Email from signals:
„ . . . After such a busy past couple of years, launching new products, it was becoming quite evident that certain products were looking just a little bit last decade. Let’s do the lazy thing with good old cut and paste!
Where technically possible, Naim has always endeavoured to upgrade older products with new functionality. However, recent developments in music streaming – including both the increasing amount of services and their advanced technical demands – means older models no longer have the specification required to support additional services.
With this in mind, we have taken the decision to stop making one of our most popular streaming products, the NAC-N 272, as we can’t upgrade it any further. The NAC-N 272 still offers superb performance and core functionality, plus has had an in-life upgrade to offer TIDAL support, but does not, for example, have the technical capability to support the native Qobuz integration recently announced for the rest of our streaming family. We will, of course, continue to support the NAC-N 272 for bug fixes and other technical adjustments needed to keep customers enjoying their streamer as long as possible.
Our newer streaming platform – as featured in Mu-so and Mu-so Qb 2nd Generation wireless speaker systems; Uniti Atom, Uniti Star and Uniti Nova streaming systems and ND5 XS 2, NDX 2 and ND 555 dedicated network players – is designed with much higher processing power, networking capabilities and headroom for future upgrades than earlier systems.
Separately, we are also discontinuing the DAC-V1 and its matching power amplifier, the NAP 100. Both remain very capable performers, but are no longer as relevant to consumers for whom streaming is the primary playback method; our Uniti systems fulfil this criteria far better.
We have also decided to stop manufacturing the Headline 2 after evaluating component availability against product demand at this price point. A range of our products, including our Uniti systems and NAIT integrated amplifiers include excellent headphone outputs, and for customers requiring a dedicated headphone amp, we recommend the highly rated Focal Arche.
The NAC-N 272, DAC-V1 and NAP 100 currently remain available, but on a first-come, first-served basis. Final orders for these products may qualify for special pricing – we suggest speaking to your account manager. However, Headline 2 has already sold through and is no longer available. . . .“