All in a name?
Posted by: Frank Abela on 23 May 2001
The only thing 'Allae' reminds me of is a song from the 60s? about a caveman with a penchant for dinosaur stew!
"Allae-oop-oop, oop, oop-oop!!"
Come on Naim, you can do better than this
David S.
That your Naim history and product knowledge is suspect I guess!
1989- aro, 1991-aromatic & 1992 Armageddon.
Cheers,
John Schmidt
"90% of everything is crud" - Theodore Sturgeon
http://www.naim-audio.infopop.net/1/OpenTopic?q=Y&a=tpc&s=67019385&f=48019385&m=6751968412
you are right, the naim site only mentiones that the speaker doesnt have to be right against a wall.
enjoy
ken
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Naim started with numbers and is now moving towards names, what does this tell you
Except for their very first speaker (402?) the SBL & DBL had T.L.A.s for names.
The Intro and Credo introduced names for the lower end of the range, and the Allae (sp?) has continued this. Unfortunately, Intro and Credo are very good names where Allae, er, isn't.
The NBL has demonstrated Naim's persistence with acronyms for the upper-range speakers.
I don't see any change here, and it's neat how the expanded versions of the name describe their major design features (Separate, Decoupled & Nested).
When it comes to giving numbers to amps - the higher the power output the bigger the number. NAP500 has continued this tradition, too.
cheers, Martin
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the higher the power output the bigger the number. NAP500 has continued this tradition, too.
Although, I'm sure Naim was tempted to call the NAP500: "Bertha". As in "Big Bertha".
Andrew
Andrew Randle
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That's a really good question - what are the differences between the traditionalists and the newbies? On the whole I don't think that the priorities of Naim customers have changed that much. Sound quality is still number one.
Market-wide the big changes have been in the area of convenience. Mass market manufacturers have put a lot of emphasis on these. WHY? They are a lot easier to demonstrate than sound quality. The differences have been perpetuated by modern marketing and in particular the theory of differientiation. "The market is crowded - we need something that makes our product look different."
Even Naim customers bring this baggage with them, after all (all things being equal) if two products sound the same but one has remote, which would you take?
The challenge for Naim is to remain true to the brand (and all that entails) and competitive in the market. After all there are commercial realities, if Naim don't make money, they don't develop new products for me to enjoy!
Jay
Far more important, however, is how they sound. Interested to know how forum members rate them against SBLs.
Have a good weekend everyone, Rob.
Andrew
Andrew Randle
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Stephen Bennett. Composer and sound design. (UK)
http://chaosstudios.gen-next.com
henry fool http://www.collective.co.uk/henryfool The Fire Thieves: http://tft.gen-next.com
Author of 'The Fast Guide To Logic' http://www.pc-pubs.demon.co.uk/fgel.htm
and 'Making Music with E-Magic Logic Audio http://www.pc-pubs.demon.co.uk/mmela.htm'
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Mass market manufacturers have put a lot of
emphasis on these. WHY? They are a lot easier to demonstrate than sound quality.
I'm just guessing, but I suspect its the other way around. Customers *expect* the convenience and the sale is lost when the customer finds out the unit *doesn't* work via a remote. The old guard audiophiles may not care about such stuff, but the potential new customers expect it.
- GregB
Insert Witty Signature Line Here
You're right - customers expect the convenience, it's now a "hygiene factor". Even audiophile manufacturers have remote control.
Major manufacturers try and "out convenience" each other with features and cosmetically update models without significant improvement in sound quality.
As a manufacturer, when most of your contact is passive (ie. one-way, through media such as press, magazines, etc), it's a lot easier to portray and communicate physical features than sound quality.
Jay
"RY".
But agree that ALLAE is a strange name (for a Naim).
Arye
On the other hand, things could have been a lot worse:
Algae so named because in the dark the illumination from Naim electronics makes them look as if they're covered in algae.
All E a misguided attempt to appeal to drug-crazed ravers.
Allan named after a Naim employee's cat which dances wildly whenever it hears music played on its namesake.
El Al because the speakers are so good they make you feel as if you're flying [especially if you're a green, drug-crazed raver or you like to dance with your cat].
--Jeremy
"Time is an illusion - lunch-time doubly so."
If Naim will take the name El AL, I'm asking in advance that all the people who'll buy the speakers will not listen to music on Saturdays !!!
Arye