Replace Naim Din interconnect cable with a van den Hul D102 III HB interconnect

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Hello,

Can somebody give me some advice on replacing my replacing my standard Naim Din interconnect, which comes with the Naim CD5i CD Player, with a van den Hul D102 III HB interconnect. My set up is as follows: B&W 805s loudspeakers, Naim Nait 5i, Naim CD5i CD player, Naim Din interconnect and QED XT400 speaker cables.

I can get the van den Hul cables with a large discount (50%) and was wondering if it makes sense to replace the standard Naim Din interconnect or not?

Please some advice before I make a 'mistake'.

Thanks!!!!

 

[Anonymous]

If different cables have different electrical characteristics (impendance, capacitance etc.) they WILL sound different. Just as long as you know why there is a difference you can avoid the snake oil stuff that's going around...

Try the LC-1 interconnect from blujeanscable.co.uk (its custom made by Belden for BJC). It only costs a fraction of the D102MkIII but I replaced my VDH with it and never went back...

 

[Andrew Everard]

FWIW I've always found that Naim components sound best when connected to each other using the locking DIN connector cables supplied as standard rather than phono-terminated cables. The Naim people tell me it's something to do with earthing and shielding, which is why they've stuck with this connection for all these years.