New Naim
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At least it doesn't look like a £60 printer/scanner a la Cyrus Lyric. Personally I like the design and although the colour screen is a bit glitzy for Naim, the rest of the design is sufficiently restrained brutalist to adhere pretty well to the tradition of the company.
I know Naim's sound is a bit Marmite, but I really admire their firm's forward thinking in developing products that seem to meet the way people want to listen to music and use their systems. Spec-wise these hifi stereo products compare pretty well even with bells & whistles AV receivers, which is no small feat.
Their inclusion of HDMI-ARC is a very sensible move an opens up the Uniti range to a much wider audience. And their built-in CD ripping (to attached USB sticks or HDD) on the Naim Star is really useful real-world feature. As is their built-in Tidal and Spotify Connect, something that many other manufacturers have still yet to cotton onto despite the repeated figures being released of how much people are streaming compared to downloading & physical media sales.
My only disappointment is the sizeable price gap in the range between the £1600 Unitiqute replacement, the Atom and the £3k Uniti Star. Even with the old range I thought it was a shame they didn't produce a 50wpc Unitilite without the CD drive, so you could have the slightly oomphier amplification of the Lite (over the Qute) but without paying for a component I wouldn't use.
I know Naim's sound is a bit Marmite, but I really admire their firm's forward thinking in developing products that seem to meet the way people want to listen to music and use their systems. Spec-wise these hifi stereo products compare pretty well even with bells & whistles AV receivers, which is no small feat.
Their inclusion of HDMI-ARC is a very sensible move an opens up the Uniti range to a much wider audience. And their built-in CD ripping (to attached USB sticks or HDD) on the Naim Star is really useful real-world feature. As is their built-in Tidal and Spotify Connect, something that many other manufacturers have still yet to cotton onto despite the repeated figures being released of how much people are streaming compared to downloading & physical media sales.
My only disappointment is the sizeable price gap in the range between the £1600 Unitiqute replacement, the Atom and the £3k Uniti Star. Even with the old range I thought it was a shame they didn't produce a 50wpc Unitilite without the CD drive, so you could have the slightly oomphier amplification of the Lite (over the Qute) but without paying for a component I wouldn't use.
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The Atom and the top of the line one look great, imo. But the one in the middle of the range looks like an X-box...
Frank Harvey
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The UnitiQute was an extension of the main system, and wasn't really intended as a main system for anyone. It's intended use didn't really need huge output. I haven't looked at the full specs yet, but I'm guessing that is now a different matter.
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Al ears said:
They'll have 'wobbly pins' (like a lot of their customers) to maximise contact area.
At least the new mains cable announcement revealed why about 4 quid's worth of MK plug and generic lead used to cost £38. It was the specially researched amount of torque applied to clamp down the conductors inside the MK Safety Plug.
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cse said:
I am using an ATV3 (ethernet connected to the router and optical connection to the Quad Vena) and AirPlay.
Bluetooth was suprisingly (and unexpectedly) good on the Vena but, until Apple start using aPTX on their iPhones/iPads etc. i'll stick with AirPlay.
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manicm said:
Should be into 8 ohms, that's how Naim publish their specs. Probably 50-60 into 4 ohms.
nopiano said:
It makes me wonder how much of a cult they want to create and why they would want go down that route (!?)
I do like the design though. Fresh thinking and probably better in the flesh than in a picture based on previous experience with naim looks
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I like the look of them, and those that have first hand experience of a Mu-so or Mu-so Qb will know how it is likely to feel. I don't have any details on the new stuff yet, but I'm hoping they have, or are going to, produce a nice, fluid, intuitive app to complete the whole package.
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