I personally really like the uniti design. Also I don’t have any issues with the user interface. It does everything I want it to do and it does it without issue. Lots of products look perfect straight out the gate but time will tell how it fares and compares. I am sure it will have its shortcomings.
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I actually really like the looks of the Uniti range. But the usability of the app and use of the screen leaves to be desired. This is likely where the EVO will win customers.
Sound quality it seems based on comments above is devisive, but the additional power will certainly sway it in favour of the EVO with some speakers.
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What Hi-Fi thinks the Atom sounds better
‘ The multi-Award-winning Naim Uniti Atom demands a fairly sizeable premium over the Evo 75, and that price gap is indeed justified by its extra punch and rhythmic precision, as well as its ability to dig up a little more detail and present it in a soundstage that’s a touch clearer.
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There’s now a full review of the Evo 150 over on the Stereo Magazine website. They seem rather impressed…
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Just read it. Sounds good. It will be interesting to read what “what hifi” have to say as they usually make comparisons and it will no doubt be compared to the Atom. This thread’s days are numbered. 
I am surprised it has lasted this long.
What hifi have reviewed the 75. Sounds a bit weedy next to the Unitis (I paraphrase here!)
This sentence from the review made me smile.
“You can’t really go on vacation at the moment anyway, and THIS would be an alternative to reward yourself.”
This sums up part of my reason for deciding to return to a separates system and not having my normal trips last year has funded this so far. If I don’t get away this year, it will fund the next steps and that is looking somewhat unlikely.
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Mags hifi reviews are not something I get exited over.
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It doesn’t seem fair to compare the EVO 75 to the Atom like WhatHifi did. The EVO 75 is quite a bit more affordable, so the EVO 150 would have been a more fair comparison.
I’m not sure how the prices are in the UK, but here on the mainland they are (from low to high):
EVO 75: 1999,-
EVO 150: 2499,-
Uniti Atom: 2925,-
NAD M10: 2999,-
So the Atom is 30% more expensive than the EVO 75, and 15% more expensive than the EVO 150.
Naim is notoriously overpriced here though, so that could perhaps skew the numbers a bit.
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What Hi-Fi acknowledges the difference in price, and still thinks the Atom is worth spending extra on
“The multi-Award-winning Naim Uniti Atom demands a fairly sizeable premium over the Evo 75, and that price gap is indeed justified by its extra punch and rhythmic precision, as well as its ability to dig up a little more detail and present it in a soundstage that’s a touch clearer.”
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Yes, the EVO 150 is more close on price which is where I think the more realistic comparisons are. I just read the ‘Stereo’ review of the 150 which is extremely effusive about its capabilities with actually saying much. Still very early days for these and they will have to be very good to steal any share of the Uniti’s market.
I have to admit I do like the idea of the 150, but I am still thinking a Nova is the way to go for me even given the price disparity.
This market will have people make decision on other aspects than just sound.
And as Naim has pretty much had this market to itself it’s actually a good thing if they do. For us consumers as it will force Naim to up it’s game (software), pushing it to new heights. But also for Naim as more manufacturers competing will likely grow the market. Often it’s better to have a smaller piece of a bigger pie.
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Good points yes. The line between audiophile and lifestyle is currently blurring, consumer grade technology is becoming so good that even committed audiophiles will have a hard time ignoring either the quality, convenience and aesthetic appeal of these new lines of devices.
Both Naim and Cambridge Audio obviously acknowledge this, and it will be interesting to see if either brand will start to focus less on high end separates, and instead broaden their lines of integrated devices:
Stuart George, Managing Director of Cambridge Audio, agrees with us on the point that pieces of equipment from the categories of “lifestyle” and “audiophile” are now strongly converging; making the categories no longer mutually exclusive.
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Or Naim could plough their own furrow in the higher fidelity segment which would allow them to keep their price differential. Works in lots of other industries.
Judging from these forums and other places online, the target group for that type of equipment does seem to be slowly aging. It appears to be mainly hifi lovers who lived through the golden age of audio (1970s - 1990s) who seem most interested in those really expensive, big stack hifi components.
Younger audiophile folks who are serious about sound quality seem to be interested more in newer technologies, like boutique or DIY amplifiers, home built streamers and DAC’s. That is a different market, where high quality equipment can be obtained for a fraction of the cost of for instance a full Naim stack. This group is also much more into things like measurements and the ‘tweakability’ of equipment.
I personally expect the market for high end manufactured separates to gradually shrink over the next 10-20 years, in lieu of more personally tailored equipment. Naim will likely keep making them for the foreseeable future, but perhaps increasingly more as ‘statement’ products rather than their main source of income.
The market for high quality integrated equipment however, like the Uniti range, will likely keep growing exponentially for at least a decade or more, also due to a number of upcoming luxury markets such as in Asia.
(all speculative ofcourse)
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You could well be right, but maybe these one box solutions will be the entry drug for some into full-blown hi-fi addiction. If, like the Uniti range these one box solutions have a power amp out connection then relatively easy to start on the slippery slope. And brand loyalty could easily lead to Cambridge etc selling more separates longer term as well as raking in the cash in the shorter term.
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Yes you’re right, but Cambridge for instance has only 1 line of high end amplifiers above their EVO line (the Edge series). This could make sense from a business standpoint, instead of for instance separate 200/300/500/Statement lines such as Naim currently has.
I wouldn’t be surprised if we would see one or two of the current Naim lines go away, and instead see more Naim powered Focal speakers to fill the gap.
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I wonder why no active speakers from Naim/Focal, more noticeable by absence than presence , especially with some sort of streamer built in.
No more black boxes 
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Maybe, but this may be at least partly because they are younger - now. When I was younger in the 80ies and 90ies I also was more interested in home-built amps and speakers. Now I am older and bought two big-ass Naim stacks
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