Naim Audio New Analogue?

Posted by: Bob the Builder on 30 August 2018

Do we think that Naim will ever put the resources into developing new analogue products.

What about a special edition Phono Stage a Prefix 2 or a turntable power supply an Armageddon 2 with 33 and 45rpm?

I understand that the production of a new tonearm is not a real possibility but a new all analogue pre perhaps a a one off special edition a 32.5-2 or a 42.5/110 -2 or maybe a totally new range a Nap 100-2, 200-2 and a 300-2 I know we have had the DR upgrade in recent years but what about throwing some of the money Naim are obviously making and need to make at designing something that is bang up to date new technology but all analogue.

Posted on: 01 September 2018 by Christopher_M

Bob the Builder posted:
Christopher_M posted:
Your thread puzzles me, Bob.
With your 'new' olives and the red light Linn you seem one of the most contented guys here. Doesn't mean you can't ask about what's in the pipeline, Naim's analogue future directions though. I suppose
But there's lives to be lived, wives and girlfriends to be kissed, dogs to be walked, groceries to be got in for the weekend. And that grouting in the shower has never been good you must admit!
Best, Chris

To be honest I was getting a bit bored reading threads about the ND555 and about speakers and their placement. I'm imobile for 80% of everyday because of a fractured heel and am spending a lot more time than I would or should on line and so was just trying to cure the boredom Christopher.
I would like absolutely nothing more than to go for a nice long walk, go shopping, do some DIY or anything that doesn't involve sitting or lying around but unfortunately I can't.

Thanks for explaining and hope that heel heals soon.

(Totally with you on streamer threads).

Posted on: 01 September 2018 by Bart

Simon-in-Suffolk posted:
Although if already an analogue signal, you don’t want to really convert back into digital again, take the discrete data stream through some sort of convolution process and then convert back to digital... you are starting to throw info away by doing this... you can look at it a bit like going through lossy transcoding. Converting between analogue to discrete and from discrete back to analogue is necessarily a compromise and lossy in the limit..

Is this (at least some of) what Devialet does?

Posted on: 01 September 2018 by feeling_zen

Bart posted:
Simon-in-Suffolk posted:
Although if already an analogue signal, you don’t want to really convert back into digital again, take the discrete data stream through some sort of convolution process and then convert back to digital... you are starting to throw info away by doing this... you can look at it a bit like going through lossy transcoding. Converting between analogue to discrete and from discrete back to analogue is necessarily a compromise and lossy in the limit..
Is this (at least some of) what Devialet does?

Well I believe Devialet is all digital from the moment any input enters the unit via ADC on analogue inputs. Linn operate the same way these days.

The difference being that you can buy a Linn Exakt box that takes an analogue input instead of a digital one if I am not mistaken. And that goes down the ADC > crossover > DAC aporoch that I am similarly suspicious of.

The Bryston analogue crossover sems like the best approach giving the right balance of flexibility whilst making it difficult for the user to drunkenly destroy a pair of speakers. They have two models. One with dial set crossover points on the fascia and another without that where the user orders plug in resister boards. The exoectation on the latter being the speaker manufacturer tells you which boards to order. The fascia just has slope and output levels but no crossover points. It operates stereo 2-way or mono 3-way.

In my opinion, this is the approach for Naim to emulate with a future SNAXO.