The main thing about our hifi systems is to enjoy it. I bet you’re enjoying your wonderful system!
I didn’t start with Fraim. I considered other racks. Living with it has it’s issues with ball bearings and all that glass and tightening it all up every now and again.
Nope. I much prefer full Fraim. Looks alot better and sounds better. But have some Fraimlite which I have added glass cups and balls to, to keep the look uniform and reduce costs.
im with @Dan_M on this, i have two stacks of fraim, i know dan has 3. honestly fraim is like a box upgrade vs using a more basic rack. like all these things, its how the finished sound makes us feel
I think it’s fair to say that a lot of things are expensive these days - i mean £8 for a Bratwurst sausage in a dry roll at a local German Christmas market?! They’ve have almost doubled in price since lockdown!
More seriously though - i wonder if there are actual optimum torque settings for the nuts & bolts on Fraim?
For instance, even the oil filter on my Triumph has a manufacturer’s torque setting. A cheapo d.i.y spanner, tommy-bar that bends really easily, and guess work tightening up seems a bit ‘meh’ to me…
I must admit…. I don’t regret taking the leap of faith for a brains & brawn twin Fraim a few years ago after 10 years with a single stack. 80% of what I have were used or ex demo making the prices more acceptable. I did have a thought of changing the legs to black but decided to stick with the classic cherry/silver.
As well as the sound qualities it produces it has long been accepted as a nice piece of furniture by my wife. Win/Win.
Mind you - if I was buying this twin Fraim new today it would be a pretty penny?
I imagine a big reason for the high cost is they manufacture in low numbers so the tooling/logistics to unit cost is rather higher than for other things.