SME did the same last year or maybe 2 years ago. From black to black and chrome.
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Personal opinion is they look awful. In a world where a lot is going wrong, Naim and Focal bring us grey. We do not live life in monochrome, we live life in colour. Maybe the design team had a faulty monitor?
Maybe grey is the new black!!
Solstice, Tin Naim, concrete Sopras. A veritable feast of awfulness. Naim will call it purposeful materiality of course.
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I think its the wrong move by Naim to bring out the âTinâ version personally I think it looks crap, has no soul or heart but its certainly creating some steam amongst the Naim faithfulâŚ
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Itâs the usual new product announcement / release thread. Same responses every time.
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I bet it would be totally different if something people really want was released, say a new platform streaming preamp to replace the 272, or a Meganait. As it is, Naim waste their time on silly special edition fripperies when they should be focussing on genuine innovation. Just my opinion of course, but I wouldnât say itâs a sign of a company moving forward, rather one piddling about with unnecessary distractions and very likely driven from elsewhere.
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In all honesty how ridiculous this isâŚ
Like i said in the other thread all that is missing are the diamond studs on the volume and balance knobs and select and power buttons
I suspect youâre right Nigel. Iâm sure this is just Naim treading water before the release of a whole new line of innovative productsâŚ
Now, letâs be positive. Focal and Naim have been in unholy wedlock for ten years. Itâs brought us the wonderful mu-sos, as well other stuff that may or may not be a distraction: Naim for Bentley or Naim for Princess yachts.
They need an innovative product, not just the same old same old in a new coat. They could so easily have brought out some active Focal speakers with Naim electronics and sold it with the Atom HE, or a Nova HE. It would sell in shedloads and help to make Focal more of a go to choice for Naim owners.
We have a 60th edition of our Eriba caravan. Itâs not in a diamond finish, but has a massively upgraded spec for very little more than the standard model. Thatâs a special edition, not something in a new coat that doesnât even form a coherent whole. Itâs marketing over common sense.
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Proof, if it were ever needed, that marketing is a skilled discipline. Unfortunately not every organisation out there is blessed with those skills.
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I am waiting patiently, encouraged to see there are DR units out there and sure my turn will come soon 
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Hereâs hoping.
Youâve had a shocking experience. 
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Thinking about this while dog walking, if Iâve not missed the point about the âconcreteâ Sopras, Focal have done a lot more work than Naim. If the concrete is just a colour choice then Iâve completely misunderstood, if they are using a different material then this is a major redesign. Where Naim have done the equivalent of heading down to dodgy motors Salisbury and muttering ââEre, can you give respray this hot motor?â, so presumably not a huge hit in their engineering pipeline.
Also as far as I can see this is ÂŁ29,700 of kit plus ÂŁ2,100 of Superlumina for ÂŁ28,000, so around 10% off.
I read âconcrete finishâ rather than actual concrete. You can get concrete finish laminate flooring too, itâs just fancy plastic.
That would make sense, Iâve seen concrete speakers at shows, but a finish is more plausible than a major rebuild. Note to self, when you read something before your first coffee, re-read before commenting.
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Absolutely the worst Naim look some âdesigner â could have come up with. Similar only to high fashion cr@p you see on âdesignerâ label cat walks.
No word on numbers so I guess will end up being an extremely limited edition.
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I spoke to someone at Naim HQ around a month ago and was told the NAP 200 had been discontinued. Add to this that many dealers seem to be dumping demo units (which I took full advantage of) and I think you are right
Looks really good to me.
I donât mind the look, I wouldnât actually buy them though. The big problem for me is upgrading you canât even add a PS to the NDX2 without it looking odd. However whatâs most disappointing itâs the fact that the prep amp is the same amp thatâs been around for years, no progress no advancements. Still no headphone input still redundant switches.
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