Aro Discontinued?
Posted by: Paul B on 27 January 2001
Mention was made somewhere recently that the Aro has been discontinued. Is this true?
Paul
Posted on: 27 January 2001 by Andrew Randle
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Posted on: 27 January 2001 by Andrew Randle
A couple of the Mana guys (including John Clark) have recently bought themselves Aros. I hope the Aro remains.
Andrew
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Posted on: 27 January 2001 by Martin D
Can only repeat Andrews comments
Posted on: 27 January 2001 by Tim Jones
As I mentioned in another thread, UK hi-fi mag 'Hi-Fi World' uses an asterisk to mark discontinued products in its 'recommended components' section.
The Aro has an asterisk.
Can someone from Salisbury tell us if this is just an error - or something more sinister?
Tim J
Posted on: 28 January 2001 by Paul Stephenson
we have enough aro arms for a few more years!
Posted on: 28 January 2001 by Le Chef
Mine is broken - badly needs Viagra. My dealer says it's probably not fixable. So are there any still left in the Naim vaults?
Le Chef
Posted on: 28 January 2001 by Martin Payne
quote:
we have enough aro arms for a few more years!
So production has stopped, but you have stockpiles?
Martin
Posted on: 28 January 2001 by David Dever
--pretty certain it's gone. We sold the last two about two years ago.
Dave Dever, NANA
Posted on: 28 January 2001 by Paul Stephenson
"So production has stopped" no we don't do stock piles. We make them to order. The orders are falling, so to re-order in the future could be difficult if there is not enough volume. The aromatic suffered the same fate some while back.
Posted on: 29 January 2001 by woodface
Just out of interest what is the list price of a new ARO?
Posted on: 29 January 2001 by Paul Stephenson
"Such a shame"
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For such a fine arm.
WE ARE TALKING YEARS!!! nothin to do with bean counters, just common sense!
Posted on: 29 January 2001 by Andrew Randle
quote:
I'm currently at Uni, but have heard an LP12 with Aro and was hopin to be able to get one when I graduate. Will they still be around in 3/4 years?
No! Suffer like I did when the bariks went! 
Andrew
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Posted on: 29 January 2001 by Martin Payne
So production is continuing, using stockpiled components?
cheers, Martin
Posted on: 29 January 2001 by Paul Stephenson
"Will they still be around in 3/4 years?"
will any of us? get one now, take a loan, sell something or look out for a used one.
[This message was edited by Paul Stephenson on TUESDAY 30 January 2001 at 09:43.]
Posted on: 29 January 2001 by Paul Stephenson
"So production has stopped, but you have stockpiles?"
Its called manufacturing, Martin. All this interest does this mean you are thinking about getting an ARO?
Posted on: 30 January 2001 by Ulrich Hohn
Paul
Yesterday I have mine 2. Aro orders. I want to install it in 5 - 10 years. When my VDH Grasshopper Gold at the original tonearm board had excessive overhang, you manufactured me according to my specification a suitable board.
Will you have the possibility in some years still the tonearm boards with shifted drillings to manufacture?
Ulrich
Posted on: 30 January 2001 by Martin Payne
Paul,
I have a friend with one, and it sounds superb (even with a Lingo). Although I use an Ekos-II I have to say I'm considering moving over at some point (bit of a long term project).
I guess this is because I now consider I've got the CD front end sorted (CDS-II/CDPS).
cheers, Martin
Posted on: 31 January 2001 by Paul Stephenson
"you have the possibility in some years still the tonearm boards with shifted drillings to manufacture?"
I am sure as long as Linn still make the boards, I will keep one for you just in case!
Posted on: 27 June 2001 by Paul Stephenson
"anymore aromatic's around?"
No
Posted on: 28 June 2001 by Stuart Frazer
I read a review of the new BMW Z8 sports car a while back. Part of this specified that all the parts for the car would be available for the next 50 years. That's what you pay for quality engineering and service backup.
I did think that buying Naim meant similar service quality and backup. I am not so sure now after reading the above.
Stuart 
Posted on: 28 June 2001 by Stuart Frazer
Patrick,
I just feel Paul Stephenson is being a little bit harsh. The message he is giving is something along the lines of if we havn't got them in a few years - well sorry (tough). Should have bought one earlier.
I can appreciate they're in business and in business to make profits. It's just that service quality and backup are important. This is partly why I have Naim. I'm sure Naim will do their utmost to cater for peoples requirements. However, if its not profitable enough then it's a balance between their service quality and their profit percentages. It's a bit of a fine line.
Stuart
Posted on: 28 June 2001 by Chris L
There's also the point that I'm sure Naim will service and repair the ARO long after production has ceased.
So saying "buy it now, or forget it" is perfectly reasonable. Try going to BMW and asking for a new 2002ti, and see what response you get - despite there being no direct equivalent in the current model line-up.
Chris L
Posted on: 28 June 2001 by David Dever
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The message he is giving is something along the lines of if we haven't got them in a few years - well sorry (tough). Should have bought one earlier.
Let's hope you're not referring to the Aromatic, which has thankfully long passed from production...
As for the ARO itself, there's very little that can go wrong mechanically--most problems arise from pathetic attempts to re-solder the cartridge lead tags, which are easily sourceable.
Dave Dever, NANA
Posted on: 28 June 2001 by Stuart Frazer
My point is that it seems a shame that a tone arm such as the Aro, very highly regarded in the analogue domain is going to disappear. That is unless Naim have someing in the pipeline which I somehow doubt with turntable sales declining. There is, however, still a niche in the market.
As Dave has stated there is very little which can go wrong with the Aro itself so I dont think there will be to many problems there.
Stuart
Posted on: 28 June 2001 by Keith Mattox
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Let's hope you're not referring to the Aromatic, which has thankfully long passed from production...
David, were there problems with the Aromatic?
Cheers
Keith.
