Naim Recapping

That once you've joined the cult you won't ask questions like these and instead will pay up like the rest of the zombies? Really, $750 to "recap" a 10 year old NAP 250? At that rate I may as well buy a new one......OHHHHHH, I get it!

Except a new one costs >$5000.
A bit of a difference from $750 wouldn't you say?
A recap is as good as a new one.
Naim services all their older product, unlike many other manufacturers.

Electrolytic capacitors deteriorate over time. They lose capacitance and start to leak DC. Allowed to detriorate too far they can breakdown causing catastrophic failure. It doesn't matter whether it is a Naim or not. At some point electrolytics should be replaced. These are facts.

Naim recommends recapping every so often (10 years?) to avoid these problems. Whether this is the correct interval or it is worth it to put that much money in a 10 year old piece is open to debate.

"Except a new one costs >$5000".

Exactly. And for what? A great amp that will drive any British two-way in a moderate size room. Hey, I was a fan when the folks at Naim made sense.