Many manufacturers might wish that people buy all their same brand for a complete system, even if most will choose to mix and match with other brands. But Naim always struck me as being different. Seems like they made an effort, more than any other brand, to encourage - or rather discourage - anyone from using their kit with other brands. Oh sure, a lot of that seemed to involve a deep marketing speak that centers around their very unique design and sound goals that (predictably) become cumulative the more Naim pieces you use. But, I mean it ultimately came right down to even connectivity issues that seem only to be "complicated" when trying to adapt their pieces to the industry standard that everybody else uses. Yeah, I suppose one could say that all that might make for a pathway that could be ’better suited’ (somehow...exactly how was never quite really explained to my own satisfaction) for their own particular goals of sound quality.
But all in all, I wound up passing on that kind of a potential headache, even though many folks were pleasantly surprised by the Naim sound. But, I could never quite rid myself of the notion that they were basically just trying rope people into more sales beyond the initial one.
But, still good-sounding kit by most accounts I ever saw.
But all in all, I wound up passing on that kind of a potential headache, even though many folks were pleasantly surprised by the Naim sound. But, I could never quite rid myself of the notion that they were basically just trying rope people into more sales beyond the initial one.
But, still good-sounding kit by most accounts I ever saw.
