I may be becoming an old sentimental fart, but I find it refreshing to see that name pop up sometimes. It reminds me of a time when human intelligence was not solely used to make money or make other people’s lives worse.
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Thanks for the enquiry about the building work, we are almost ‘dust free’, but not quite!
Main building work - tick. We now have working drains, a watertight roof, a knocked through open plan kitchen & dinning room and a new kitchen - fitted just two weeks ago. Everything’s still a little austere in terms of furnishing, but everything works, which is the main thing.
My work room (main listening room) is still very much a work in progress until the school holidays are over. Also, 90% of the records and the Rega turntable are still in storage - frustrating, but it is a usable working space for now. Note, 19L Really Useful Boxes full of records stacked together make for a stable desk support!
But, the big news is all change on the system front though - I’m taking a (semi) Naim sabbatical! I’ll post in more detail in this thread when I get the chance later.
Temporary set up, firstly with vintage Monitor Audio R252s, and introduced last week, Rega RS3s…
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Great
Reads like real progress with the home improvements.
It’s a relief when everything gets the the clean stage again, isn’t it ?
Thanks for the post and update.
Your post is also a “Systems Pic” of sorts 
10/10 for initiative, adaptability (and surviving) with music during the building work.
Good luck 
R
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Movies, Music priority.
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Thanks a lot!
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An earlier thread about Julian and Brompton.
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You are interested?
Indeed. Brompton are fab. Fold small but have the same wheelbase as a standard bike. Superb design. I love mine and it goes everywhere with me in London.
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Nightmare putting a new inner tube in the back wheel if you puncture, in my experience
Love that drawing board, similar to what i was allowed on after a six year cabinet making apprenticeship and then moved up to the drawing office!
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Maybe. Not now anyway. But it’s good to know! Thanks!
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It is a gem of a thing, although the parallel motion was long gone before I acquired it. I paid just £150 for it from a slate quarry drawing office in North Wales, who were moving over to CAD design and it was deemed surplus to requirements. I hate to think how much it cost new considering the build and weight - I can just about lift it on my own once the board has been removed from the frame. I’ll never part with it!
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Great story, I moved over to 2d cad, then 3d cad, still preferred the board in many ways, it would never crash on me and lose a load of work like the cad systems could!!
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Interestingly there are Naim-Brompton branded bikes out there, not sure whether they’re legit anyway, but more curious about the role Mr Julian took during his time at Brompton!
(Not my photos- found them in Mercari JP)
I remember when I started at Naim and I was talking to Doug about Brompton. He said that there used to be a bunch of them in the factory stores. He went to look, but couldn’t find any. Maybe this was one of them?? Perhaps @Pauls knows something here.
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Julian bought a few Bromptons to use from his sailing boat or in the boot of his car to cycle home after a visit to the pub.
He loved it, decided to order more and found Brompton were in trouble and could not supply- so he invested in the company, took an active part in modernising the company, added input to design ideas especially the folding pedals I recall and would support the company at shows showing how to open and close the bikes. He loved the company and the bikes.
To help sales he ordered a number maybe 20 to sell to Naim distributors worldwide these maybe were the Naim branded ones.
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Only if you have the rear hub gear version. I dont. I have the 4 speed derailleur and its like a normal bike.