What AV receiver could I hook my Naim Uniti up to

[stephenbrooks]

I have a naim Uniti and want to cnnect it to an AV /receiver. Any suggestions on how, good idea and what receiver would be comptible? Thanks

 

[John Duncan]

Any which has preouts to allow you to feed the front left and right channels from the reciever into a spare input on the Uniti. How much were you thinking of spending?

 

[stephenbrooks]

I was hoping to get away with c. £1,000. But I would want it to be internet/network capable.

 

[Andrew Everard]

Mine's hooked up to an Onkyo 875...

 

[John Duncan]

Any particular reason, bearing in mind the Uniti's raison d'ˆtre?

it limits your options to five (according to the database - do check manufacturer specs for veracity):

Denon AVR-1909
Sony STR-DA2400ES
Denon AVR-1910
Denon AVR-2310
Onkyo TX-NR807

Thus ruling out other capable receivers like the yamaha 1900...

 

[John Duncan]

Andrew Everard:Mine's hooked up to an Onkyo 875...

Oh it's yours now is it...

 

[Andrew Everard]

Sorry, shorthand. I mean the one I have here...

 

[John Duncan]

Aha. I thought it was a "so good I bought the company" moment there.

20010's CND (Campaign for Naimuniti Deployment) is not going well, btw - "but that stereo looks lovely...)

 

[Andrew Everard]

Can't help feeling there may be a qute solution to make it more attainable soon, Mr D - watch this space...

 

[John Duncan]

Oh come on Mr E, you can't do that to me...

 

[stephenbrooks]

I want both AV and a Naim Uniti hence looking to see how I could hook them up. Money not a major issue - but more than £1,500 seems a bit indulgent! Your raison d'etre comment?

 

[John Duncan]

stephenbrooks:Your raison d'etre comment?

I'm wondering why the receiver has to be network capable (ie to play music from a hard drive, which is all they will do, AFAIK) when that's what the Uniti does?

 

[Andrew Everard]

JohnDuncan:Oh come on Mr E, you can't do that to me...

Well, there is a Naim press conference at CES tomorrow...

 

[John Duncan]

Andrew Everard:
JohnDuncan:Oh come on Mr E, you can't do that to me...

Well, there is a Naim press conference at CES tomorrow...

Oh. Not a Primare one then?

 

[Andrew Everard]

Don't know about a primare one

 

[stephenbrooks]

Ah! Fair point

 

[John Duncan]

Sorry to clutter up this post with our ramblings, we've taken our discussion offline now

So yes, I wouldn't worry too much about network capability. That said, do you want capacity for high-def audio formats from Blu Ray, or are you sticking with DVD?

 

[stephenbrooks]

Definitely Blue Ray. Have a Panasonic at the moment and will upgrade later on this year.

 

[John Duncan]

Right - two options then, buy a Blu Ray player with analogue outs so that you don't need a hi-def capable receiver, and buy a well-regarded older model off eBay; or take a look at this lot and see what floats your boat. Preout count is in the tech specs section for each...

 

[Anonymous]

My Uniti is hooked up to a Pioneer SC-LX81 and I have an even greater overlap of functions with my Sonos!

You just need an AV amp with preouts from which you can connect the front left and right speaker preout to one of the Uniti analogue input with a pair of phono cables. Goto setup on the Uniti > input > select the input and change the AV fixed volume to yes. This will allow you to control the volume from your AV amp when playing movies.