HDNumpty said:
Well it would certainly save on all the unit and cable faffage - potentially I could replace 3 units with one. I am working on the basis that my CD player is more mid-range than the Uniti, My amp is closer but isn't the best in its class. And I've always wanted Naim stuff after hearing them at shows (usually with Neat speakers)
In answer to my question JD - you tell me?
My point being this: the 840a v2 is 500 quid in Richers Sounds, so at a guess you'd get £300 tops for it on eBay (though somebody got £450 for a v1 recently, no idea how). The 740c is going for under £250. At a guess, a 'good deal' on a Uniti is going to be £1.5k or so? Which means a cost to exchange of a grand or thereabouts.
Now the Uniti is a wonderful thing, much better built than the Cambridges and has a fantastic sound, but I wouldn't say that its constituent parts are 'better' than those in your system. Different, absolutely, and it's all in one box and has that marvellous swing out drawer and a nice display and has functionality that you don't have and a great iPad app to go with it. However, if you added a Stream Magic 6 when it comes out, or an NP30 now, or even a modest Squeezebox Touch, you'd have all the functionality of the Uniti for somewhat less than that Cost To Exchange. It's just that your system would be huge and fugly and wiry where the Uniti is not*.
(*IMO, YMMV, etc)