Naim UnitiQute 2 All-In-One Streaming System

A nice example of this award-winning music streaming system from British specialist Naim Audio. Fully working and in very good condition, noting a couple of minor blemishes – please see photographs, it comes supplied in original factory packaging with remote control, manual, mains cable, Wi-Fi antenna, BNC Adaptor, speaker plugs, and our usual three month warranty. Please note the latest firmware version – 4.9 – has been installed. No bluetooth.
Naim Say….
Everything about UnitiQute 2 is cute. It could not have been given any other name. It’s a compact, multi-source, all-in-one player that streams music at up to 24bit/192kHz resolutions over UPnP™. At its heart lies a 30W integrated amplifier that will drive a wide range of bookshelf or standmount speakers and fill your room with music. Our Naim Audio app for iOS and Android integrated with TIDAL, lossless audio streaming service makes the package even more appealing.
Technology & Craft
UnitiQute 2 may be compact, but it packs some serious audio technology within its elegant extruded and die-cast aluminium enclosure. Its digital audio performance profits immeasurably from literally decades of high-end digital audio and amplification knowhow.
The integrated amplifier section of the UnitiQute 2 has been influenced heavily by the iconic NAIT range while it also benefits from Naim Audio advancements in digital streaming technology that won a Queen’s Award for Innovation in 2014. Its digital connectivity also means that as well as offering all-in-one functionality operating as a digital hub for external digital sources, games consoles or digital TV audio for example, it can also output its internal sources or external digital signals to an external DAC for even higher audio quality.
Analogue audio connectivity is not forgotten either. Two analogue inputs can accommodate CD players or portable music players via rear panel phono sockets and a front-panel mini-jack. And a preamplifier output means that with the addition of an external power amplifier, or even a sub-woofer, UnitiQute 2 can become the heart of a very wide bandwidth audio system. And when you want to listen privately, a front panel headphone socket makes such selfishness all too easy.
Features:
UPnP-enabled to allow streaming of audio files at up to 24bit/192kHz resolution from Naim Audio hard disk servers, network-attached storage (NAS) devices or any home computer
Integrated 30W per channel amplifier shares design DNA with iconic NAIT integrated amp
Supports a broad range of music formats: WAV, FLAC, Apple Lossless, AIFF, AAC, Windows Media-formatted files, Ogg Vorbis and MP3
Six 24 bit/192 kHz-capable digital inputs (S/PDIF) to support optimum connection to external sources
Spotify Connect built-in to stream millions of songs from the world’s most popular streaming service
Native support for TIDAL lossless audio streaming service with free 90 day trial of lossless HiFi tier
vTuner 5* full-service internet radio
Multiroom & Party Mode compatible
iOS and Android Naim Audio app for intuitive control
Specifications:
Audio Inputs
Other: Spotify Connect
Antenna: Wi-Fi (802.11 g or n at 2.4 GHz), F type (plus PAL adapter)
Antenna: Wi-Fi, F type (plus PAL adapter)
USB: 1 x front panel Type A socket (also used for iPod)
Analogue: 1 x RCA pair, 1 x front panel 3.5 mm jack (combined optical)
Digital (S/PDIF): 5 x S/PDIF – 2 x coaxial RCA – up to 24bits/192kHz – 2 x optical TOSlink – up to 24 bits/96 kHz – 1 x front panel mini-TOSLINK – up to 24/96 kHz
Input Sensitivity: 270 mV at 47 kΩ
Audio Outputs:
Headphone Output: 1 x 3.5 mm jack
Load Impedance: 10 kΩ min.
Output Impedance: 22 Ω max
Analogue: Speaker output, preamp output (RCA)
Digital (S/PDIF): 1 x BNC (75 Ω)
Power Output: 30 W per channel into 8 Ω, 45 W per channel into 4 Ω
Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 80 dB
Frequency Response: 20Hz – 50 kHz, +0.1/−0.5 dB
Formats:
Multiroom: Master: Will stream WAV, FLAC and AIFF (up to 24 bit/48 kHz), ALAC (up to 16 bit/44.1 kHz), AAC and MP3 (up to 16 bit/48 kHz) files only as MP3 320 kbps quality.
Internet Radio Formats: Windows Media-formatted content, MP3, ACC, Ogg Vorbis streams and MMS
Internet Radio Provider: vTuner 5* full service
Audio Formats: WAV (up to 24 bit/192 kHz); AIFF (up to 24 bit/192 kHz); FLAC (up to 24 bit/192 kHz); ALAC (up to 24 bit/96 kHz); WMA (up to 16 bit/48 kHz) must be WMA 9.2; Ogg Vorbis (up to 16 bit/48 kHz); M4a (CBR and VBR up to 320 kbit/s); MP3 (CBR and VBR up to 320 kbit/s); Playlists (M3U, PLS)
Physical:
Dimensions: 207 (W) x 314 (D) x 87 (H) mm
Weight: 5.6 kg

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