{"id":4420,"date":"2019-01-16T10:26:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T10:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.audioreputation.com\/?p=4420"},"modified":"2023-03-17T14:42:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T14:42:52","slug":"naim-uniti-atom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audioreputation.com\/naim-uniti-atom\/","title":{"rendered":"Naim Uniti Atom All-In-One Audio System Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking for a compact high-end all-in-one audio system<\/a>? Well, you can stop your search – Naim Uniti Atom may be just the thing you need. It\u2019s a hi-fi stereo receiver, wireless music streamer, amplifier, music player<\/a>, and so much more. The number of different features packed in this small and compact device is simply remarkable. In this review, we are going to go through all the highlights of Naim Uniti Atom, give you our opinion on the performance, talk about downsides and, finally, evaluate it and suggest some alternatives. So, without further ado, let\u2019s dive into this review.   <\/span><\/p>\n

Naim has been one of the synonyms for high-end audio equipment, especially when it comes to amplifiers<\/a>, for more than 4 decades. It\u2019s a British audio company established in 1969<\/a>. The last 10-15 years have been a huge success for Naim. They have started pretty successful cooperation with Bentley<\/a>, introduced a highly-praised Naim Uniti line of all-in-one players as well as their high-end NAC S1 preamp and NAP S1 power amp, and made Mu-so and Mu-so Qb wireless players\/streamers\/speakers. It\u2019s been a really busy decade for Naim. We are about to review the simplest and cheapest (cheap is maybe not the best word to describe it) Naim Uniti all-in-one player called Uniti Atom. If you want something more advanced and more capable, you should check out the other two Naim Uniti players \u2013 <\/span>Uniti Star<\/span> and <\/span>Uniti Nova<\/span>.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Naim Uniti Atom is a very simple and compact yet very attractive and luxurious device. It\u2019s a successor of <\/span>Naim UnitiQute 2<\/span> and it\u2019s better than UnitiQute 2 in many ways. Unfortunately, it\u2019s also significantly pricier. The manufacturer sometimes calls it all-in-one music player, but that\u2019s an understatement. It\u2019s a full audio system packed inside a super-small chassis. This device is, at the same time, an amplifier, hi-fi receiver, multi-source music player, wireless streaming device, and DAC. <\/span><\/p>\n

Naim put a lot of effort to pack all kinds of software and hardware inside the Uniti Atom. Atom features built-in Chromecast, it can be wirelessly connected to your Bluetooth devices, it supports Airplay and UPnP streaming. It also supports TIDAL, Spotify Connect, and Internet radio.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Uniti Atom features 2 speaker outputs (+ subwoofer out). Inside the Atom, there are Class A\/B analog amplifiers<\/a>. Amp\u2019s output power is 40W per channel (for 8\u2126 load) which is more than enough for any kind of bookshelf speakers<\/a> and it can even be good enough for your floorstanders. Still, you are probably going to need something more powerful for more demanding floorstanding speakers<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a lot of great things about Naim Uniti Atom and we are going to try to mention them all, but there are also some negatives. First, you have to think about the price. Uniti Atom is priced around $3,000 which is definitely not cheap. This could be the biggest deal breaker for most people. Still, if you have that kind of money and if you are willing to spend it on a high-end receiver\/amp\/streaming device\/music player, you won\u2019t regret it. Flawless performance and luxurious design definitely justify the price tag. Another thing we\u2019ve noticed is that the Naim app, which is one of the ways to control the Atom, can be buggy. The app is very user-friendly and we don\u2019t have any complaints regarding the interface, but it crashed once or twice during our 1-week test. <\/span><\/p>\n

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