I have any criticism, it is that you can't go from the last track to the first just by hitting the fast-forward button. The CD3.5 proved to be a very good tracker, managing to play through some badly scratched discs without too many pops or ticks.