To Paul, Paul and Paul
Posted by: Arye_Gur on 25 May 2001
We listened to music for seceral hours and then we started to talk about Naim.
First we talked about Mark Tucker and about the way he left Naim, I found that Omer likes him too. Then Omer started to talk about Naim in a way that many members here are talking - and it always awakes my cynical thoughts and I asked Omer if he has shares in Naim and thats the reason that makes him worrying about the company future.
What do you care, I asked, if something goes wrong with Naim, there are many other manufacturers - sure you can find one that you'll like.
It is not that simple, Omer said, you put a lot of money on the equipment, if something goes wrong with Naim, you will not be able to sell the equipment in good prices as you can now, and going for another manufacturer will cost you fortune !
I must admit that I'd never thought about Naim in this way.
So - for the people in Naim:
After 3 divorces I lost a lot of money.
I put a lot of money on Naim gear, so you can't take on your conscience that I'll lose money again, am I right ?
I trust you, and if you need some help, I'm here !
Arye
quote:IMHO a downright frightening statement - nothing new about their price politics, though, US manufacturers have been doing that for years.
BTW, On a related note, Ivor T. of Linn in an interview lately said they sell stuff at cost plus, and if someone builds a better component at cheaper costs, they will indeed sell it cheaper.
But considering that Mr. T promised to lower the prices if someone else did better for less money, by now lots of Linn products should be dirt cheap ! 
Cheese - may all beings be happy 
Linn seem to be so isolated in their little world now, I doubt Ivor could entertain the fact that anyone else could do anything better than them 
Andy (who's just removed his Trampolinn and is currently surrounded by a massive pile of vinyl - story to come.)
Andrew L. Weekes
alweekes@audiophile.com
quote:
But considering that Mr. T promised to lower the prices if someone else did better for less money, by now lots of Linn products should be dirt cheap !
Another couple of good examples of Linn doing exacly this are the Ikemi and the Kollector.
1) The Ikemi sounds better than the Karik/Numerik and is significantly cheaper.
2) Some hold the opinion on the Linn Forum that the cheaper Kollector is better than the Wakonda. 
Andrew
Andrew Randle
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