Ever since the company began trading in the early 1970s, Naim has embraced certain core engineering values. For good or ill, these have significantly differentiated their product line from the mainstream. Importantly, some of their connector choices have deviated from established hi-fi–industry practice.
Such ostensibly awkward decisions were not made on whims or merely to be exclusive. Take Naim’s well-researched, early choice of the DIN specification, often combined with proprietary
