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Thanks for that!! I was starting to think that perhaps streaming is just not up to scratch and that the whole thing is an industry mass-gas-lighting, emperor's new clothing conspiracy - ha ha!! I may have to consider upgrading the streamer - it never ends!! Any opinions on the Naim ND5 XS2?

I'm using Nordost Blue Heaven i/c for both but yes, 2x Din for cd and half and half (rca/DIN) for the bluesound (but mainly use the optical out). re power - I didn't consider that - do you reckon it would make that much difference?

Definitely worth a go! Just need to find a laptop with a cd drive ;-)

Just looking at specifications for the Node and the CD3.5 - both state a Maximum output level of 2.1V RMS, so that kills the theory about the CD3.5 having a boosted analog output section.

For the record, I've had this since Christmas and it works fine in terms of casual listening but still falls short, as mentioned, of the performance of the cd3.5 (and LP12 tt!) I have tried it using the analog outs but also, using the optical out into the Supernait's digital input to leverage...

Hi All I recently bought a bluesound node and have subs to tidal/Qobuz etc for hi res streaming. When doing an A-B between cds played on a Naim CD3.5 (old!!) cd player into a Naim Supernait (v1), almost without exception, the soundstage, detail and volume were noticeably better via CD than the...