Atom/Nova server mode

Ok, so it is behaving as a server and I can see the USB connected audio on my Oppo.

So if network shares are not supported directly I wonder if there are any workarounds to transfer new audio to a USB attached device on Atom/Nova.

Bearing in mind the common code between the Core and the other new Unitis, how the Core behaves in standby is perhaps instructive. In normal standby it remains discoverable on the network and can serve from its own music store and any shares. If you put it into deep sleep then it doesn't show up on the network and can't serve until it's woken up. It uses much less power when it's in deep sleep.

I can't see why Naim would make the other Unitis that have server mode any different

I suspect that the answer to the second question is that you can't set up shares but it can serve from a music store. But I'm afraid I don't know enough about Atom/Nova to help any more.

best

David

The Atom and Nova will act as UPnP servers only for files on directly attached USB drives. Being UPnP, it is usable by non-Naim devices too. Why the server is visible when you have turned it off, I’m afraid I can’t say! I agree about the ‘support’ pages though, they are pretty poor compared to the old PDF manuals. 

David Hendon posted:

Bearing in mind the common code between the Core and the other new Unitis, how the Core behaves in standby is perhaps instructive. In normal standby it remains discoverable on the network and can serve from its own music store and any shares. If you put it into deep sleep then it doesn't show up on the network and can't serve until it's woken up. It uses much less power when it's in deep sleep.

 

Thanks, that may well be the case. 

ChrisSU posted:

The Atom and Nova will act as UPnP servers only for files on directly attached USB drives. Being UPnP, it is usable by non-Naim devices too. Why the server is visible when you have turned it off, I’m afraid I can’t say! I agree about the ‘support’ pages though, they are pretty poor compared to the old PDF manuals. 

Thanks - I suspect network shares could be supported with some software tweaks.

The new Uniti series I believe were heralded as being able to do a few things that they can't - for example ripping CDs using a USB attached CD/DVD drive, and perhaps providing a NAS type function was something that was considered though naturally that might detract from sales of Uniti Core and Star options.

Logistically I can imagine it might not be ideal to have a streamer offering more network services than necessary as it might compromise performance and ultimately sound quality, but a same if possible that such functionality had not been enabled.

ChrisSU posted:

The Atom and Nova will act as UPnP servers only for files on directly attached USB drives. Being UPnP, it is usable by non-Naim devices too. Why the server is visible when you have turned it off, I’m afraid I can’t say! I agree about the ‘support’ pages though, they are pretty poor compared to the old PDF manuals. 

That's strange. Why shouldn't they be able to serve files that are stored on other devices? After having read Andrew Everard's review of the Star on the May Gramophone issue, I was under the impression that the Core and the Star could do so, why wouldn't Atom and Nova be able to do the same? Anyway, I find the lack of precise specifications extremely annoying. I have read the manuals of the Naim DAC and of the SN2 before I bought  the devices. Also, I have decided not to buy a UnitiServe after having carefully read its manual. I would certainly not buy any new Naim device if I was not able to access a detailed manual. Hopefully Naim have learned from the Uniti range mistakes and will do better with the new Classic range.  

I think it's about product differentiation. The "new platform" and the code is basically the same but the hardware around the edges of the platform and the modules of code that are "switched on" depends what product you buy.

best

David