CD555
The CD555 is our reference CD player, the finest we have ever made. It’s a statement of our engineering excellence, a showcase for our core beliefs. Of course, it’s a fast, detailed and dynamic-sounding performer: anything less would be fundamentally at odds with who we are and what we do. But more than any one particular aspect of its presentation, the CD555’s genius is the way it brings each disparate strand of your music together into one fluid, natural and involving performance. This, we believe, is how hi-fi should sound.
- Massive aluminium chassis to minimise resonance and vibration
- Critical electronics suspended on a brass sub chassis via coil springs
- Low-resonance CD clamping system using rare-earth magnetic puck
- Non-reflective coatings used around the CD mechanism to reduce interference and noise
- Shielded enclosure to isolate DACs, plus separate low-jitter clock circuit with its own power supply
- Separate high-performance power supply (555 PS) to isolate sensitive electronics from electromagnetic interference
- Hand-built from carefully selected components
Zero-compromise quality demands single-minded engineering. The CD555 ignores those disc formats you don’t need. It avoids features that don’t contribute to its performance. It represents not a radical step into the unknown, but the ultimate expression of everything we’ve learned. So it uses a top-loading transport mechanism and a heavyweight brass sub-chassis which suspends critical electronics away from microphonic interference. A carefully designed, low-resonance CD clamp avoids the vibration-induced errors that afflict conventional CD mechanisms while its digital-to-analogue converter circuitry is shielded by a dedicated enclosure, ensuring superior isolation from electric and magnetic fields.
Wiring alone takes six hours of dedicated craftsmanship, while many of the CD555’s components are hand-selected to ensure that only the very best of each type make their way into each player. And as with many Naim Audio products, its power supply components are housed in an entirely separate unit, the 555 PS, for ultimate performance.
Product Specification
| Attribute Value | |
|---|---|
| De-emphasis |
±0.1dB referred to main response |
| Line Outputs Fixed (level) |
2.1V RMS at 1kHz |
| THD + N |
<0.1%, 10Hz -18kHz at full level |
| Load Impedance |
10kΩ (min.) |
| Output Impedance |
10Ω (max.) |
| Analogue |
DIN, RCA |
| Frequency Response |
10Hz – 20kHz, +0.1/-0.5dB |
| Attribute Value | |
|---|---|
| RS232 |
RJ45 (fitted but optionally connected) |
| Remote Input |
RCA on rear (RC5) |
| Attribute Value | |
|---|---|
| CD Formats |
Red Book |
| Disc Compatability |
CD, CD-R |
| Attribute Value | |
|---|---|
| Weight |
20.2 kg |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) |
114 x 432 x 314 mm |
| Attribute Value | |
|---|---|
| Power Supply Options |
555PS, 2 x 555PS |
| Attribute Value | |
|---|---|
| Supplied with |
Hi-Line, R-Com, Burndy x 2, Remote Control NARCOM 4, Clamp 6 |
| Attribute Value | |
|---|---|
| Power Supply |
555 PS |
| Other |
NAC 252, 552 PS, NAP 500, 500 PS |
| Attribute Value | |
|---|---|
| Front Panel |
Seven button matrix |
| Handheld |
R-Com |
| Remote Control |
Infra Red (RC5) |
Suggested System
A Naim Audio Retailer will recommend the right system for you, however you may choose to partner the CD555 with the following as a start:
Utopia III
NAP 500 DR
NAC 552
NAC 282
555 PS DR
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