Naim Uniti Star CD Streaming Audio System

£3,499.00

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Naim Uniti Star All-In-One CD Streaming System

Enjoy everything from CDs to music-streaming services to radio stations ­- even a boost to your TV sound ­- with the incredibly versatile Naim Uniti Star. Award-winning performance combines with excellent build quality and usability, wrapped in a beautiful British design that will give you years of entertainment. 

Uniti Star’s exceptional CD playback, and its ability to ‘rip’ discs to your own archive, will bring new life to your CD collection. It also expertly handles all the top music-streaming services – including Spotify, Apple Music, TIDAL and Qobuz – plus offers easy Apple AirPlay 2, Chromecast built-in and Bluetooth playback.

Uniti Star can also seamlessly play with other music systems around your home, and connect to your TV via HDMI, so your favourite shows and movies sound better, too.

Master the Uniti Star and explore a world of music via the Naim App,  there is also voice-control support for Google Assistant and Apple Siri, and even a smart remote control handset.

Class A/B Amplification

Uniti Star uses a powerful 70-watt A/B-class amplifier with technology taken from Naim's iconic NAIT integrated amps. Naim have also installed the largest power supply possible as well as the finest-quality SMD circuitry to deliver the unique Naim pace, rhythm and timing.

Tactile volume control

The Uniti range feature digitally controlled analogue volume controls. Dial your sounds up or down using the buttery smooth and beautifully illuminated, top-mounted volume control, first conceived for our flagship Naim Statement.

Expertly crafted and built to last

Uniti Star is crafted, inside and out, from aluminium – chosen for its looks, durability, and to prevent the magnetic distortion other materials can suffer from. Its casework is first machined with computer-controlled liquid-cooled cutting equipment, for absolute dimensional precision. It’s then brushed and anodised to offer a beautiful yet robust appearance, with a tough, scratch-and-dent resistant design ready for many years of musical enjoyment. Uniti’s thick aluminium walls absorb unwanted vibrations and help protect the core internal electronics from detrimental magnetic influences. Even the mounting of the printed circuit boards to the chassis is controlled to limit the effects of microphony on the precision audio components.

The best components, made better

Uniti players each feature a premium Burr Brown digital-to-analogue converter (DAC), and analogue filter sections and output stages constructed from high-end components. They also have an incredibly powerful new 4th Generation 40-bit SHARC DSP processor, running custom software especially written by Naim. This implements 16 times oversampling and digital filtering, enhancing sound quality even further.

CD Playback & Ripping

Uniti Star allows you to enjoy your entire CD collection, as well as your digital favourites. Create bit-perfect copies of your CDs and save the data to local storage (Uniti Star, Uniti Core) or to internal storage with the optional Uniti Core

5" Full-colour display

A high quality full-colour custom display shows album artwork, artist information and much more

Versatile Streaming Options

Uniti Star supports a wide range of streaming and connectivity options including Chromecast, AirPlay 2, Bluetooth (aptX HD), Internet Radio and UPnP™. Simply connect your device and step into a world of non-stop musical entertainment.

Supports Tidal Connect & Spotify Connect

With native support for both Tidal and Spotify Connect you can browse your favourite artists, playlists and more using the native apps whilst having full control of your Star.

HDMI ARC - Boost your TV sound

Easily connect Uniti to your TV via HDMI ARC, and experience transformed sound quality from your favourite shows, films and games. Control your TV’s volume from its own remote, for a simple life. Uniti’s HDMI connection features galvanic isolation, to ensure that ‘noise’ from the TV power supply or indeed any other devices connected to the TV do not affect the sonic performance when playing any source.

Multiple Digital & Analogue Inputs

Integrate Uniti with all your audio sources using the digital inputs for TVs, set-top boxes or games consoles, as well as analogue sources such as a turntable (phono stage required)

Multiple control options

Master your Uniti Star and explore everything it has to offer via the Naim App. All your listening options – music streaming services, radio, and more – are just a touch away, and it is simple to curate all your favourite albums, playlists and tracks. Access and control any Naim system on your network, bring them together as an awesome multi-room system with just one touch.

Prefer a handset? Uniti Atom comes with an intelligent remote control that pairs with your player as soon as it’s unboxed and powered up. It’s a bidirectional design that doesn’t rely on line of sight, and has beautifully backlit buttons. Finally, the Uniti range also features voice-control support for Google Assistant and Apple Siri, with further options in development.

Keeping it cool, making it last

Uniti Star’s striking heat-sinks are directly coupled to the player’s floor, providing excellent thermal contact and heat transfer. This means heat is removed from the circuitry quickly and efficiently, even when your Uniti amplifier is powering out serious sounds. This thermal stability ensures consistent performance and long component life, two key parameters to Naim design.

Wireless or wired, your choice

Uniti features enhanced, dual-band Wi-Fi connectivity, but can also be used with a direct Ethernet connection to your internet router. When ‘hard wired’ in this way, the Wi-Fi interface is disabled, reducing radio-frequency (RF) interference for the ultimate sound quality.

Bigger buffer keeps the music playing

Even the most robust internet connection can suffer from occasional drop-outs – something Uniti is designed to minimise, and keep the music playing. It has sufficient memory to buffer up to five minutes of audio.

Future-proof streaming technology

Uniti runs on Naim’s unique, state-of-the-art music-streaming platform. This incredibly powerful, high-resolution ‘brain’ is able to handle both today’s popular music services and be ready for new technologies, giving you plenty of listening pleasure to look forward to.

Local Storage

Store up to 20,000 tracks to a local USB-connected storage device and either play them back through your Uniti Atom or serve them to other Naim streamers on your home network.

Multiroom Capabilities

Uniti players work seamlessly with other Naim music-streaming products, from Mu-so wireless speakers to dedicated hi-fi separates. Choose the same song in beat-perfect sync or play different music in different rooms. Pair up to 5 systems with a simple tap of the Naim App. You can also serve any music stored on your Uniti Atom to other Uniti all-in-one players or Naim streamers at full CD quality.

Comprehensive file format support

Supports a broad range of music formats including WAV, FLAC, DSD, Apple Lossless, AIFF, AAC, Windows Media-formatted files, Ogg Vorbis and MP3.

Roon ready

Roon transforms the experience of browsing music. Beautifully laid-out metadata is located automatically, then interconnected by links to build a surfable, searchable digital magazine about your music collection.

 

Audio Inputs 

Memory Card

1 x SD Card

Streaming

Chromecast Built-In, Apple AirPlay, TIDAL,
Spotify® Connect, Bluetooth (AptX HD), Internet Radio, UPnP™ (hi-res streaming), Roon Ready

USB

2 x USB Type A Socket (front and rear)

Analogue

1 x RCA
1 x 5-pin DIN

Digital (S/PDIF)

2 x Optical TOSLink (up to 24bit/96kHz)
2 x Coaxial RCA (up to 24bit/192kHz, DoP 64Fs)
1 x BNC (up to 192kHz, DoP 64Fs)
1 x HDMI ARC

 

Audio Outputs 

Analogue

1 x Stereo power amplifier
1 x RCA sub/pre output
1 x 3.5mm headphone jack

 

Certification and Licenses 

Certification

Apple AirPlay, Chromecast Built-In, Bluetooth, AptX HD, zigbee RF4CE, Rovi, HDMI, NTFS, HFS and Wi-Fi.

 

Connectivity 

Multiroom

Serve up to 4 network-connected players via UPnP™ at full CD quality.

Party Mode Streaming: Sync up to six Uniti all-in-one players or other Naim streamers and control via the Naim app.

Updates

Update your system wirelessly via the Naim app.

Network

Ethernet (10/100Mbps), WiFi (802.11 b/g/n/ac with internal antennae)

 

Formats 

CD Formats

Audio CD (Red Book, CD and CD-R)

Internet Radio Formats

Windows Media-formatted content, MP3, ACC, OGG Vorbis streams and MMS

Internet Radio Provider

vTuner premium 5*

Audio Formats

WAV - up to 32bits/384kHz
FLAC and AIFF - up to 24bit/384kHz
ALAC (Apple Lossless) - up to 24bit/384kHz
MP3 - up to 48kHz, 320kbit (16 bit)
AAC - up to 48kHz, 320kbit (16 bit)
OGG and WMA - up to 48kHz (16 bit)
DSD - 64 and 128Fs

Notes: Gapless playback supported on all formats. All formats to 384kHz maximum over wireless network.

 

Physical 

Dimensions

95mm x 432mm x 265mm  (HxWxD)

Finishes

Brushed and anodised aluminium

Weight

12kg

 

Power 

Auto Standby time

User selectable: adjustable from off up to 2 hours

Amplifier Output

70W per channel into 8 ohms

Mains Supply

115V, 230V; 50 or 60Hz

Power Consumption

Typical use: 130W
Network standby mode: <2W
Deep sleep: <0.5W
Network Standby (with SD Card and/or USB devices attached): > 15W*.
*Actual power consumption will vary depending on the size and type of attached SD card or USB devices

 

Ripping and Storage 

CD Ripping

Create bit-perfect copies of your CDs, store them on the local storage and play back.

Storage

Store up to 20,000 tracks to a local USB connected storage device and serve to a network-connected player.

 

In The Box 

Supplied with

Remote control, Power-Line Lite mains cable (UK denominations only), cleaning cloth and quick start guide.

 

Available Upgrades 

Mains Cable

Power-Line mains cable

Amplification

External power amplifier or sub-woofer

 

User Control 

App Control

Naim App for iOS and Android

Front Panel

5"" colour LCD display and rotary volume control with proximity sensor and four buttons

Handheld Remote Control

zigbee RF4CE

While the Uniti Star costs a not inconsiderable sum, it doesn’t have much in the way of obvious competition. Linn’s Selekt DSM is an extremely high-performance all-in-one - but at Uniti Star spec it costs well over five grand. In terms of build quality and sound this is absolutely exemplary stuff from Naim.
We’re not the least bit surprised that the Star turns out to be so capable.... Our experience of other Uniti products gave us a pretty good idea of Naim’s talent in this arena. The Star is a great addition to the range, and if you need CD replay is the obvious choice.
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