do NAIM cdp sound good only with Naim components?

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-

I have been exceptionally happy with my CDX2/XPSII together with a pair of Nuforce Ref SE amps and an Edge pre....

And I mean really happy!

John

i have a naim cd5x cdp. naim separates are out of my budget. can anyone rec an amp preamp combo or an integrated that preforms well with the naim cdp. need some power speakers are 4 ohm 86 db room size though is small
13x15. would like to try tubes if anyone has ideas tks.

Try a Nait 5i. They sell second hand for about $1000, and there is one "sale pending" up there now. I bet it will work well in your small room. I have one driving N-Sat, which is 87 db and 6 ohm. It plays plenty loud and sounds great. I would not recommend a tube amp with your speakers, hard as they are to drive, but a Joule Electra would probably do better than anything else.

have considered the nait along with naim x-112 pre and 150-x amp. as for tubes was wondering if the the jolida 502-b
60 watt int would work with my speakers in a small room.
can any one comment pls.