Introducing Uniti, our revolutionary new streaming platform.

In doubt whether Naim has taken Uniti to Statement level, or Statement to Uniti level, I'd risk the first one. It all looks impressive. Fans of Chrome Bumper will have to turn some pages off the calendar.

If the release date for the Atom is late November as per What HiFi's preview then the advice on Naim's site would appear to be appealing to people in deep space hibernation

"Uniti Atom will be available from our network of specialist retailers in December 2017. Sign up to be the first to discover more."

They Look great, i am very impressed. New look for the classic line too? And - powered input for stageline/superline?  Christoph 

Thank you Stevee_s, looks the same as uniti integrated amp and not muso. Thank God, 282 stays in my future upgrade.

Updated, I see. 

I should have known - I got a really good deal on an ex-demo Uniti 2 last month. I'll be interested to see the prices on the new kit.

I'm seriously impressed by styling and engineering ideas. Also Powerline lite! Well done Naim I'm sure it will sound as good as it looks.

Do I need to prepare my 552 for a restyle? I was about to send it for a DR.

regards Devraj

The hdmi input's a surprising but very welcome addition.

Tony, I agree, very useful.  Among other things, I use my current UnitiQute as an amp for a TV and blu-ray player so having ARC connection and control is a nice little feature.

However, for me, it's potentially the Uniti Core that is most interesting.  A proper power supply at last and the swappable HDD along with Naim's (improved?) ripping and serving software and a nice BNC s/pdif out for local DAC connection. Could be something special...

As I see it, it is horses for courses, the new items fitting certain parts of the market, and nothing whatsoever wrong with that. The only legitimacy to complaints about Naim's direction of travel would be if they stopped supplying/supporting other key hifi items such as the classic range, and there is nothing here to even hint that might be the case.

However, my question is in what way do the new items reimagine our music collections? They seem to simply provide different options for playing them. Could that just  possibly have been marketing hype?

tonym posted:

The hdmi input's a surprising but very welcome addition.

Nooooooo .... it'll only lead to audiophile HDMI cable neurosis 

Hmmm. Powerline Lite 

james n posted:

tonym posted:

The hdmi input's a surprising but very welcome addition.

Nooooooo .... it'll only lead to audiophile HDMI cable neurosis 

Well, a good hdmi lead has the ability to totally transform the audio signal into realms previously thought completely unattainable.

Yours,

Tonym, The HDMI W*nky Cable Co. Ltd.

What's a Powerline Lite?

Wonderful ! Love the new design casing and the overall approach in terms of Mu-So style ergonomics / interface. Exciting developments.  And this from a recent Unitiqute 2 buyer! I very much look forward to reading about first impressions of the new equipment sound quality wise. 

Yeah were's the info about the powerline lite???

It's going to become standard on all Naim products: a lead with a special plug, a watered down Powerline. 

http://www.whathifi.com/news/n...-one-streaming-range

One more thing…
Oh, and one final thing: the New Uniti models all come with a new Naim mains plug as standard. As the company explains, having for a long time taken great care with its mains plugs, choosing only high-quality MK UK plugs and tightening the cable clamping screws to a set torque, it upped its game with the Power-Line cable, complete with floating pins able to align themselves for better contact with the socket.

For New Uniti it has ‘reverse engineered’ Power-Line into a more affordable version, Power-Line Lite, with the same floating pin technology: this cable will not only be standard with all the new models, but will also be rolled out to other Naim products supplied in the future, hopefully starting sometime early in 2017.

It will also be possible to buy the Power-Line Lite cable on its own at some point next year, as an upgrade for existing Naim products. It’s expected it will cost around £95-£100, rather than the £500+ of the ‘full fat’ Power-Line.

NaimAudio posted:

Our Research and Development team in Salisbury had to fundamentally deconstruct every historic design and technology decision we had ever made to challenge themselves and go further, especially in terms of sound quality. It’s a true ground-up development, all hand-built in Salisbury, with our core principles at its heart. We looked at every single aspect of the product proposition, the electronic architecture, the mechanical enclosure, the user experience and the approach to manufacture and assembly.

The result? A clear step change in every single aspect of the products, a true achievement of excellence. We hope you enjoy this exciting new product range and look forward to hearing what you think.

 

Does this mean that the sound quality exceeds all other Naim products to date, Statement included, all of which are immediately obsolete? Fantastic news for new entrants to the market, but likely to somewhat knock the scondhand value of most other things...

Very good visual style. The green illumated soft touch buttons are now non illuminated black ones ?

tonym posted:

The hdmi input's a surprising but very welcome addition.

Normally I disagree but on this I fully agree. I just but a Linn as a second to connect my tv by means of a Hdmi connection. It was better to wait.

James N posted

Nooooooo .... it'll only lead to audiophile HDMI cable neurosis 

Not with a Super Lumina HDMI cable ?????

has i expected a new design for naim, pretty obvious after the muso look. very life style look and it is far better than the old boxes.   very good.    the electronics will still be the same

mharttpalmer posted:

Ooh, naughty boy Andrew!  All looks great though!

Polarbear posted:

That was poor form!

Not at all naughty: some shabby click-hungry site that clearly can't be Trusted blew the embargo, so it was lifted at 09.00 this morning.