Hi all,
Just want to double confirm from here. I recently asked my dealer to quote me the Naim Fraim and wanted to opt for the darker cherry color. But dealer said Naim currently just offer 2 choices:
Would like to get some forum member insight into if this color is indeed no longer being produced. From my guessing, it looked as that wood color will never be sourced again. Any comment?
I ordered a Naim Frame in cherry but was supplied with the tinted (darker) version by mistake. I replaced it with the untinted (lighter) cherry finish. That was about 3 months ago.
I think you are after the tinted version.
I can’t speak to what is available today, but when I bought my fraim early last year I was offered the options below. The cherry does seem lighter than your pic.
Or maybe you have the rosewood finish?
Light cherry is very nice, very similar to american walnut.
Based on the photo, you will need to order Tinted Cherry for your Fraim order.
Ordered two levels for a (UK) customer only a few weeks ago. His rack was a mix of Fraim & FraimLite, so the Tinted Cherry finish allows the two variants to be mixed and matched.
Hope this helps.
Tony
Basically Sound
All a matter of personal taste, I know, but some while back one of the forum members posted a picture where his fraim had (dark?) cherry top, bottom and middle and the 2 intermediate shelves were back. I thought that looked excellent.
What is even more puzzling is there is a direction where the black can only be ordered with silver leg and the cherry with black leg only.
Says direction is from Focal’s taste. Anyone trade member can comment. I find this to be very very very directional and reaching.
I am currently very puzzle by the Focal or Naim’s direction.
Since I have Fraim Lite black color leg. Is it interchangeable to put on the Fraim? In case I really only can order black rack with silver leg.
The lighter cherry will darken with time if the tinted version is not available
Cherry can darken with time if not exposed to sunlight, but it will take years.
You can order any of the wood finishes with either leg finish.
It may well be that your local distributor only has certain finish/leg combinations in stock and limiting your choice accordingly.
And Fraim & FraimLite legs & other metal parts are exactly the same so interchangeable.
Good to hear it is in fact interchangeable 
I think you mean if it is exposed to sunlight, but yes, it would take ages, and the natural darkening wouldn’t be a match for the stain used for the tinted cherry.
The cherry veneer I’ve seen on Naim boxes has not darkened all that much with age, so I suspect the finish has a UV filter in it which is commonly used to reduce darkening.
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