You have seen this I assume?Naim SL2 speakers in very good condition. Maple finish with brand new foam grills recently purchased from TomTom Audio. These are very good speakers but not working for me. I don’t have original boxes so collection is probably a must. Asking £2500. I also have a new boxed pair of tweeters for sale for £200 which I will offer to the purchaser of the speakers first.
You have seen this I assume?
Naim stopped making the SL2s over 16 years ago... how long would you like them to offer the support for? Furthermore how would you like them to do that for a bought in part? Buy Scanspeak so they can ensure they keep making the tweeter until the last pait of SL2s are in the skip?I'm sure he does, Naim once again having been "caught with their pants down" when a regularly required spare part becomes unobtainable. Obviously they have no stock! CDS3 mechanism anybody?
Sigh... you just don't understand business do you? Oh and by the way we have a 20 yo Audi TT and guess what? Audi no longer make half the parts for it including consumables like shock absorbers... so great comparison, thanksOriginal Naim equipment made in 1973 is still actively used. They built a reputation on reliability and servicabilty, and when it first wobbled with the CDS3 mech they came up with a complex work around and they committed to retaining spare mechs for every CD555 sold in order to retain that reputation. Change of ownership. Nuff said!
How many people own 20+ year old cars and expect spare parts to be readily available?
Similar sort of price point isn't it? Particularly if you bought a whole system!
I did have a bit of a ramble through Willy's Hifi a while back looking at data sheets with a view to "upgrading" my SL2 tweeters, though probably sensibly never did anything about it. The site has reasonably detailed looking data sheets for the tweeters.I'm sure he does, Naim once again having been "caught with their pants down" when a regularly required spare part becomes unobtainable. Obviously they have no stock! CDS3 mechanism anybody?
Nor would I have done so were I them. The speakers were 15 years discontinued by then. There is no business sense to stocking up on expensive spare parts for items discontinued that long ago. This is why Naim makes a healthy profit these days as opposed to how they would go under your leadership. You can't offer any sort of customer service when you've gone bust!!I understand business and customer service very well. Naim had every opportunity to stock up on those tweeters in the well advertised final production run and clearly chose not to.
Oh dear, I suspect they'll be crying to know that... all the way to the bankWith support like that they won't be getting any more of my business and I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels like that.
I have not had a bad experience, third party parts are plentiful thank you... I was just pointing out that OEM parts are not. Car is running fine and I suspect will keep doing so for at least another decade... unlike my mate's 2006 X Type that had to be scrapped last week due to a collapsed subframe... you pays your moneySorry to hear about your equally poor experience with German cars. When I ran a 20 year old Jag you could still get everything for it though I can't vouch for whether that's still the case under Tata's ownership.
Just bringing some facts and knowledge of how profitable businesses actually run to those clearly bereft of that knowledge. I guess you're another one of them!The great news is Tiggers is here to defend Naim no matter where the criticism hides!
In my case they very well might be!Oh dear, I suspect they'll be crying to know that... all the way to the bank