Upgrade Path

Naim Audio has always offered their customers a clear and effective upgradeable journey, for whenever the individual decides to enhance the musical performance of their hi-fi system.

Our modular system-building philosophy has been refined over 50 years, offering scalable and defined leaps in performance.  

At the heart of this philosophy is the source-first hierarchical approach, ensuring that the listener experiences the best resolution available.

Amplification cannot reproduce quality if it’s not supplied it in the first place, hence we recommend prioritising the quality of the source above all else. Good amplification will reveal the qualities and the shortcomings of your source in equal measure – consider this when matching it with your amplification or vice versa.

Any Naim Audio separate system can be greatly improved upon by the addition of an external power supply.

Whilst the internal power supply within our source and preamplifiers already offers excellent performance, adding a stand-alone power supply will lift the musical performance to new heights.

When you add an external power supply, the internal supplies of the source and or preamplifier are deactivated, creating an electrically silent space for the precious audio circuits to work. The external power supply takes its place, feeding high quality, low noise voltage, via regulators (known as DR - Discrete Regulators) that deliver incredibly smooth power to the circuit.

In essence, this means the source and preamplifier process less noise, generated by a lower quality supply of power, and more audio signal, creating a superior musical performance.

All too often, the importance of the siting and connectivity of hi-fi is overlooked or not taken seriously.

Naim offers attractive, sonic-enhancing furniture for our electronics.

Working on a minimal ‘knife edge’ contact principle, the Naim Fraim furniture decouples the hi-fi away from mechanical vibrations largely generated by loudspeakers, which cause noise across circuit boards and internal wiring, undermining the integrity of the music.

The modular nature of Naim Fraim allows the user to seamlessly add shelving levels to facilitate future upgrades.

Cables never add to the signal – they aim to reduce the amount taken away.

When a cable is perceived to be adding to the signal path, it is actually bringing you closer to the true performance of the listener's choice of hi-fi components.

By improving the quality of interconnecting cables, speaker cables and mains cables, the signals and voltages required to ensure optimal performance of the system's musical integrity are preserved.

The Naim Audio approach to producing the finest audio cables goes beyond electrical properties and enters the world of mechanical decoupling and interfacing of the connectors.

Our high-end range of signal cables starts with Hi-Line, moving up to Super Lumina, originally a part of the design brief for our reference amplifier design - Statement. The Power-Line mains cable, currently the pinnacle of electrical connectivity, ensures the absolute best performance from any Naim hi-fi component.

Should you have any questions about your system’s upgrade path – whether you are seeking to upgrade your Naim system, or add a Naim product to it for the first time, both your local Naim Audio retailer and Naim Audio’s Technical Support Team will be able to offer guidance.