To do this they took advantage of newer technologies and used a redesigned 4-layer (rather than 2) motherboard giving better tracking and a greater copper area, extra low-noise clock regulation and a new tray board.

The surprise dividend is that these changes have led to a very significant upgrade in the performance of the player as a stand-alone unit.

Meet the new Naim CDX2. Same looks, same price, added features, fresh upgrade path.

And it sounds absolutely brilliant.

Peek round the back of the new Naim CDX2 and you'll find a digital output socket. The same feature has just appeared on the CD5XS player and it will give owners the opportunity to upgrade their player via the new forthcoming Naim DAC. We demonstrated this DAC along with the latest CDX2 new S600 loudspeakers at the Naim Summer Sounds day as part our Summer Bash.

A simple addition has involved a fair amount of work. We gather that tapping a digital feed from the existing circuitry led to a downgrade in overall performance. This was one of the reasons Naim have argued against splitting CD players in this way for the last twenty years. Substantial re-design work had to take place, including allowing the player to start up as EITHER a transport or integrated player (it cannot be both at the same time).

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