Uniti Atom vs Moon Neo ACE

Since this is a Naim Forum, you might have an idea of the outcome 

sulfur posted:

Hi all, new & potential NAIM owner here looking for some good advices.

If I live in the UK, I would have bought the Atom already.  However, on my side of the pond, the Atom is roughly the same price as the ACE so it makes things a bit more interesting.

I'm looking for an all-in-one to drive my Focal 906s.  They are placed on the 13' side of my 13' x 11' living room (which is openly connected to my 17' x 20' kitchen area, but the 906s do not face the kitchen).

I'm not sure if anyone has done a direct comparison between these 2 awesome units.  They both seem very capable and likely an overkill for what I wanted one for.  FYI I don't think I'll be subscribing to any monthly music service yet, so it'll be just for BT, NAS, Internet Radio and digital/analog sources for now.

I know in the past folks here have loosely compared the ACE to a SU or perhaps a Uniti 2.  Unfortunately the Star or Nova is out of my budget.  So I'm just curious how you think the newer Atom fares agains the ACE if they're at the same price point?

Thanks so much for your replies in advance.

As much as I enjoyed the Atom when I had one for a few days. If you're like me, and like to use the remote or even the front of the unit itself, to quickly select your music you might not get along with the Atom as it requires the Naim app for most of the functions. It looks like the ACE will be more like the old Uniti range in this respect. Just something to keep in mind.

Well i will also look into Moon coming from Naim SU and i also heard a lot of good things about Moon. So this Candian brand looks interesting. Also i like the design.

Thanks for all your replies.  I think I'll probably be very happy with either unit.  I just have to convince myself the SQ & capabilities are worth spending the paycheques on to replace an aging Marantz SR5400 that's just hooked up in 2ch mode.