[WTD] Naim CD or DVD player (transport not working)

I am looking for a Naim CD player or DVD player to ground my Naim system properly to earth (from the signal), as naim preamps expect the source to be (signal) grounded, and I don't have a Naim source. This does not apply to Nac 172 and 272 preamps, I have a Nac 282

If you have an old naim CD player with the transport broken and not able to be repaired, I am interested. I won't be able to play CD's on it, but at least my system will be grounded properly. I have tested it with proper grounding (via NDAC) and it does sound quite a bit better to me.

If anyone has a better idea to earth my signals, I am interested.

Chord has come up with this solution for connecting a Hugo to a Naim preamp, but I'm not so comfortable with doing this

Naim amplification has the mains safety ground and the signal ground separated. Naim grounds at source.

To ensure that there is no possibility of mains hum or buzz when the Hugo is connected to a mains charger, it is simply necessary to ground the Hugo as it will be a source component, and Naim expects it to be grounded.

The easiest way is to connect a wire from the earth pin of a standard 13A plugtop to the Naim Supernait terminal marked 'SIGNAL GROUND' on the back panel. This terminal is internally connected to the braid of the signal connections connecting Hugo to the Naim amplifier.

There are no high currents or voltages involved and a simple piece of thin flexible insulated wire will suffice.

The 13A plugtop with the single earth wire added is plugged into the wall adjacent to the Naim amplifier mains plug and completes the ground path and eliminates the hum.

(This is often not required as introducing a correctly wired Naim source into the system will deal with the signal and electrical ground connection and so no hum would ever be experienced.)

Please contact Chord Electronics if further assistance is required.

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[WTD] Naim CD or DVD player (transport not working)