New Addition To Naim Digital Line-Up

Whatever this product is, this forum will tell NAIM it is the wrong product, it should have had this that and the other in it, or it has the wrong protocols etc etc etc.

Pretty sure it's a posh Qute.

Gordon, relax, sales will be good, I am sure.

My comments above were as always IMHO and possibly echo those of a few more here on the forum...

Life goes on, it's only hifi...

So no new Cassette Deck then? 

Although a SuperUniti doesn't sound like something for me, I'm sure they'll be interested customers. I'm happy with the UQ as a one-box player for the office. Was hoping from a CD transport/streamer to feed the Naim DAC in my main system, I have an alternative solution in mind, but want to see if Naim would come up with something first. Still no matter, you can't always get what you want and I'm probably in a minority of 1. 

SuperUniti 

SuperUniti, combines facility of Qute, Naim DAC & Supernait.  80 WPC, £3250

Mine is quite small Bruce 

Been thinking since I posted that it wasn't for me that UQ could go in the bedroom and be replaced my SuperUniti in the office - hence with the VB streaming capability I could have the Naim sound around the house. A bit like a Sonus system, but with black boxes instead of white. 

Can you put a SuperCap with the SuperUniti or even a 555PS for the DAC bit? 

All the best, Guy 

Looks like a great product for Naim and it's customers.

No.  It is a Uniti product.  One box.  Looks like only upgrade allowed is a preamp. 

If Naim allowed power supply upgrades for the sources in the Uniti line, nobody would buy the stand alone sources as you get less.

Looks like it ihas a great mix of functionality and performance in one unit at a good price point!

Looks to me like a generous product that'll do a lot of things for a lot of people and which answers far more questions than it raises.

I would have used a different naming convention. For instance Uniti45 and Uniti80.

So I might be EXACTLY the customer they are looking for.  I'm in the market to build a 2 channel system, and was strongly considering the XS, UnitiServ and nDAC combo (plus Devore Nines)(plus a Naim power supply, for which I've heard sonic improvement first-hand with the XS).  It would be a fair amount of money for me, but an 'all Naim' system has appeal.

I'm interested in hearing the pro's and con's of this vs. the "SuperUniti."

Just arrived home from a superbly informative well-executed day of explanations and demonstrations that certainly must be worth a visit by everyone with even the remotest interest in streaming. I would commend a visit to one of the remaining shows to anyone who can get there.

The opportunity to see and to hear the entire range of streaming products was invaluable to us; it really brings home the number of combinations already available.

Just one complaint. Who locked the door of the demo room?

I have spent months avoiding hearing a 555PS on the nDAC, we have an XPS, how much better could a 555 be? Unfortunately I found out today.

Can’t add to what has already been said about the SuperUnity, it is as beautifully engineered as the rest of the product range; I’m sure it will sell well.

Thanks to all the folk from Naim for an excellent day.

Peter

I think it is difficult for anyone to answer your question reliably because nobody has actually heard the SU yet. However, the way I see it you can be pretty sure that Naim have come up with a great sounding integrated. I would guess that it doesn't quite match the SuperNait from an amplification and sound quality point of view but then again it just might? The streaming and DAC section in the SU on the other hand is likely to be better than the inbuilt DAC of the SuperNait as it is partly based on nDAC/NDX architecture and the ability to connect via Ethernet is a big plus. I owned a Nait XS and SuperNait in the past and tbh I could easily live with either, if part of a balanced system. So I am sure the SU will be just fine from a sound quality point of view and if streaming is your main priority and you don't want to go down the pre/power route and won't get sucked into wanting to gain the nth degree more in SQ by adding yet more boxes such as external power supplies or a dedicated DAC, than the SU would make a whole lot of sense. As always best to audition before you buy.

Yes. It's one of those "Oh wow!.... Oh hell!" moments.

Not for nothing am I making a point of not listening to the 552 or 500.

Personally my own question would be: why customer should choose SuperUniti over UnitiQute.

Is it because the Super would have overall a better sound, or because of higher power requirements for different speakers (floorstanding vs bookshelf)?

Hi Harry & Simon

Hmm, the problem was that my wife was with me and having heard first the HDX, then NDX bare, the systems were built up stage by stage to include HDX/nDAC/XPS and the NDX/nDAC/XPS then XPS was changed to 555. I think that’s correct. All played into 282/SC/250/S400’s.

It was the calm way that my wife looked up and said, “Ah, this is the one” when the NDX/nDAC/555 was playing; I’m sure the colour drained from my face. I thought we only needed another streamer. Mind you, I was hoping that the 400’s would be demoed, we will be trying these at home once we have decided on the streaming solution.

Perhaps we should form a pact Harry, not to listen to a 500 series amp…….ever!

Peter

DSP-based buffering & de-jittering as NDX / Naim DAC

3rd-generation streaming module with 192kHz streaming and 802.11n Wi-Fi support (all new)

New discrete resistor-ladder volume control circuit (all new)

System automation via n-Stream

More output power (better low-level performance)

This SuperUniti will be really something. Naim has included some new very promizing technologies as Dave said.

I have talked to Steve about this new resistor lader: a discreet pot that sounds better than traditional pots, no more chanel unbalancement, consistent all over the range.

And a new generation of streaming board, better sounding, with N WiFi and 24 192.

This new unit is not just a new product in the Naim lineup, it is the sarting point of new generation of technologies at Naim.

I have not yet got the oportunity to listen to it, I will in a few weeks. We will present one at the Toronto Show the last weekend of Septembre.

And as Gordon said, this is a product we were waiting for, the SuperNait is a very succesfull product, but we now need to go further: the market wants streaming in a compact high end integrated amp. Maybe not the nirvana for you 282 250 or 552 500 owners but remember you have probably all started with a NAIT...

Very excited, much more than by Internet radio in servers because a server needs its steaming client to get the best of it IMO and Naim UPnP clients have Internet radio. This feature is more interresting for NaimNet (still to come) than for UPnP HDX and UnitiServe IMO.

Sold - am now saving

Should be great with the Nap 200

Tog