Naim Uniti Star All In One Player

Under the Skin of Uniti Star

This all-in-one player packs a heavy punch. Since Uniti Star includes a CD player alongside streaming and amplification technology, Naim’s engineers had to pay special attention to preserving thermal stability and decreasing interference between components. The custom-integrated CD drive also doubles as a ripper, making Uniti Star the most versatile all-in-one in the range. 

Revolutionary New Streaming Platform

Uniti has been developed with a completely new, extremely powerful and versatile streaming board. This innovative new platform is extremely powerful, has masses of memory, will adapt to new technology effortlessly and seamlessly integrates with other network-connected Naim systems, including the Mu-so wireless music system.

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. They’ve also installed the largest power supply possible as well as the finest-quality SMD circuitry to deliver the unique Naim pace, rhythm and timing.

A Closer Look at Uniti’s Digital Brain

The new Uniti Star features an incredibly powerful, phenomenally accurate fourth-generation 40-bit SHARC DSP processor. Unique Naim software minimises jitter (timing errors inherent in digital music streaming) and up-samples incoming data to ensure optimum sound quality. This all happens in the tiniest fraction of a second so the only thing you notice is the extra clarity in your music. 

CD Ripping and Storage

Uniti Star offers bit-perfect CD ripping to create files that you can either play back or serve to any UPnP™-capable streamer on your home network and then can store them locally on a USB-connected device or SD card, either in WAV or FLAC lossless format. Uniti Star uses a unique ripping engine to ensure that the ripped data represents a faultless replica of the CD, even with badly damaged discs.

State-of-the-art Wi-Fi

Uniti Star offers bit-perfect CD ripping to create files that you can either play back or serve to any UPnP™-capable streamer on your home network and then can store them locally on a USB-connected device or SD card, either in WAV or FLAC lossless format. Uniti Star uses a unique ripping engine to ensure that the ripped data represents a faultless replica of the CD, even with badly damaged discs.

Control Your Way

The new intuitive Naim App gives you effortless control over individual or multiple Uniti products. You can access all of your music, including your favourite radio stations, streaming services and playlists, or explore artist discographies and biographies. Furthermore, you can now update your system wirelessly with a single tap. The new app also allows you to control both Naim streaming products and Uniti Core.

Glass display and intuitive remote control

Uniti Star features a full-colour 5” LCD glass display with a proximity sensor that wakes up as you approach it, accompanied by a bidirectional intelligent remote control that works in harmony with the unit’s volume control. Giving you complete freedom of movement, Uniti is a joy to use. 

Uniti System

Whatever the source, Naim’s revolutionary new Uniti players combine seamless digital technology with analogue soul for a sound that’s unmistakably Naim. Play, stream, rip and store entire music collections in flawless high-resolution. Then use Naim’s custom-designed software to bring out every note of your music with true high-fidelity sound. New Uniti also gives you the option to sync up to eight Uniti systems or other Naim streamers and play music from any source in multiple rooms simultaneously. Or play different music in every room.

Bringing Uniti to Life

Conceived and built from the ground up by Naim’s engineers and designers in Salisbury, England, Uniti remains true to Naim’s core design principles. From the finned aluminum heat sinks (inspired by our Statement flagship amplification system) to the brushed black aluminum casing, the new illuminated signature volume control and the beautifully lit base – every minute detail has been considered to deliver a beautiful aesthetic packed with features and technology whilst achieving reference-level sound quality. Uniti is a true masterpiece of industrial design.

Purposeful Materiality

Uniti has been impeccably crafted with materials chosen to be in complete service of the sound. The extruded aluminium heat sinks that run down the length of the product extract heat to maximise thermal stability for increased longevity and sonic performance. The beautifully brushed aluminium top plates are CNC-fabricated for absolute precision and provide a perfect enclosure for the delicate components inside. 

Precision Volume Control

At the heart of Uniti is an audiophile volume control which adjusts level in the analogue domain to a premium digital resolution. The design is taken from their NAC-N 272 streaming preamplifier. They’ve also hidden the Bluetooth antenna here for a seamless aesthetic.

Give Your Music Some Colour

With the Uniti range Naim wanted to deliver total connection to the user’s music collection. A highly polished full-colour 5” LCD display provides rich images of album artwork and content. The screens have proximity sensors and will therefore wake up as someone approaches the machine to display music metadata, audio input information and more. There is also a selection of front-panel buttons including Favourites, Stop and Play.

DAB/FM

• Optional DAB/FM module available (release date to be confirmed)

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

ANALOGUE 

• 1 x Stereo power amplifier

• 1 x RCA sub/pre output

• 1 x 3.5mm headphone jack

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.

NETWORK

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

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

DIMENSIONS    

• 95mm x 432mm x 265mm  (HxWxD)

WEIGHT              

• 12kg

AMPLIFIER OUTPUT       

• 70W per channel into 8 ohms

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.

SUPPLIED WITH

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

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        

• zigbee RF4C