How reliable is Naim gear

[Richieroo]

Great responses thanks guys

[Sinewave]

I noticed today that my 2012 NDX has started to turn purple around some of the edges - although not something I’m going to get stressed about. Still sounds the same and planning to change it early next year.

[Blackbird]

Is it deep purple or more like a purple haze?

Sorry, it’s Friday after all

[cb01]

I’m a relative newb, only powered up for 2.5 years. Had a minor issue with my SN3 with new; dealer completely handled it right off the bat (great dealers are vital!). Been making beautiful music, daily, ever since.

[Paul52135]

Couldn’t resist a bit of Purple.

[Ian2001]

Very reliable , it wears out ( as do most things, including my knee) but they can service the vast majority of the products made

[nicnaim]

Have had the 90/90/72/150/Chrome250/Nait5italic/Flatcap/Hicap/HicapDR/NAP150X/172/272/NAP200/NAP140/XPSDR/250.2/282/252/SupercapDR and NC250 over the years. Only fault was with the NAC172 Streaming Board which was replaced for free.

[Pete_the_painter]

@Ian2001

Very reliable , it wears out ( as do most things, including my knee) but they can service the vast majority of the products made

And a good thing for us old blokes they can now service your knee.

[Bjorn]

Huh? Has Naim started serving knees as well? That’s what I call service!

[Pete_the_painter]

My dealers that good he probably would.

[Bjorn]

[anon17458420]

Stop crawling and the knees should get better

[Pete_the_painter]

I’m an ex carpet installer and crawling (groveling) around on your knees all day was my job.

[anon17458420]

Sorry Pete couldn’t resist and had to correct myself twice. Yes I can see that some suffering from “metiers pénible” does us all in in the end

[Pete_the_painter]

No need to be sorry, it’s all in good humour.

[anon17458420]

@Pete_the_painter

it’s all in good humour.

Really, some people would say not one of my strong points

[TO_Vinyl]

How often is maintenance required in your view?

[chris5]

I’ve serviced a few items over the years, suggested periods vary by equipment though I think there’s a wealth of experience on here about the normal service times for most items

A couple of my more recent purchases were a freshly serviced 52 and some 20 year old 135s that had no history, the power amp service definitely made a worthy difference

[IanRobertM]

@TO_Vinyl

ow often is maintenance required

From the Forum FAQ’s -

When should I service my Naim equipment?

According to Naim: “This is a question often asked, and the Naim Service Department recommendations are as follows: for the Chrome bumper (circa 1975 to 1989) and Olive (circa 1989 - 2000) range products, we recommend every 8 - 10 years and for the newer Black products (2000 - present), every 12 - 15 years.” When asked about wear rates, component degradation and servicing on current equipment, Steve Sells commented as follows;