Replacement Fraim Glass

Bob, have you asked your dealer?  As a valued Fraim owner, if you've broken, damaged or lost the glass, I'm sure they will try to help out.

Failing that, I believe the supplier is Pilkington.

Richard

I have had the Fraim for 7 or 8 years and a few years ago I was temporarily storing it and mistakenly caught one of the shelves on something in the loft. There is only a slight sliver of glass missing from one corner. It cannot be seen  if I put the shelf so the chip is at the back nut it bugs me to have this damage.

I had decided to sell the Frame as I have downsized to a Nova and 250DR for my main system but having had no buyers I have decided it is too nice to part with and I still very much like the look of black with silver legs. I checked with Naim and that is the price they quoted.  I wouldn't want to replace it with an inferior piece of glass so I may just have to ignore the slight damage or pay the list price but I live quite near to the Black Country and I wondered if anybody had found a suitable alternative source

Brownhills glass in Walsall can do the same spec as Fraim glass, including the bevel edge for c£50. Spec can be found online. 

Hi Jonn

many thanks and good to hear from you again

Bob

Local glass specialist can supply toughened glass same spec for around £40 not sure why Naim charge £187 wow that's steep 

HiFiman posted:

Local glass specialist can supply toughened glass same spec for around £40 not sure why Naim charge £187 wow that's steep 

maybe it sounds better

I expect there is the usual Naim handling and shipping charge plus the desler’s standard mark up and perhaps the glass is a particular spec and made specifically for Naimbut I doubt I would hear any difference 

I do know that Naim went through each glass piece when they got a delivery, and there used to be quite a large reject pile at the end of it.  I could never really see why because to my eyes they looked just fine, but then Naim's QA dept. has always been very discerning...

Hi Richard

I have had my Fraim for a few years and apart from periodically taking the levels off to clean and dust I have never done anything with it. I have seen your comprehensive assembly instructions in the FAQs and wonder if you recommend occasional complete dissemble and re-assembly to get maximum sonic benefit?

Bob

Bob, yes, I do recommend this. Although no need to totally disassemble, just take down each level and check the bolt tightnesses.  Then clean up the steel balls and when i reassemble I do the dong/donk test on each piece of glass.  I usually do a rebuild (which also means a dust, clean and check of everything in the system) every year

Richard- many thanks and sounds a good compromise - I was thinking envisaging a full day devoted to completely dissembling and reassembling my Fraim

Bob

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