Fraim review in "image hifi"
Posted by: Willem van Gemert on 10 December 2001
Some days ago I received the January/February issue of the German Hifi magazine image hifi. Werner Höglmaier (a Naim fan) tested the Fraim and wrote a very positive review.
His conclusion: In the future, when people ask for his advice which component to upgrade, he will suggest them to first put everything on Fraim because only then they'll be able to hear the true potential of every component!
He characterises the Fraim as an "absolutely neutral sounding rack" and is just very very enthousiastic and stunned by it's effect on all gear, not only Naim gear. He claims that even a cheap DVD player or a AV receiver will play two leagues higher when put on Fraim (where have I heard that before!). According to him the Fraim combines and improves all the known positive effects of racks/bases without any trace of the usual side effects. He tried his LP 12, which he normally has on the Linke Akustik Pyramide (a Mana like construction), and he found the Linke Akustik Pyramide couldn't really improve the LP 12 on the Fraim.
About the price he writes: of course you have to pay a price for such an excellent finished product, but related to it's performance the Fraim is more than worth it's money.
I don't know if the spirit of the review came over in this very short résumé, but it's a very very positive review! I'm curious to see if his fellow reviewers will try the Fraim in their non Naim setup.
His conclusion: In the future, when people ask for his advice which component to upgrade, he will suggest them to first put everything on Fraim because only then they'll be able to hear the true potential of every component!
He characterises the Fraim as an "absolutely neutral sounding rack" and is just very very enthousiastic and stunned by it's effect on all gear, not only Naim gear. He claims that even a cheap DVD player or a AV receiver will play two leagues higher when put on Fraim (where have I heard that before!). According to him the Fraim combines and improves all the known positive effects of racks/bases without any trace of the usual side effects. He tried his LP 12, which he normally has on the Linke Akustik Pyramide (a Mana like construction), and he found the Linke Akustik Pyramide couldn't really improve the LP 12 on the Fraim.
About the price he writes: of course you have to pay a price for such an excellent finished product, but related to it's performance the Fraim is more than worth it's money.
I don't know if the spirit of the review came over in this very short résumé, but it's a very very positive review! I'm curious to see if his fellow reviewers will try the Fraim in their non Naim setup.
Ciao!
Willem