Best Way to Stream Pandora to Uniti

Posted by: David23 on 31 July 2011

I'm looking for some advise on the best way to steam Pandora.to my Unti 

-Mini plug? 

-Roku Player or Apple TV player (using Optical)

 

Is there even much of a difference since Pandora cant stream the upgraded 192kbps to anything but a PC/Mac

 

Thanks,

 

David

Posted on: 02 August 2011 by realhifi

Apple TV can work fine if you want to use Airplay from your phone or iPad.  A simple Apple dock works well too if you want to charge the iPad or iPhone at the same time and use analog outs into the Uniti. 

Posted on: 02 August 2011 by DavidDever

AirPort Express would also work fine via optical digital input–one can stream from iOS devices as noted in the post above, as well as from your desktop via Rogue Amoeba's AirFoil utility (Mac / Win). The same can be said for nearly any desktop application that generates audio output from a compressed audio stream (including Rhapsody, Sirius XM, etc.)

Posted on: 05 August 2011 by David23

Thats great, thanks Dave.  This sounds like the perfect option, so I should be able to use the higher quality (paid -pandora one, stream to Airport Express and feed into Naim Uniti digitaly.? 

 

I looked at the Optical plug on the Airport and it looks like an analog mini plug - am I missing something?

Posted on: 06 August 2011 by DavidDever
It's a multifunction connector w mini-Toslink.
Posted on: 29 August 2011 by David23
Originally Posted by DavidDever:
It's a multifunction connector w mini-Toslink.

Does this mini-Toslink send a digital signal in to the Uniti via the front input?

I see the Airport Express also has USB out, wondering if that would work as well.

Posted on: 29 August 2011 by DavidDever
No. Mini-Tos to Tos into the back should work fine.
Posted on: 28 November 2011 by David23

Dave, thanks again, this setup works like a charm (Airfoil to Airport express, to Uniti optical in via Tos link cable.)  Highly recommend, sounds great.

 

Question -- All my tunes are in itunes in lossless format, that said, would there be any difference in sound quality in streaming itunes to airport express over hard wired ipod though the upgraded naim connector ipod connector?

 

I'm truing to rid myself of the ugly eyesore of having to look at the ipod cable plugged into the front (see picture - you can see why anyone would hate this) .  I wish naim would have done the upgrade using the old nlink cable, or just used the space so there's no need to plug into to the front --it just kills the looks.

 

Thanks