The Mu-so has landed

+ 1 It does sound symptomatic of a router or network problem rather than a Mu-so fault. 

Nope, am pretty certain it's an Apple 'feature'. I see elsewhere on this site that there has been problems with IOS 8.1 and now OSX 10.10. 

Unfortunately I only picked up my Muso on Monday so have not had too long to play with it. However, current circumstances have only emerged since the upgrades to MacBook Air and iPad operating systems, although MacBook is appalling. Additionally, MacBook is the only device that is not streaming directly from iCloud ie the music is local on the MacBook Air. I'd have 'experimented' a bit more but my wife would have lost the plot. 

That shop you bought your Muso from at Toll Cross is quite nice. My brother lives just round the corner and I used to have a drink in The Cloisters when I visited Edinburgh.

Yes, your I-Pad has access to the same music as Mu-so (Spotify, UPnP, I-radio...) so use mu-so for room filling and your I-Pad for headphone listening.

Most welcome Stovie, not an ideal solution of course but let's hope Apple sort out the airplay problems with iOS 8.

Some of you might be pleased to know that a small update to OSX10.10 was performed automatically on my MacBook Air this morning and magically I have been streaming to my Muso all morning without a hiccup. Now, I wonder where half my Led Zeppelin III songs that are on my PC but not on the MacBook Air, which is supposed to be matched, have gone, and why output mirroring works on my MacBook Air and Windows PC, but not my iPad or iPhone? All of this getting too tricky for you Apple?

I bought my Muso last week, but have only had the first chance to get it out of its box(es) today.  I was really pleased with the painless setting up procedure, it connected to my Rip NAS on my first attempt.  Brilliant build quality and gorgeous sound; I echo the views of some posters in wishing that it had a headphone socket, but apart from that... the Muso really is excellent in all respects

I dropped in to John Lewis in Cambridge again today.  They've created a new 'Music Streaming' area with nice displays by Sonos (boxes piled high and two sold in the 5 mins that I was there), Bose, B&W etc.  In contrast the mu-so sat on a plain white shelf on its own with no signage looking rather forlorn.  The bright fluorescent lighting certainly didn't flatter the brushed aluminium casing and there was no possibility of enjoying the superior sound in that environment.

There's plenty of money in Cambridge and with the right marketing I think this product would fly off the shelves. I actually felt annoyed that JL could do such a bad job presenting the mu-so. If Iwasn't already a Naim customer I wouldn't have given it a second glance. Come me on guys - it's a great-sounding, premium product and deserves (much) better!

It's not JL's fault. As a mass retailer they respond to customers' priorities and, to an extent, investment by suppliers. They don't see it as their role to educate customers - people have heard of Bose and Sonos and that makes them an easier sell. In that market, brand is everything, and brands take time and investment to build up. If Naim has the patience and money to do that then they can eventually succeed. If not, mass retail is not for them.

As Solid Air has said maybe not up to JL to promote, but a display pack with first stock wouldn't go amiss, it may be sent and not used of course.

NAIM  always have plenty of banners behind their items at shows and local demos.

As you know the mu-so has just entered the stores, positioning and place holders for the product are being introduced store by store, it will just take sometime to complete.

I thought you wouldn't miss out on this.

Hi all.

I just received my mu-so, and I notice a bit of hiss from the tweeters, faint white noise.

The noise is allways present when the device is not in standby mode, so it is not related to any one input.

It is by no means loud, but faintly audible at 2m. Is anyone else hearing this?

Thanks.

No. Mine's silent.

Thanks.

Actually, I was able to hear the same noise, only way fainter, on my main rig, so I guess my power is to blame.

I'd been looking for a higher quality streaming option since I bought the Muso. Initially I'd started a trial membership with Qobuz but I've found both the iPad and iPhone apps very buggy and the user interface is shocking. Interestingly I'd registered interest with Tidal which went live in the UK today (http://tidalhifi.com/gb) First impressions are very good. All their tracks seem to be in 1411kbps, 44.1 kHz/16-bit FLAC and ALAC format and the 'front end' of both the iOS apps and the desktop version are very impressive.

What Hifi have a very good review too if anyone's interested http://www.whathifi.com/tidal/review

Have deliveries begun in the U.S.?  No word from my dealer.  He's not commenting once he got my money.

Bud

Bud not sure on your retailers order but our distributor will have some units I would expect early next week.

Thanks,

I'll probably hear something in November.

Bud

Sinset, if you set UpNp and don't select a track or select iradio and stop stream with the volume setting still at the same point I would expect you to hear some hiss from the drivers, I can in mine though not from 2 meters away depends on the back ground noise in your home.

Thanks Paul, good to hear it is not a symptom of any fault.

The product is listed on the Apple website store... showing 1-3 days for delivery... but I don't think they actually have inventory in stores as yet.