UnitiServe power supplies

Posted by: Timmo1341 on 12 October 2017

There appears to be a general consensus that the PS supplied by Naim with the US is less than ideal. Before spending up to £1,000 on a 3rd party product, can anyone tell me if the huge improvement in SQ applies to what is sent from the US to the streamer, or is it limited purely to music played via SPDIF connection from the US to a music system.

Hmm, above is a little clumsy, which probably represents the fact I'm not really comfortable with the various concepts at play. My US is used solely to rip and store CDs, then supply the digital data via a wired network to my 3 Naim devices (272, UnitiQute2 and MuSo). Will I notice a 'night and day' improvement in SQin these circumstances if I buy, for example, a top quality linear power supply for the US?

Thanks in advance!

Posted on: 13 October 2017 by French Rooster

i am surprised to read always the same doubts about the addition of linear ps vs stmps. Naim improved the unitserve ( with its stock stmps) by adding a linear ps to the new uniticore ( not only that but it is an important part).

The second critic is also the cost: between 500 to 1000GBP of these linear ps: but nobody criticizes the cost of a powerline , nearly the same cost, vs a stock powerlite.

To end i want to say that the israeli ps often mentioned is not so good and the improvement not so significant. the 400w hdplex or uptone js2 give better sounding results.