Bookshelf Speakers to go with Naim Uniti 2 or UnitiLite

[admin_exported]

Hi all,

I'm about to audition these two all in one systems but would like some advice/ recommendations on bookshelf speakers that people use. Budget is £1000, speakers will be wall mounted, in largish room (4x5x3m room) and I mainly listen to rock.

Oh and any real difference between these two worthy of the extra £1k?

Many thanks,

Allan

 

[John Duncan]

My Uniti (v1) sounded fabulous with PMC DB1i. Haven't heard them on the wall, but they have M6 bolts built in to the back and dedicated wall mounts.

I haven't heard the Lite but would guess at 50 watts it's somewat like my orignal Uniti, which ad the same rating, so you'd probably be fine with that. Worth hearing at home though.

 

[gregvet]

I think you need to demo for yourself. Several people have suggested that even the Lite may struggle with high volumes in larger rooms, depending on the speakers. If you really like rock, you might like it loud too on occasion

The DB1i's are a good suggestion tho, one of my faves.

 

[John Duncan]

I'd add that the PMCs have sounded good with Qute, Uniti and SuperUniti, each model just giving a bit more scale, so it will be dependent on your room. Mine is about 14x14ft and I don't tend to listen too loud, but YMMV.

 

[gregvet]

And I would add that my DB1i's are wall mounted on the dedicated brackets, they work fine as rear channels in my surround setup, but you only really start to hear what they are capable of when they get a bit further from the wall than the brackets allow. I wouldnt wall mount them if they were my hifi speakers, unless I had no other option.

They still sound great tho, they just can sound better, if that makes sense.

 

[plastic penguin]

I would say the PMCs would match any Naim product well. Not only are they tonally well matched but they're not the hardest speaker to drive. The only concern would be the wall mounting. They do like some breathing space.

 

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