Yes , I went to buy one ( pre internet days) to be told “ they ‘ve stopped making them “ I then enquired about the Linn Kremlin “ they’ve stopped making them as well”
It turned out that both Linn and Naim used an identical key component made by Sanyo .
Obviously these days I could have accessed the dealer network to see who had one
For BBC Radio 3 in HD mode streaming offers a high quality feed, and you can catch up on concerts from things like the Proms
I would ask Audio T to demo something like a NDXS2 .
Hello, Ian. I think that Peter Swain of Cymbiosis had one for sale recently. Give him a ring.
James Allney at TomTom Audio (St Albans) specialises in finding hard-to-track-down Naim equipment. Indeed he supplied my NAT-01 many years ago, when shortage of parts caused Naim to stop production of this marvellous piece of kit.
It won’t hang around for long at Cymbiosis. The NAT-01 is one of the best things that Naim have ever made.
(I tried for years to get the uprated power supply, which involved swapping the shoebox-sized NA-PST for a ‘pimped up’ XPS - known as the XPS-T. I believe that only around a dozen XPS-Ts were ever made.)
Some hang around. Bought it from my local dealer after it was on their website for 3 months. I did enquire earlier but my email got lost in their system and we had heating and roofing problems. It is being serviced by Naim so I am hoping it will be ready soon.
I understand its aging legacy digital backbone needs updating at not insignificant expense… and I guess ironically it could be FM’s aging digital audio technology that kills off what is considered by many as an ‘analogue’ source. (In the UK)
I agree FM will remain as a broadcast medium.
The question is how long will BBC continue its national FM service(s) as the latest RAJAR data for FM listening shows it has dropped to 29.7%.
Yes, but not always voluntarily. We had very good quality FM offered via the TV/Radio cable system for ages, which they switched off some two years ago. Only digital signals going over the cable now. Aerials / dishes are a no-go in our apartment building, so that was it for analogue radio.
The Naim tuner (an earliest production NAT05 with the Philips tuner head) was our most enjoyed and listened to source in the house. Somewhat along the lines what @Richard.Dane wrote above regarding his NAT03.
To my ears a NAT02 was at the same level as the Philips NAT05 just a bit different. I understood from my dealer that the NAT01 is miles better than both, sort of a ND5 XS2 vs. NDX2 level difference.
Indeed the VHF broadcast band is an internationally designated ITU spectrum for FM modulated radio stations so is protected under the UN, but yes, the question is what role the BBC will play on it.
I can’t? I am not aware of any security reasons to remove it, to the contrary I am only aware of national security reasons to likely retain it as a medium of accessible emergency public information under the NPSA.
The transmitter I use was recently out of action for essential engineering work. No notification was given, nor was there anything about it on the transmitter status website, but the music just stopped and the display on the NAT01 dimmed. I switched somewhat reluctantly to BBC Radio 3 HD through the ND555 and was pleasantly surprised by just how good it was. I wouldn’t suggest setting your watch by the pips as it’s about 30s behind FM, but it is a very good alternative.
. Perhaps clearer to say it will be retained for security reasons…