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The world of high-end hi-fi is becoming increasingly connected. CDs and vinyl are being replaced with digital music formats, and hard drives and streaming devices now help us find, store and enjoy massive libraries of music.

Naim's range of digital systems and separates is specifically designed to bring out the best from your media, so you can now enjoy true high-fidelity sound coupled with the convenience of digital music. We call this:

Experience The Future Of Hi-Fi at your local
Naim specialist retail store

Selected Naim specialist stores are demonstrating the
brand new NDS Network Player, the new-and-improved
Discrete Regulator Power Supplies, and of course the stunning Ovator Loudspeakers.

Join us for spectacular music-listening experiences, and
to discover how music streaming is easy and a great way
to enjoy your music in true high-fidelity.

Coming to a Naim Specialist store near you... dates and venues to be confirmed soon!

Read more about The Future Of Hi-Fi :

Why is music streaming the way forward for hi-fi?

We all know that computing and networking now play a major role in many of our home music system set-ups. However, when it comes to playing music back in an impressive and enjoyable way that recreates the passion and excitement of the original recording, most computer sound cards and speakers fall way short of even the minimum levels of true hi-fi audio quality.

Naim’s portfolio includes a range of streaming music players that can be connected to hi-fi components over the home network either via hardwire Ethernet or wirelessly, giving extreme convenience and ease of use. To complete the set-up, Naim’s n-Stream and n-Serve apps allow you to browse your music and control your Naim devices using an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch.

Next-generation sound systems

Naim’s state-of-the-art and award-winning streaming music players are on show at your local Naim specialist store demonstrating exactly how Naim is transforming the way music is played in the home.

Naim’s range of network players includes the new reference NDS network player, which uses the latest in high-resolution network audio technology and the NDX network player, Naim’s first ever stand-alone streaming source. The entry-level ND5 XS completes the rage. All three deliver genuine audiophile performance whether streaming music stored around the home, playing audio files stored on iPod, iPhone or USB memory sticks, or any of the 15,000 + available internet radio stations. The HDX is the ultimate digital all-rounder which can rip, store, catalogue and play your music in superb quality. The unit is controlled via the front-panel touchscreen display, remote control, PC or Mac interfaces or the n-Serve app.

For the total convenience of streaming music throughout the home, Naim’s range of all-in-ones delivers on all counts. Whether it’s the reference SuperUniti all-in-one player, Naim’s latest addition to the Uniti family; UnitiServe which, like the HDX allows you to rip, store and share your music collection; NaimUniti or compact Naim UnitiQute all-in-one streaming music players which can be placed around the home to form a high-end multi-room system, Naim has the solution to all music requirements.

You can read even more in Naim's guide to music streaming

Go to the Naim Audio website

UnitiQute is a compact, digital streaming, all-in-one high-end audio player.

Everything the new era of music delivery can throw at it, UnitiQute can play; music downloads, high-resolution music files, internet radio, network music, UPnP™ servers, iPod/MP3 players, Wi-Fi streaming... just add speakers!

Small box... big on features:

• Two analogue inputs for CD players or portable music players via rear panel phono sockets and a front-panel mini-jack
• A preamp output so that adding an external power amplifier, or even a sub-woofer, gives you a very wide bandwidth audio
• iPod playback and control (Apple-authenticated)
• Front panel-mounted USB socket for iPod or MP3 player - will play music in almost any format up to 24bit/96kHz resolution straight from a memory stick
• FM and DAB tuners and Internet radio
• Ethernet and Wi-Fi network connectivity
• Outputs its internal sources or external digital signals to an external DAC for even higher audio quality
• It’s a digital hub for external digital sources, games consoles or digital TV audio.

Control UnitiQute with a remote handset or the clever n-Stream app for iPad, iPhone and iPod.

Go to the UnitiQute product page      Where to buy Naim in New Zealand

You can read all about the latest Naim Reviews and Awards at the Naim Audio website

The ultimate high performance and high convenience, wireless, distributed, home audio system

Naim's UnitiSystem represents a new approach to enjoying high fidelity music around the home. Simpler than traditional multi-room and focused purely on convenient access to music, UnitiSystem recasts the hi-fi rulebook and can, literally, re-wire your music. Simplicity and convenience aren't provided at the cost of true hi-fi performance, however; a Naim badge ensures that UnitiSystem delivers world-beating sound quality. UnitiSystem brings genuine Naim, audiophile, high-resolution sound quality to every room of the house.

UnitiSystem is "grown-up" hi-fi made simple. UnitiSystem comprises the SuperUniti, NaimUniti 2 and UnitiQute multi-source, all-in-one players, and the UnitiServe CD ripping UPnPTM music server.

With a UnitiServe as the hub of the system, and any combination of the SuperUniti, NaimUniti 2 or UnitiQute as satellite players, a simple wired or wireless network and a pair of speakers for each room can light up an immensely capable and fabulous sounding multi-room music system. System control can be via touch screens, conventional handsets, a PC or Mac, as well as an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch app.


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  _{From left: Naim UnitiServe, SuperUniti, NaimUniti2 and UnitiQute with the nServe app shown on the iPad in the centre.}

This all-in-one audio player takes the feature set of the award-winning NaimUniti, including high-resolution music streaming (up to 32bit 192kHz), CD playback, internet radio and iPod/iPhone/MP3 playback and distils it into an elegant, sleek enclosure.

Like Naim's other streaming devices the UnitiLite can be Ethernet or Wi-Fi network connected and is UPnP-enabled to stream audio stored on the home network and access internet radio.

All you need to add is a pair of speakers to create an accessible all-in-one system that can put music at the centre of your life. Read more at the Naim website...

Designed for the music-lover who uses a computer as their main source of music, the DAC-V1 allows you to play back your audio files in stunning Naim sound quality. The DAC-V1 is also a remote controlled digital preamplifier with five S/PDIF digital inputs, a volume control and a very high quality headphone facility; Naim’s research indicates an increasing number of computer audio listeners are spending a significant amount of time listening through headphones.

The matching NAP 100 power amplifier delivers 50 watts per channel into 8 ohms – enough to fill all but the largest of rooms with sound – and together with the DAC-V1 makes a compact and stylish system.

It’s digital, made musical.

Read more at the Naim Audio website...