Unitiserve vs Qnap nas

I've heard conflicting opinions about which sounds best, Unitiserve or NAS, so I think you need to listen for yourself to decide on this.

Unitiserve/V1 would be controlled with the N-Serve app, not the Naim app. It will give you iRadio as well as playing your own music files, but no Tidal or Spotify.

What issues are you having with Minimserver?

I preferred the sound of Minim running on Synology to the sound of the files being played on the Serve. It's not great, but there is nothing soundwise to suggest it's worth spending £2,400 on a Serve compared to the £400 cost of a nas. The only benefit of the Serve is that you can pop the CDs in the front to rip them, but if they are already ripped this is not really an issue. 

Remember that the £2,400 cost of the unnecessary serve plus the sale cost of the Qute virtually gives enough money to get a 272: that really would sound miles better than what you have now. Just a thought. 

Nigel. It's more à network problem. I can get à cheap sh uniti. 

And those network problems are grrrr.  

Nac272 is to much for now. 

Always good to hear your opion thanks Nigel. 

I'm not sure why you'd want a Uniti. Just get the network problems sorted out. If you want detailed advice, I would start a new thread in Streaming Audio and set out exactly what the issue is. 

Nigel maybe better sq and solve my network problems. I get a lot of no network issues.

I recently see a lot of dac vi and unitiserve on the second market. That's why i got interested.

Yes got uq2 en qnap. Wireless works well, but when via powerswitch connected it sees no network.

It all works well until a few weeks. I've got a modem/router technicolor.

Control via iOS, iPhone/ipad.

I don't understand what a "powerswitch" is ?

Ethernet over powerlines (mains) ?

Have you removed the wireless antenna and changed the streamer's settings to ensure that wireless is disabled when changing to EoP. Also does the streamer show in the list of network devices on your router's web interface?

Obviously wired Ethernet is the preferred method for a stable network connection. Is this not possible at all?

Yes ethernet over mains. It worked for à year. Then suddenly it don't. 

Mike that isn't possible. I need about 15 meter ethernetcable. NAS is connected to router en switch also connected to router. 

Pallie posted:

Mike that isn't possible. I need about 15 meter ethernetcable. NAS is connected to router en switch also connected to router. 

Yes Mike. Sorry i'm dutch and my English is not so Well and i'm using my iPhone 

Geen problemen Pallie, ik vermoedde u fransen waren omdat ik wat zien accenten over "e"    ik bezoek elk jaar grave Nederlands mijn vader is in Oosterbeek (Arnhem)

Mike i'm not french ��

I try Some wifi extenders. 

OK, houdt ons op de hoogte over de voortgang.

Pallie - Before you spend money on network/wifi extenders, have you tried going right back to basics?

Purely for the purposes of finding out what your problem is, put the US in the same room as your NAS, connect it directly to the same switch as the NAS, or even direct to the NAS itself.  Does this solve your problem? If it doesn't it is likely to be a setting (or an issue)  on the UQ.  If it works, its then a case of adding the next link in the chain, maybe the EoP devices etc and just try to identify where the issue is arising.

As to UnitiServe vs NAS - I has agonised over this for a few weeks.  I love the convenience of the US but the way it handles compilations drove me up the wall.  I'm a child of the 80s and have a ton of compilation CDs. Running MinimServer on a QNAP NAS (or indeed any NAS) means I can select an artist and see all the tracks by that artist, regardless of whether they are on a solo or compilation CD.