Post by Deleted on May 15, 2020 15:24:13 GMT
Just spotted this on another place thought it was rather apt.
A marketing term Naim coined to fool the middle class and Freemasons into parting with the funds form the late 70's onward.
Or possible to disguise the fact the 80hz lift in the lower bass naim amps gave to generate the 'toe tapping' effect to overlook the fact their amps were in 'old skool slang' piss poor so in order to over come this slight drawback, St Julian of Vereker decided (he who made 'exceeding good amps lol' ) to kick start the (occ)cult of naim which 'Naimee's' staunchly defend this to hilt under the delusion they own world class audio.
Who can forget those immoral words "Your no one without a Naim'
So to quantize then naim amps delivered a two dimension but up front powerful sound that majored on 'leading' (Bleeding) edge musical (lol) depiction had virtually zero trailing edge or note decay, had the tonal quality of a punch drunk Aardvark on speed and the timing of a 140Mph misfiring two stroke wheeze bag trying to achieve a land speed record down Budleigh Salterton high street on a wind sweep Monday afternoon.
The PRaT is a two fold anachronism for we can't really make real sounding amplifiers that music lovers would appreciate so we will 'invent' the toe tapping bang, bang throb that we can market as Pace Rhythm and Timing to the mass as they don't know squat. Or the people that purchased the equipment.
Its an artificially induced bass hump that agrees with the brain to feel its bouncing along in time with the music problem is all music is very different and applying the same Naim algorithm to all forms of music is like to trying to go to the moon and back on a Vespa.
I have an old email that was sent out to dealers nearly two decades ago on how to 'Tune dem' a customer into submission by strategic use of a open frame chair and liberal applications of the side of the foot in time to the music. You really could not make it up.
Thankfully the later generations have discovered real music making equipment from many other brands can deliver a far more satisfying PRaT than anything that Salisbury can muster. IMHO
One last item for the piece the self affirmation of the cult of Salisbury, even when faced with the overwhelming realization their precious naim system is utterly and totally out classed. A quiet skulk home followed by a alcohol fueled ear syringing via number 11 on the naim volume dial to 'confirm' to themselves their have the best possible. The crux here is not so much the total amount spent on their equipment BUT the physiology of them questioning their own choices, after all how could a a dedicated follower of two dimensional, non involving bleeding sound could possibly be wrong? Surely not Carruthers?
Turning Naimie's from the (undead) soundscape sound they inhabit be an Olympic sport time to canvas Bojo
A marketing term Naim coined to fool the middle class and Freemasons into parting with the funds form the late 70's onward.
Or possible to disguise the fact the 80hz lift in the lower bass naim amps gave to generate the 'toe tapping' effect to overlook the fact their amps were in 'old skool slang' piss poor so in order to over come this slight drawback, St Julian of Vereker decided (he who made 'exceeding good amps lol' ) to kick start the (occ)cult of naim which 'Naimee's' staunchly defend this to hilt under the delusion they own world class audio.
Who can forget those immoral words "Your no one without a Naim'
So to quantize then naim amps delivered a two dimension but up front powerful sound that majored on 'leading' (Bleeding) edge musical (lol) depiction had virtually zero trailing edge or note decay, had the tonal quality of a punch drunk Aardvark on speed and the timing of a 140Mph misfiring two stroke wheeze bag trying to achieve a land speed record down Budleigh Salterton high street on a wind sweep Monday afternoon.
The PRaT is a two fold anachronism for we can't really make real sounding amplifiers that music lovers would appreciate so we will 'invent' the toe tapping bang, bang throb that we can market as Pace Rhythm and Timing to the mass as they don't know squat. Or the people that purchased the equipment.
Its an artificially induced bass hump that agrees with the brain to feel its bouncing along in time with the music problem is all music is very different and applying the same Naim algorithm to all forms of music is like to trying to go to the moon and back on a Vespa.
I have an old email that was sent out to dealers nearly two decades ago on how to 'Tune dem' a customer into submission by strategic use of a open frame chair and liberal applications of the side of the foot in time to the music. You really could not make it up.
Thankfully the later generations have discovered real music making equipment from many other brands can deliver a far more satisfying PRaT than anything that Salisbury can muster. IMHO
One last item for the piece the self affirmation of the cult of Salisbury, even when faced with the overwhelming realization their precious naim system is utterly and totally out classed. A quiet skulk home followed by a alcohol fueled ear syringing via number 11 on the naim volume dial to 'confirm' to themselves their have the best possible. The crux here is not so much the total amount spent on their equipment BUT the physiology of them questioning their own choices, after all how could a a dedicated follower of two dimensional, non involving bleeding sound could possibly be wrong? Surely not Carruthers?
Turning Naimie's from the (undead) soundscape sound they inhabit be an Olympic sport time to canvas Bojo
