Tell me about NAIM

Cornfedboy, I sympathise with your bewilderment about the question, and find Casaross' post a little Jingoist and certainly simplistic, but no worse than my posts, for example. None of us have the time, space or audience to go much beyond generalities. But I wanted to point out that while PRAT may seem like some wierd mantra to Americans, the American obsession with soundstage seems just as oddly narrow to many British (and their colonial descendents).

And, by the way, I don't like Naim gear much. Exagerated upper bass and a fatiguing etched sound where images have no palpability let alone depth, are my main concerns. Don't mean to trash the stuff, just point out the qualities I don't care for. I suspect these are the very qualities that some people like about Naim gear - lots of leading edge detail so you know exactly when notes start, and a propulsive bass - it may add up to PRAT, but at the cost of too much else for my liking.