Uniti and active speakers - adapter 4-Din preamp out to cinch female?

Posted by: gert on 29 December 2016

Hello,

I would like to experiment with an active speaker connected to my naim uniti. The problem now is the Din socket preamp out of the uniti. I cannot find an adapter to cinch female for it. Do such adapters exist? Or do I have to solder one myself? If the latter how does the pin layout look like from the din plug?

As it is a first experiment I do not want to buy and solder a complete, long adapter cable, just a short one to connect a normal cinch cable to it. The only adapter I have found was a din to male cinch for naim amplifiers.

Thank you

Gert

Posted on: 29 December 2016 by Richard Dane

Gert, best have one made up by your dealer. You could do one yourself if you're good at soldering such things. The DIN4 Pre-out pin layout is detailed in the manuals.

Posted on: 30 December 2016 by gert

Hi Richard,

I took a look at the uniti's manual, but unfortunately I could not find the pin layout description. Are you sure it is documented so I just have overlooked it?

Thank you
Gert

Posted on: 30 December 2016 by Richard Dane

Gert, it can be found in the Amplifier manual. It's also illustrated on the rear panel of many models in the Naim range. Here's a picture of the back of the Hicap. Note the pin layout of the Pre-out DIN4s on sockets 1, 2, and 3. The pre-out on your Uniti is the same.

Posted on: 30 December 2016 by gert

Ah, great, thank you very much for the information. I think I now have found a ready to order adapter, though it is not very cheap, but maybe it is good. If I knew that the experiment will be lucky, I had no problem to order this. But if the active speakers will not work well with the uniti I had better soldered one myself.

I am just irritated a little bit by the description "In-Line Phono/RCA". Will it work anyway?
The ring locking is the correct one, is it? (Not the latching one?)