Johnny Blue
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This is very odd…
Just been listening to a CD (a 73 minute long compilation CD-R I’d just burnt) on my ageing Naim CDS, when, on the last track, the sound suddenly cut out, only to re-appear a few seconds later.
At first I assumed it was just a bad burn, but then I noticed that the periods of silence were accompanied by the lit-up Naim logo going off (all the other LEDs on the display – the track/time indicator and the play button – stayed on).
I skipped back to the previous track, all OK, then on to the last track, same thing; sound cuts out, Naim logo goes off. Playing around revealed that the initial point at which this happened (around 30 secs in) was pretty consistent, but after that pretty random in terms of when it occurred and its duration (mostly around 5 – 10 secs long).
I also found that if I skipped to the previous track whilst it was in ‘off’ mode (i.e., no sound, Naim logo off) then there would be silence on that track, until after a few seconds it would come back and be OK, and continue playing normally until it got to the last track, when the problem would appear again.
Tried a few other CD-Rs: no problem. Tried the fault-causing CD-R in another CD player: no problem.
I was initially very concerned because I took this cutting-out as an indicator that my CDS was on its way out, but the few other CDs I’ve tried play perfectly.
TBH, I wouldn’t have bothered about asking about this problem (putting it down to a dodgy CD-R burn) except for the weird thing with the Naim logo going off when the sound cuts out: what's the connection between these two things, yet it isn't affecting the other LEDs?
Gentlemen, the floor is yours…
Just been listening to a CD (a 73 minute long compilation CD-R I’d just burnt) on my ageing Naim CDS, when, on the last track, the sound suddenly cut out, only to re-appear a few seconds later.
At first I assumed it was just a bad burn, but then I noticed that the periods of silence were accompanied by the lit-up Naim logo going off (all the other LEDs on the display – the track/time indicator and the play button – stayed on).
I skipped back to the previous track, all OK, then on to the last track, same thing; sound cuts out, Naim logo goes off. Playing around revealed that the initial point at which this happened (around 30 secs in) was pretty consistent, but after that pretty random in terms of when it occurred and its duration (mostly around 5 – 10 secs long).
I also found that if I skipped to the previous track whilst it was in ‘off’ mode (i.e., no sound, Naim logo off) then there would be silence on that track, until after a few seconds it would come back and be OK, and continue playing normally until it got to the last track, when the problem would appear again.
Tried a few other CD-Rs: no problem. Tried the fault-causing CD-R in another CD player: no problem.
I was initially very concerned because I took this cutting-out as an indicator that my CDS was on its way out, but the few other CDs I’ve tried play perfectly.
TBH, I wouldn’t have bothered about asking about this problem (putting it down to a dodgy CD-R burn) except for the weird thing with the Naim logo going off when the sound cuts out: what's the connection between these two things, yet it isn't affecting the other LEDs?
Gentlemen, the floor is yours…