Two Numbering Systems Collide

I have always assumed that the digit prefix identified some different internal technologies or architecture?

As for the middle digit - who knows ... in my head a 282 should be better than a 252 surely?

... and then of course there are the suffix letters - NDS better than an NDX ... but then there are the 5 and I suffixes too ... confused.

All in all I am sure that someone in Naim has some reasoning for this but  I doubt it has anything to do with any numbering system ... maybe its base 8 or something

Am I right in saying that the NAP 300 is the only 3xx component - wonder why?

Allan

The middle digit of the preamp dates back to the days when there were only two digits, and relates to the order of introduction 12, 22, 32, 42 etc, with the 2 on the end being the number of channels. When they went from Olive to black, the 2 was added to the front, with 1 being used for the slimline cheaper models. 

For the poweramps the number related to the combined power into four ohms, so the 250 was 125 watts per channel into four ohms. That is used more loosely these days, but the higher the number the more powerful the amplifier is. 

With the streaming preamps being the 172 and 272 it makes sense that the next would be the 372, but who knows. It doesn't seem as if it is imminent, but you can be sure that there are streamers with the new platform being worked on, and one would imagine that the rather large and confusing range will be experiencing a visit from the secateurs sooner or later. 

Hungryhalibut posted:

secateurs 

I had to do a look-up for that!  Not a word used this side of the 'Lantic.

Bart posted:

Hungryhalibut posted:

secateurs 

I had to do a look-up for that!  Not a word used this side of the 'Lantic.

Well we are a nation of gardeners, apparently....

Very good explanation by HH.

Has anyone update to date truely heard any facts if a N372 is in the works....

When I visited Naim recently I decidedly got the impression there is no '372' in the works. The view was the 272 probably is as far as Naim can go with that level of integration in one box and architecture for an appropriate  SQ performance at the moment. 

However it was hinted that new Uniti series architecture might start to appear in new Classic series streamers, perhaps we might see a 'NDX2' and 'NDS2' at some point. Naim still very much believe the best SQ is achieved through separation and isolation of components, part of what they call their DNA... the integrateds are viewed very much as a convienient, more affordable and popular stepping stone in terms of SQ performance to the seperates.

Bart posted:

Hungryhalibut posted:

secateurs 

I had to do a look-up for that!  Not a word used this side of the 'Lantic.

Curious, so what do you use to prune and cut small plants and flowers in your part of the world?

Simon-in-Suffolk posted:

Bart posted:

Hungryhalibut posted:

secateurs 

I had to do a look-up for that!  Not a word used this side of the 'Lantic.

Curious, so what do you use to prune and cut small plants and flowers in your part of the world?

Chainsaws 

They're called Pruning Shears in US,  kinda duz wot it sez on the label.  Strange that brits have adopted a French word,  maybe reflective of the growth of (craze for) horticulture around Europe within the upper classes in the 1700/1800's.   What are they called in Canada ?? considering the many French connections

I agree with Simon, I have doubts we will see a 372.

As it is to improve on 272, you need an XPS, which then becomes 2 box solution.

Oh dear the future so called nirvana of replacing the supposedly redundant  pre-amps is not imminent after all. 

Mike-B posted:

They're called Pruning Shears in US,  kinda duz wot it sez on the label.  Strange that brits have adopted a French word,  maybe reflective of the growth of (craze for) horticulture around Europe within the upper classes in the 1700/1800's.   What are they called in Canada ?? considering the many French connections

Maybe reflective of the fact that England was invaded and populated by the French after the Norman invasion in 1066; many of our names, town names and words (bureau springs to mind as one example) are French in origin and the language is STILL used in the House of Lords to enact law.  Sorry.... lecture over

But us Brits are happy with that. C'est la vie as we say!

best

David