Naim Audio - Milestones

Milestones

• 1971, NAP 160, first Power Amplifier, discontinued 1986
• 1973, Naim Audio Limited formed
• 1974, NAC 12, first Pre-Amplifier, discontinued 1980
• 1975, NAP 250, Power Amplifier
• 1975, NAPS, first pre-amplifier Power Supply, discontinued 1978
• 1977, NAXO, first Electronic crossover for active loudspeaker systems
• 1980, Moved to current premises at Southampton Road, Salisbury
• 1981, Linnk, Moving-Coil Phono Pre-Amplifier (Manufactured for Linn Products)
• 1981, NAC A4, Speaker Cable
• 1983, NAIT, first Integrated Amplifier, discontinued 1988
• 1984, NAP 135, first mono Power Amplifier, discontinued 2002
• 1984, Hi-Cap, pre-amplifier Power Supply
• 1984, NAT 01, first FM Tuner, discontinued 2002
• 1985, Won the Queen's Award for Export Achievement
• 1986, SBL, first in-house made Loudspeakers, discontinued 2002
• 1989, ARO, Unipivot Tone-arm
• 1989, Range upgraded and new look (olive casing)
• 1990, NAC 52, flagship Pre-Amplifier, discontinued 2002, replaced by NAC 252
• 1991, CDS, first CD Player, discontinued 1998, replaced by CDS2
• 1991, DBL, Loudspeakers
• 1992, CDI, extended range of CD Players
• 1995, AV1, first AV Processor, discontinued 1999
• 1995, Armageddon, Power Supply
• 1995, Super-Cap, Pre-Amplifier Power Supply
• 1995, Prefix, Phono Pre-Amplifier, discontinued 2008
• 2000, 5 series
• 2000, NAP 500, Power Amplifier
• 2002, Range Upgraded (Reference range) and new look
• 2002, NAC 552, flagship Pre-Amplifier, supplants NAC 252 as flagship pre-amplifier
• 2005, n-series new range of AV products of which nVi integrated DVD/amp combo
• 2005, CD555, flagship CD Player
• 2008, Superline, Phono Pre-Amplifier
• 2008, HDX, Hard Disk Player
• 2008/9, Nait XS, Integrated Amplifier
• 2009, NaimUniti, All-in-one Audio Player
• 2009, Naim DAC, Stand-alone DA-Converter
• 2009, Naim Ovator S-600 Loudspeaker
• 2010, UnitiQute
• 2010, Naim wins Queen's Award for Enterprise
• 2011, Naim Ovator S-400 Loudspeaker
• 2011, Naim merges with Focal-JMLab

Source: Naim Audio