Anyone using NDac + unitiserve?

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Originally posted by Ian F:
Hi Scot and Happy New Year to you in Canada,

I have had UnitiServe SSD, DAC and NAS on loan over the Christmas period to compare with my CDX2 (Mk1 version, so analogue output only) and XPS2. I contacted my dealer on Friday to confirm I would be making the purchase. The HDD based system outperforms my CDP in every way.

I am quite familiar with the sound of the CDS3 and to my ears the Serve/DAC combo is as good and of course cheaper; factor in the ease of use and the Serve/DAC becomes a bit of a no-brainer.

I must confess I was a little worried about having a computer based audio system as my experience with iTunes on my laptop has not been particularly positive. I am pleased to say that the set up, network acquisition and subsequent ripping process on the Serve has been almost flawless, though ripping is, of course, quite time consuming. Thankfully, it should be a one off process.

The rest of my system is 252, 300, Allaes and nSub.

Cheers

Ian

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Originally posted by GerryMcg:

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Posted Sat 01 January 2011 19:06 Hide Post

I would love to hear your final thoughts, or even thoughts on your systems progression (although it is a few levels above mine). I'm excited to have found someone working with a similar set-up.

Forgive my ignorance, but how exactly does the unitiserve read your net work. I will be working with a macmini initially (I will look at a netgear NAS later)and it is in the basement. My unitiserve will be connected to my router(airport Extreme) via Ethernet , but it too is in the basement....will run cable to the upstairs system.

Thanks, and I look foreward to hear more from you,

Hi Scot,

I now have CDS3/555PS,552,2*300's,Snaxo/SC2,nDac/XPS2,Unitiserve,SL2's,nSub. Also AV2 & Nap175 for AV purposes. I started on the Naim route in 1988 with a second hand set of 42.5/HiCap/140 driving with some difficulty (Phone Booth like) TDL Monitors.

I have upgraded, box by box over the years (5 pre-amps,4 power amps,3 CD players & 2 Speakers), and have never been dissapointed with any upgrade. The most significant changes in my system, were:

Supercap replacing 2*HiCaps on an 82
SBL's repacing TDL Monitors (less scale but more of everthing else)
SL2's replacing SBL's
CDS3 replacing CDS2
300's replacing 250.2's
Addition of nSub.

As regards my network I have a Netgear WNDr3700 router, Netgear Readynas Duo & ZyGEL 8 port ethernet Hub. The Unitiserve is wired to the hub, and it found the NAS unit immedediately. I used the web browser,on my laptop, to access the system set-up menu mainly to set music store for ripping purposes. Ripping is so simple just pop the CD in the Serve and it will rip to the NAS in 8 Minutes, with auto eject when finished.

It's a busy family time at the moment in my house and I have not yet done A/B comparison with the CDS3 or even tried the CD player facility of the Serve - I am looking forward to this. I also am awaiting better digital cabling to connect with the nDac. My initial thoughts are that there is not much difference with the CDS3.

I will update in due course.

Regards

Gerry

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I am quite familiar with the sound of the CDS3 and to my ears the Serve/DAC combo is as good

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Originally posted by Woods Scot:
Placed my order for my Ndac and Unitiserve today. I will let you all know first impressions next week when they arrive.

Scot

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Originally posted by ameden:

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Originally posted by Woods Scot:
Placed my order for my Ndac and Unitiserve today. I will let you all know first impressions next week when they arrive.

Scot

Hi, I have similar kit and IMHO it sounds pretty good. I don't think you will be disappointed, however we all look forward to your first impressions...enjoy.