Naim HDX and Apple iTunes songs

Posted by: Salman on 20 February 2011

Hello everyone, I just heard a demo of the HDX at a local retailer and was quite impressed by the sound quality. Does anyone know if iTunes songs can be imported on HDX's hard drive? If yes, will the album artwork and all the information about each song be preserved on the HDX as well? Appreciate any feedback.

Posted on: 20 February 2011 by garyi

No.

And no.

Posted on: 20 February 2011 by Salman

Ok, thanks for letting me know. Here's another option which is quite tedious and time consuming (not to mention several CD-Rs used up: if I burn all the iTunes song to discs and then rip them onto HDX's hard drive, will that do the trick in terms of album art and song info?

Thanks

Posted on: 20 February 2011 by DavidDever

No–it is possible to share your iTunes Library on either Mac OS X or Windows XP / Vista / 7, but it is iTunes' lack of persistent cover art that prevents the HDX from displaying it.

Music_Servers_Instructions_iTunes_Music_Library_Mac_OS_X.pdf Music_Servers_Instructions_iTunes_Playlists_Mac_OS_X.pdf Music_Servers_Instructions_iTunes_Music_Library_Windows_XP_Vista_7.pdf

In general, there are applications available to populate the iTunes Music folders with artwork, but my guess is that you'd likely rip CDs on the HDX instead of iTunes, which would obviate the need for this.