The Times They Are a Changing?

Posted by: Bob the Builder on 31 January 2018

With Linn's new digital out phono stage and Naim's new Uniti range are we seeing two of the big players in UK hifi edging away from analogue and into the digital domain completely as a design philosophy. In the future will we see a D - Nap 250 with all D class circuitry powering ever smaller, ever more powerful speakers a la Devialet?

I know nothing of electronics perhaps one of our tech savvy members can explain if this is a good or a bad thing or the reasons why it will never happen. But the search for ever smaller, ever more visually discreet systems must eventually lead to the removal of the big heavy transformers that power our speakers?

Posted on: 02 February 2018 by dave-mac

For what it's worth, I had a full separates system 15-20 years ago, then sold everything once digital formats become such a brilliant convenience. A couple of good quality bookshelf speakers connected to my computer and I was as over the moon.

Fast forward to the muso, the fact I wanted better sound quality, and spotify connect - it was perfect.

Fast forward to the new uniti range and bam, here I am again with an atom and floorstanders dominating my living room. Couldn't be happier with the sound.

If it was Naims master plan to once again suck people into 'hifi' via the muso range, then they played it perfectly and I'm happy they did.

Posted on: 03 February 2018 by Olly

My house contains some LP's and a lot of photo's, CD's, DVD's and books.

I already had a fair few of all these (OK not DVD's) by the time I was 25.

My son is that age and has no LP's, no photo's, no DVD's or CD's but he is amassing books.

The past is analogue, the present and even more so the future are digital.

Olly

Posted on: 03 February 2018 by Innocent Bystander

Does he not have photos, music and videos on his phone? That indeed would be rare from what I have seen, though photos far less than if he was female.