do NAIM cdp sound good only with Naim components?

I've heard many times that Naim cdps work at their best with special naim interconnect,otherwise they loose something of their true potential.

That might be true if using a Naim preamp but impossible to verify using another brand. You can't do a comparison. The only preamps that accept a Naim DIN connector are Naim preamps. How can you verify that a Naim interconnect is the best if you can't use one?

Newer Naim CD players and preamps have both DIN and RCA. You can do a direct A/B comparison of cables this way, albeit only with a Naim preamp.

One cant connect normal plugs to Naim amps??

anyone has done it that way?

I have the Nait 5i connected to Naim CDP 5x, but I am not using the Naim stock DIN. It works well enough, but I took some advice from a Naim enthusiast and dealer, and ended up with LFD interconnects, standard RCA style, with a silver solid core. I greatly prefer them to the stock DIN. A bit of heresy perhaps, but works for me; substantially greater air and transparency, no appreciable loss of Naim virtues.

-paul-