Streaming Audio

System:   Late 2012 MAC Mini. [plain iTunes, with 7805 tracks, amounting to 27.3 days of music or 386.76 GB of AIFF files]   DAC V1 using the asynchronous USB connection.   NAP 100 connected with a standard SNAIC.   Quad ESL 57s connect with six metre lengths of NACA 5 with standard Naim.   In other words a simple system in many ways.   About eight years ago I had to sell my CDS 2 not long after having a new transport mechanism fitted. I had decided that I would...

Hi All, I’m new to the forum, so please be kind. I’ve been demoing a number of Naim products over the last month and I’ve pretty much decided to go with the SuperUniti. I’m having trouble understanding how this will work! I have a MacBook Pro which will be the source of my music and I currently use VLC and or Itunes as the software, also spotify but as I understand it, I’ll have to use my IPhone to stream this application Will the n-serve app work on my Mac for the SuperUniti? I cant find it...

a very nice person has just given me some FLAC files that i have on my PC hard-drive. The files have some interesting music arranged in folders for each album, but i can see other files in each directly. 2 questions: (a) what is the best...

While there was no music playing, in a silent room, I bumped into my audio cabinet ever so lightly and heard the NDS sub chassis make a light metal tapping sound. Similar but not exactly like knocking on the outside of the NDS case with your knuckle. I was able to recreate this sound by moving the NDS on it's shelf with a short quick move of the NDS or walking right in front of my HiFi rack when the room is silent. My listening room is on a suspended wood floor (2nd floor room), combine that...

Hi to all, Yesterday there was three power cuts in my area within one hour. I was in during these power cuts but didn't think about any possible problem with my NAS until the,'Penny Dropped' and ran upstairs to turn the NAS back on only to...

Hello Everyone and a very happy new year to you all... I must firstly apologise for starting a new thread on what basically as already being answered back in Oct 2013?Afraid I have being very seriously ill...and all thoughts of HiFi Heaven sort...

Sonos has added French company Qobuz to its list of streaming music services, bringing a CD-quality streaming service to Sonos for the first time. Qobuz on Sonos is now available in a total of nine countries in Europe: France, Germany, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Austria. Users who pay €19.99/month will get unlimited streaming access to CD-quality FLAC files at 16-bit/44.1kHz. You can download tracks in this format and also in high-res audio quality, known...

The arrival of my first granchild prompted me to buy the very reasonably priced  '100 Children's Favourites'. a 5CD collection of classic original songs. These bring me back both to my childrens' childhood and to my own growing years. But, when I...

Has any one set up the MultiRomm party mode with two or more Naim products as i am interested in the setup, performance and what to know it if is worth the effort. I have the Unitlite and was thinking of adding the Unitigute 2 to enable this set ...

Has anyone tried and compared the sound of a streamer with and without an FM board? (Feeling annoyed with iRadio!)

This might be interesting for folks who are trying to ascertain whether two cd rips are bit by bit identical. You'll need to install Audacity.  1) Import Filesa) File => Import => Audio (choose make a copy) -> First fileb) File...

I have recently installed MinimServer on my QNAP NAS to see what it can do. It is indeed very flexible and can do all I want a server to do, except one thing - it does not support multiple genre. I tried both FLAC and WAV files but still no luck. From...

I used to have a sneaky which I sold, but I really miss the songcast feature, which allowed output of my macbook through tcp/ip into the sneaky. I wish that naim would have such a feature. In the meantime, though for my purposes, it seems...

I've had a UnitiQute combined with a Lacie Network HardDrive for streaming my music. This post ain't a rant against UnitiQute or Naim. I like the sound & it does more then i hoped for. My problem comes from that hard drive. It keeps disconnecting & going into sleep mode constantly even if i disabled this function on the hard drive. When this happens, of course, the Unitiqute can't read-it. I try to wake-up the hard drive with my computer & it works randomly. Talked to Lacie tech...

Supposed to be better for backups than regular consumer hard drives. Apparently, better for error recovery than regular WD Green/Black series...

I have been living with my new ND5SX for a week now (and loving it), but out of the first 7 internet radio stations I've programmed the presets 2 have a problem: 1. Naim Radio. It plays with a heavy distortion, it sounds like a diesel engine...

Hi All, I finally was able to back up my entire library to my NAS(Synology DS212j). Many thanks to those who helped me out. But the US can not read my Hi Rez Files in the NAS. Do the Hi Rez files need to be in the same "back up folder" as the...

Can you hardwire direct from HDX to an external drive, sans network, cat-5, router etc., via back panel  jacks to an external HD to increase , a) Speed, b) accuracy, and C) to keep network free of additional traffic ?  I know this should be...

Out of the blue...or so it seems, not a single CD i placed within the drive to rip was recognized by AMG. Mainstream Jazz titles mostly, with a few newer titles. Seems like the HDX dwells for what seems like an inordinate amount of time trying to...

Did you rip your full CD collection or were you selective? I'm looking at some of my Rory Gallagher CDs where I have the castle release, the 1999 remaster ad the 2012 remaster. All sound different so worth ripping all.Yesterday I ripped an...

I have been enjoying streaming internet radio in my office using a Qute.  I have an original CB Nait 2 that I would like to use in my kitchen/living room and use with AVI Neutron speakers and am looking for a simple inexpensive way to...

Having ripped my whole collection to a NAS I'm curious as to any sonic differences between the two players? I use a 555PS on the HDX and would also use this should I swap to an NDX. The main reason is a simple one - to get volume cotrol via...

Hello all, I am a complete novice when it comes to audio but decided that music was too important in my life to continue listening via computer and have spent a considerable amount of money (to me anyway) on a SuperUniti and comparably good...

Hi, I linked my NDX with 282, and I notice there is volume control on n-Stream app. However, the volume control function doesn't work. I still need to use traditional remote controller to control volume on 282. Couldn't NDX like Apple TV to adjust...

Hi,I updated a playlist (m3u created with iTunes) on my Lacie Wireless Space NAS but n-Stream and UnitiQute see an play the former version. Deleting the UPnP cache did not help. My Sonos system in the kitchen has no problem to see and play the updated...