New Uniti : price list in Europe

badlands posted:

So........ people are upset because the new Naim products are LESS expensive to buy   Therefore more consumers might be able to afford them.

Looks more like sour grapes to me.

If it is true due to the 14% drop in the value of the £ , does that mean Naim will refund the difference to current owners of their kit, who have purchased items at the old price since the drop in value, and why hasn't Naim adjusted their prices on the  current products?

If not, then there are some pretty unethical dealers out there keeping soo much profit for themselves. Oh wait, these are the same dealers selling SL cables at the suggested retail to the fold, and laughing all the way to the bank.

I don't think anyone is upset that they cost less, especially if they maintain naim quality.... the question was WHY they cost less, and if the reason is due to using inferior parts in the builds. I for one will wait until they are out and see how they perform ..... as I am rather tempted for the Nova

I believe it is down to two factors; firstly the design set out to make these units easier, and hence faster to build than the outgoing models.  Secondly, the reorganisation of the factory into build "cells" for the new range has brought extra efficiency.  Because Naim kit is hand built at the factory, making the process more efficient brings a significant saving, thus you can get more product for a lower price.  Of course, against that has been a somewhat unexpectedly large shift in the exchange rate.  Most electronic componentry that Naim buys is traded in US$ or Euros, so suddenly Naim's BOM costs have risen considerably.

Got Hi-Fi? posted:

Yeah, it wasn't on Naim's site I read that, it was on one of the many others introducing this new line. But agreed, if it is to be a player, that it would more than likely rip first. 

I doubt that a CD will be ripped first in order to play. Also the HDX and UnitiServe did work in that way ...

It will be ripped.

As with HDX and UnitiServe. It effectively rips but does not store. Hence, the drive used is entirely appropriate.

Something similar  was pioneered by Rega.

I've just wasted half an hour (which included somehow downloading Adobe Acrobat Reader in Ukrainian) trying to copy Rega's 'Design & Innovation' section from their CD player manuals.

In brief - ....... with the decreasing availability of specialised audio CD transports Rega (after Sony stopped supply in 2003) developed a 'totally new disc operating system' which, I understood, read the data into a buffer - allowing the use of relatively cheap and available drives more designed for data retrieval.

Adam Meredith posted:

 

Something similar  was pioneered by Rega.
I've just wasted half an hour (which included somehow downloading Adobe Acrobat Reader in Ukrainian) trying to copy Rega's 'Design & Innovation' section from their CD player manuals.

In brief - ....... with the decreasing availability of specialised audio CD transports Rega (after Sony stopped supply in 2003) developed a 'totally new disc operating system' which, I understood, read the data into a buffer - allowing the use of relatively cheap and available drives more designed for data retrieval.

Didn't Meridian do that even before Rega ?  As I recall the G series CD players (possibly the 500 series before too) read the CD at double speed into a buffer allowing for re-reads and error correction as well as lowering jitter.  (I'm working from memory so maybe wrong).

Eloise posted:

Didn't Meridian do that even before Rega ?  As I recall the G series CD players (possibly the 500 series before too) read the CD at double speed into a buffer allowing for re-reads and error correction as well as lowering jitter.  (I'm working from memory so maybe wrong).

I - dunno.

I do know that Rega were pretty stoked about their implementation.