John Darko
If you’ve been considering pulling the trigger on Naim’s 40wpc Uniti Atom (€2599) or the bigger 80wpc Uniti Nova (€4999) but have held fire due to concerns about either’s power output not offering quite enough, then Naim wants to pull on your coat about its all-new Uniti Nova Power Edition (PE), the latest in the Brit company’s line of Future-Fi-centric streaming amplifiers.
The PE takes the original Uniti Nova’s full-width chassis, adds a couple of centimetres to its height, maintains its front-panel display, internal DAC, streaming smarts (Roon Ready, Google Chromecast, Apple AirPlay 2, Tidal Connect & Spotify Connect, digital inputs (including HDMI ARC), analogue inputs, ZigBee remote wand and possibly the finest volume wheel on any amplifier right now and then marries it to a Purifi* Class D amplifier module promising 150wpc into 8 Ohms and 250wpc into 4 Ohms.
This is Naim’s most conspicuous deployment of Class D amplification to date through which, idealists be damned, the market appeal of the Uniti Series will undoubtedly broaden.
Pricing on the Uniti Nova PE has been confirmed at €10,000, US$10,000 and £8600. Shipping begins on 12th February.
Further information: Naim
* TBC
