I am new to Naim and Streaming. I have a Uniti Atom and stream via Spotify. I use an Ipad iOS.11.2.6 with the Naim app. Despite opening Spotify via the Naim app, it seems the default player is the Ipad itself. Once I change the player to the Atom it seems to accept this for some time and then reverts back to the Ipad as the default player if I have not used the Atom for a day or so. I never want to use the Ipad to play Spotify, is it possible make the Atom the default player? Thanks for your help.
Posted on: 29 March 2018 by hungryhalibut
I think you may find that this is the way Spotify Connect works. I don’t know what you think about the sound quality from Spotify but I find it unlistenable, and you are hearing nothing of what your lovely new Atom is capable of. At least try Tidal, which is lossless.
Posted on: 29 March 2018 by JohnLA
Thanks for the advice, I am using Spotify premium. I have got a CD player connected to the Atom so I guess I can compare that with Spotify. Streaming is a new novelty for me so I have been listening to a lot of new music rather listen to my CD collection. I do plan to rip some of my CDs with DBpoweramp and get a NAS drive eventually. I have no experience of assessing or discriminating the sound quality against sample rate.
Posted on: 29 March 2018 by Gazza
Spotify is OK for a quick listen before a purchase, but for long term listening Tidsl is much better. I did get a free 6 month Tidal trial with my Nova, surprised you did not with Atom. Might be worth a call to dealer or Naim.
