# Naim Uniti Star - USB version

**URL:** <https://community.naimaudio.com/t/naim-uniti-star-usb-version/15251>\
**Category:** Hi-Fi Corner\
**Created:** [March 8, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/naim-uniti-star-usb-version/15251 "2021-03-08T17:30:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![pohlfan](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pohlfan](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/pohlfan)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/naim-uniti-star-usb-version/15251/1 "2021-03-08T17:30:01Z")

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I’m on the point of buying a Uniti Star, and have been reading reviews, specs, and posts in this forum. One thing I can’t work out is what version of USB the Star supports.

The specs say the Star has two USB ports, both Type-A. But this only describes the socket. A USB Type-A socket might support USB 3.0 (5 GB/s) or USB 3.1 (10GB/s) - or it could even be USB 2.0 (less than 0.5 GB/s). I have failed to find a reference to the USB version that is supported.

Does anyone know the answer?

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**Author:** ![robert\_h](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/robert_h/32/90_2.png) [@robert\_h](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/robert_h)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/naim-uniti-star-usb-version/15251/2 "2021-03-08T18:17:32Z")

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2.0. Does it matter? Music files aren’t that large, and easily catered for by the throughput of usb 2.0.

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**Author:** ![pohlfan](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pohlfan](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/pohlfan)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/naim-uniti-star-usb-version/15251/3 "2021-03-08T19:30:38Z")

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Thanks robert\_h - it helps, in fact! It means I may be able to use an old slow 500MB drive that isn’t doing anything useful at the moment

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**Author:** ![robert\_h](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/robert_h/32/90_2.png) [@robert\_h](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/robert_h)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/naim-uniti-star-usb-version/15251/4 "2021-03-08T19:44:55Z")

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Yes absolutely.

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**Author:** ![Suedkiez](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/suedkiez/32/192509_2.png) [@Suedkiez](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Suedkiez)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/naim-uniti-star-usb-version/15251/5 "2021-03-08T21:49:01Z")

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By the way, USB 3.0 and 3.1 are compatible with 2.0

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**Author:** ![PhilippVH](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@PhilippVH](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/PhilippVH)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/naim-uniti-star-usb-version/15251/6 "2021-03-08T22:18:03Z")

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And the Star provides more power than original USB2.0 standard; so external 2.5“ drives should all work fine through USB-power.

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**Author:** ![system](https://d2ikyu8xyuibjx.cloudfront.net/original/1X/26b5e4ef7e37d3771c473a6a1f688186c20823ac.png) [@system](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/naim-uniti-star-usb-version/15251/7 "2021-05-07T22:18:36Z")

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