Naim Fraim Base / 3 Levels - Tinted Cherry

The sound of a music system is inescapably tied up with its environment. Just as the performance of loudspeakers is influenced by their interface with the structure of a listening room, so is the performance of audio electronics. Microphony, the microscopic disturbance of highly sensitive electronics by mechanical vibration, is responsible, and even with the numerous measures taken within Naim electronics to minimise mechanical vibration, it still has influence. Minimising microphony, through engineered support and isolation, as well as providing an elegant solution to equipment installation, are the dual roles of the updated, reference-level Fraim and new, entry-level FraimLite equipment stands.
The engineering challenge of minimising microphony through an equipment support is complex. It demands that a support has minimal physical contact with the external environment and yet provides multiple, immensely rigid, decoupled and non-resonant support platforms. It is a challenge that can only be met through the twin pursuits of single-minded engineering innovation and painstaking material selection. The original Naim Fraim was launched in 2002, and since then, every Naim electronics product has used it for support during development. Naim equipment supported on Fraim is thus living truly in the environment for which it evolved. The principles and performance of Fraim and FraimLite can however bring benefits to any hi-fi system.
Fraim and FraimLite are not only about sound quality. Their manufacturing quality expresses exactly the same values of engineering integrity as every Naim product and their sleek, modern design dovetails perfectly with the Naim aesthetic to sit comfortably in any domestic listening environment. A Fraim module comprises two fundamental elements: the base level and multiple shelving levels. The base level provides a stable and non-resonant three-point foundation that decouples the shelving levels above through two sets of three minimal contact interfaces. Each shelving level then, as well as incorporating a primary set of three cone and cup interfaces, incorporates a glass sub-shelf supported by a further set of three cup and ball bearing interfaces. The Fraim principle is that successive minimal contact interfaces progressively decouple the transmission of mechanical energy. This includes the micro-vibrations created when products are immersed in a sound field and those generated by all products while operating, including power supplies. At the same time the interfaces provide a fixed reference plane on which the internal isolation systems of each item of electronics can perform optimally. Additionally, the shelf height options are configured to ensure that magnetic field interaction between electronic products is minimised.
Fraim material selection is as significant as the arrangement of its components. Super hard stainless steel, toughened glass selected following intensive listening tests, large section anodised aluminium extrusion and veneered wood composites all contribute to equipment support that both performs to perfection and perfectly complements the Naim aesthetic.

Finish: Uprights: Natural anodised; Shelves: Cherry
Overall Dimensions: 643 (W) x 442 (D) mm
Shelf Dimensions: Glass Shelf 452 (W) x 340 (D) mm
Available Height (per level): 3 x 105 mm
Base Level Height: 155 mm

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