Naim Audio CD-555 CD Player Complete

Hello There, I am offering my NAIM CD555/DR555PSU combination as pictured—please take time to study these as to condition which I’d rate as Excellent but then I maybe biased!—we shall kickoff with the Meat and the Veg is secondary!

Specific details that come with this Posting:

I am the second owner-I have receipt for payment from original purchaser. All Items virtually unmarked and from no Children , non Smoking Pet free environment .

Units in the 500 Series as pictured including  2x Remotes, Puck, 2x Burndy cables,  new unused NAIM Powerline Mains cable , new unused NAIM Hi-Line Din Interconnect,Manual, Both NAIM front faceplate Logos replaced ,Full factory packaging, and the jewel in the crown a barely used NAIM factory CDPRO-2 VAM1254 Laser assembly Part # 06-003-039. also spare Laser CD black mount seen at far left of the picture shown—NAIM do not replace these separately you gotta fork out for the whole unit-!!

The units  service record is :

2012 Full NAIM factory service etc with new Laser -Invoice in hand

2017 Upgrade Capacitor banks in the PSU. —Invoice in hand

2020 Full DR Upgrade to PSU— Invoice in hand

2023 Full NAIM service upgrade Microprocessors latest Software and New Laser fitted—one shown separate in Files retained and included in this sale-Unit used only sparingly plus having been stored for 3years.—Invoice in Hand

Units are set for 230V but I’m told Chris West at AV Options in the US is the man to advise on Voltage change over .

Owing to the Pricing of the items Paypal is not accepted in this transaction you may contact the seller for Wire transfer details , thank you. I have traded almost 25 years on Audiogon and had no problem with sales nor purchases and have always gone out of my way to assist buyer should any problem arise -I will help all I can should the need arise.

Today I have just negotiated a VERY favourable rate with DHL Express for the 45.6 Kgs Shipping weight I can offer Audiogon Buyers being $500 USD Fixed Australia to WW --if my price posted or nearest offer is met-- I will cover the rest within those two options.

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First shown and demonstrated at The Hi-fi and Home Entertainment Show at Heathrow in September 2005, Naim's reference CD player, the CD555 with 555 PS delivers the ultimate musical performance from a CD.The CD555 makes no attempt to play DVDs, DVD-As or SACDs. It does not have a digital output. Nor does it have a variable output. The CD555 simply plays CDs and at that it excels. We are confident that it is the best CD player ever.

Key features of this fabulous player include a separate power supply from a transformer secondary winding, which is triple regulated, right through to the critical master clock and de-jittering circuitry. Special attention has also been paid to reducing capacitive coupling of high frequency noise from other supplies into this super quiet clock supply through interconnect cables and wiring looms. Two Burndy interconnects between the power supply and head unit discretely carry the digital and analogue supplies, and extend the principle of reducing capacitive coupling between power supplies as far as possible.The power supply incorporates significant upgrades over existing designs. More regulators have been used to isolate the supplies to various parts of the circuit, minimising their interaction.

The CD555 Digital-to-Analogue Converters are mounted in a "quiet room". Apart from ensuring that all critical signals reaching the DAC have immeasurably low jitter the chips are inside a shielded enclosure to keep their environment free of the varying electric and magnetic fields that inevitably occur in a CD player, so enabling the converters to do their work, isolated from all external influences.

Design features of the CD555 include:

Machined, heavy, solid, transport tray to reduce resonance and vibration amplitude.

• High mass design to improve suspension characteristics, providing isolation from the chassis and other components.
• Low infra red reflective coatings around the CD to reduce eye pattern interference and noise.
• Extremely low inertia and low resonance CD clamp.
• Philips CD-Pro mechanism with a die-cast chassis.
• Very heavy brass sub-chassis - separate for digital and analogue electronics.
• Analogue stages, I-to-V conversion, filtering and output driver are built from discrete components.
• Seven-pole output filters.
• Separate low jitter clock circuit with its own multi-stage regulated power supply.
• Post-digital filter de-jitter circuitry to eliminate jitter.
• DAC's are isolated from electric and magnetic fields.
• Motorised top loading door.

Design features of the 555 PS include:

• Seven regulated power supplies including a separate one for the clock circuitry.
• Five secondary windings on the transformer.
• A transformer that is 40 per cent larger than that in the XPS2.
• Separate dedicated analogue and digital output sockets (Burndy) to minimise high frequency noise modulation of analogue supplies.
• Backward compatibility with the CDS3 and CDX2.
• Can be used to enhance the performance of the Naim HDX hard disk player or DAC.
• A low resonance case with isolating feet.

 Specifications

Description: CD player with outboard power supply. Formats supported: CD, CD-R, CD-RW. Analog output jacks: RCA, DIN. No digital outputs. Maximum output level: 2.0V RMS at 1kHz. Output impedance: 10 ohms. Frequency response: 10Hz–20kHz, +0.1dB/–0.5dB. Distortion & noise: <0.1%, 10Hz–18kHz, at full level.
Dimensions: 17" (432mm) W by 4.5" (114mm) H by 12" (314mm) D. Weight: 50 lbs (23kg), CD player; 17" (432mm) W by 3.6" (90mm) H by 12" (320mm) D. Weight: 31 lbs (14kg), power supply.

Price: $33,000 RRP USD total 

https://www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/207naim/index.html

The Units comprising 2 x Boxes 47.6 Kgs, Cubic (m3) 0.994 will be despatched DHL Express with amount no more than $500USD to the buyer  WW to Country of choice.  Thank you and Please feel free to ask any questions.