Streaming Audio

Something in AMA's thread on the NDS DAC (specifically wondering whether the streamer and suspension of the NDS was enough to justify the higher price over the DAC) got me back to a point I have been wondering about for awhile--which is kinda-sorta...

Hi all and happy New Year! Just received my streamer and set it up in my chain. As i do with the rest of my other kits i keep the utin on all the time, but I have noticed that it gets quite worm as opposed to the other pieces. I was wandering why...

Im playing with the idea to set up a separate network at home, dedicated for the music. Is there any thing special to consider doing that or is it just an Y-cable from the wall into a new router and off we go? //Jonas

Hi all, Spotify opened for business in the US last month, and I'm hooked. It's time to find a better way to stream  from an iMac to my nDAC. Right now I'm doing it the simple way: wirelessly from a macbook pro to an Airport Express connected...

I have been streaming Radio Paradise into my system( see proflie) through my MacBoookPro/HiFace/nDAC at 128K.The results have been very good.Recently I downloaded the mobile app. for Radio Parasdise and steamed it through my nDAC using the Apple USB...

Happy new year to all!I'd know if is better to leave my HDX (with 555PS) always power on or isn't necessary.I leave the 555PS always on.Thanks.Massimo

Hi! Happy new year to all!!! I came across this here in the manual of my ND5XS: The NDX/5XS is fitted on its rear panel with a Signal Ground switch offering two positions: Chassis and Floating. Select the Chassis position unless NDX/5XS is connected in a hi-fi system incorporating another earthed source component, or mains “hum” is audible through the loudspeakers. Contact your retailer, distributor or Naim for advice if necessary. Note: “Connected” in the context above means an analogue...

Hi all. I'm setting up my Uniti with a Qnap drive (219pii & barracudas). Basic questions: Where (which folder) should I import music to? Will Uniti see the Music Station folder and is there any benefit of storing it there? Currently I have set up a FLAC folder in Multimedia folder of Web File Manager. Is there any way I can change tags once on the Nas? All the folders are appearing fine, but lots of file naming protocols were a bit odd so I have multiple...

Hi, it happened overnight that if i want to play one of my playlists created on n-stream, it tells me that the song is not available anymore or the server is offline. All songs in the playlist are marked with that red "X".  If i...

Went to place my order for one at the weekend and been told today it's discontinued with no more stock at Naim. V. frustrating!

Just back from holiday, installed it on my Mac and works well. The best piece I like is the possibility to sort albums with album art by artist. Will investigate further Finally all the cover pictures sorted by artist.

I've been holding off getting a high end streaming solution for awhile. I was finally able to listen to an nDAC + CD5xs and was blown away. Unfortunately, there was no ND5 of NDX to compare it to, only an NDS+555PS - which was totally amazing, and...

Hi! I'm deciding between building a vortexbox or buying a unitiserve. I was wondering how the accuracy of rip's and cover art retrieval differs between the two ?. I know that the vortexbox can use Bliss, which will need a little...

Guys, I'm in completely foreign territory here so excuse me not using the Search facility but don't know where to start!!! But simple question if I get a hi-def 24bit download in WAV can I play it in iTunes and on my ...

Hi Guys Seasons greetings. My NDX is behaving strangely. I play a track via Unitiserve / UPNP and momentarily all appears well. The track shows up on the NDX display as if about to play, then the text 'Stopped - Press Play To Start' appears. I...

Hi , Does changing the compression setting for FLAC form 5 to 0 have any effect on quality of music ? I have a zone ripper max which I presume is set to compression level 5. I have a few CDs which could not be ripped so I ripped them using...

Just done it and it's gone, no Coverflow in iTunes 11. One of the best things about iTunes and they erased it from version 11?? How disappointing!!

I was thinking about internet radio streams and how they are always quoted in kbps, whereas cd and hi-res is always referred to by bit depth and sample rate. A cd is as 16/44.1 which should equate to 705.6kbps but, according to HDTracks, a cd is...

Hi all, My current itunes library on my MBP contains around 90% MP3/AAC audio files and i was going to convert to lossless. However, am i right in thinking that converting MP3 to lossless wont really improve the sound quality? Only...

i currently connect a portable hard drive filled with music FLAC files into the USB inputs of my Uniti as source. The result is good. Just wondering if sound quality could be improved if instead i stream the music from my NAS or use the optic out...

Hi folks,Does anyone know how to change the bit rate of the radio stations when using the Unitiseve ? For example if I select BBC Radio 2, it shows a very modest bitrate of 48 kbps, and it does not seem possible to change this .  In contrast...

HiI currently have a Unitiserve/NDX/Nait XS in one room. However I would like to make the music on the US available in another room using a less expensive set up. My question is would the music on the US be available using any DLNA compatable Sreamer...

Having upgraded from Cyrus to Naim (following a Naim factory tour) with a SuperUniti I bought some music from the Naim label - Meet me in London - 24 bit at 192kHz. It sounds wonderful, playing from a USB drive. However I have tried to stream this...

I'd like to get an external drive for my Macbook Pro to rip my CD collection, mainly because I am not sure the Macbook's internal drive will last 800 CDs, so I might as well get a dedicated ripping drive. Does the choice of drive make any...

Hello, I'd appreciate any advice if the following looks familiar. Ripping from cd using XLD is going not too badly (a few glitches I'll look at later), but I've a query on downloaded hi-res files. I bought and downloaded a hi res flac album...