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Naim 5% increase

Not at all, for good or bad, this is the standard for this sector of the market, many other audio manufacturers are doing similar.
 
YNWOAN said:
Not at all, for good or bad, this is the standard for this sector of the market, many other audio manufacturers are doing similar.
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YNWOAN

Maybe standard in Britain but I can’t recall anything similar here in the U.S other than Naim. Inflation has been historically low throughout the developed world so hard to use that as a justification as might have been the case in the past. Would be fascinated to see their a sales figures by product here in the U.S. and very surprised if they sell many of the Classic preamps and amps. I suspect they’ve priced themselves out of that market. Lower end integrated amps and Uniti’s being what I’m guessing sells, at least, so far. Before he retired, my best friend owned a audio store here in Southern California and sold Naim. My Naim purchases were among the very few (only?) Classic amp/preamp/phono/CD/power supply combos he sold. Three years on they still have an unsold 202/200 demo.
 
Presumably, prices charged overseas are more dependent upon currency exchanges, but I notice that whereas Naim used to increase prices in April, it's now February. Any price hike includes an increased VAT element, compounding things as always. Economics will show whether their sales will reflect such an above inflation rise.
 
I guess you lose all the customers with smaller wallets , this could be their business model.

Should I buy some Naim instead of investing in stocks and shares ?
 
Robert M said:
Strange business model.
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So come on, stop being a smart arse and tell us all, in detail, where Naim are going wrong and what they should be doing.

I should have known with the fact we hadn't had a Naim bashing thread on here for a week or two that we would be suitably rewarded soon enough and voila... here we are!
 
As a British based company, I'm glad naim seem to be making their model work. A shame they no longer manufacture their range of main hifi speakers - I thought they would have maintained and built on it following the Focal merge.

NAC A5 is now £35/m! That is a minimum of £245 plus plugs/soldering for a minimum of naim recommended 2x 3.5 metre lengths.
 
Stuart Frazer said:
As a British based company, I'm glad naim seem to be making their model work. A shame they no longer manufacture their range of main hifi speakers - I thought they would have maintained and built on it following the Focal merge.

NAC A5 is now £35/m! That is a minimum of £245 plus plugs/soldering for a minimum of naim recommended 2x 3.5 metre lengths.
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I've just run that through a calculator , it is £245 plus plugs ! thats nuts
 
Clay B said:
YNWOAN

Maybe standard in Britain but I can’t recall anything similar here in the U.S other than Naim. Inflation has been historically low throughout the developed world so hard to use that as a justification as might have been the case in the past. Would be fascinated to see their a sales figures by product here in the U.S. and very surprised if they sell many of the Classic preamps and amps. I suspect they’ve priced themselves out of that market. Lower end integrated amps and Uniti’s being what I’m guessing sells, at least, so far. Before he retired, my best friend owned a audio store here in Southern California and sold Naim. My Naim purchases were among the very few (only?) Classic amp/preamp/phono/CD/power supply combos he sold. Three years on they still have an unsold 202/200 demo.
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The audio segment of the electronics industry is fine, the specialist 'hi-fi' audio industry effectively died some years ago, with what remains in resuscitation about to receive the last rights. There are one or 2 companies out there with appeal (Rega.....can't think of another at the moment!) but not enough to be called an industry any more.
With mainstream appeal now gone, those remaining players will be forced to drive up prices, which of course contracts their market appeal even further.

So you can't blame them.

You can order an Amazon Echo or similar smart 'speaker for £90, have it delivered next day and most people will be amazed at the sound. They don't want boxes anymore, and such are the economies of scale for a company like Amazon that specialist manufacturers are simply not in the game - they have to go way, way up market, and the results aren't always better.
 
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