As per my post above, you are incorrect. I didnât need 1TB, but I have a 512G card which I can connect to my iDevices with a $29 Apple Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader. (Yes, the product name is misleading. Also, there is also one for USB-C). All you need then is an app that plays music stored via the Files app.
Thatâs interesting, when on hols I use an ageing iPod line out into a Bluetooth speaker. So presumably I could get an SD card and card adaptor for my iPhone load it with music and Bluetooth it to the speaker. I have a Vox app on the phone which allows me to use Flac files, I wonder if I could access the SD card that way? Alternatively what music app do you use for this function?
I use nPlayer, which is actually a media player. I should note that I converted and transferred all my files as MP3s, as that was sufficient for me for portable use. However, according to the AppStore listing:
Supports officially DTS audio codec (DTS HD)
Supports Dolby audio codec (AC3, E-AC3)
Supports iXpand Drive
Supports Chromecast
Supports video cast for Smart TV
Supports HDMI output
Supports video files : MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WMV, ASF, FLV, OGV, RMVB, TP etc.
Supports audio files : MP3, WAV, WMA, FLAC, APE etc.
This is a common thing with Apple fans. They often compare their expensive Apple product with a cheap Windows or Android alternative. Is a ÂŁ2000 Macbook Pro better than a ÂŁ300 Windows laptop? I should bloomin well hope so! Compared to a similarly priced Windows laptop, things may well be different. Same with tablets, iPad should be better than a cheap Android tablet but an Android tablet costing about the same as the iPad? Much closer.
I am a linux guy and apple/microsoft/android hater. Unfortunately this is a Naim issue, they should improve their android app or (better) alternatively offer a brower os agnostic app.
I did not use iTunes to transfer my music onto the card. (I used JRiver). Not saying that you canât use iTunes. Just that I donât know.
I donât think nMusic has an indexing capability for browsing by genre/artist/album etc. Because my file structure reflects my usual music selection process it was a non-issue for me. Other apps may offer this service.
Desktop browser app not need certification . Just point your browser to local naim device and select your music. This functionality could liberate users from big tech companies and is comfortable for the eyes too
Going to finalise my experience on tablets now. I purchases what i consider a new, higher spec machine from Lenovo running Android and the naim app. Whilst I am an Apple fan boy, I wanted it to so work, it had one job. Run the Naim App to look into the Innuos data base of about 600 CDs.
My conclusion , never again. I know why apple charge so much for something that is quick responsive, intuitive and just works everytime. I have my phone and my tablet sat next to each other. The Android takes 3 goes to find the Mu-So from screen touch after it went quiet for a while.
Second the interface whilst different a little is less intuitive, how do you get back to home screen or back one step, ahh turns out you have to do a lot of scrolling options with side swipes. just a simple back arrow would suffice,
Rotation catches up after about 1 sec, Face ID takes about 10 secs if it works, or just jumps to pin code after a couple of tries,
So yes it works, yes it was cheaper than a newer iPAD, but would i do it again. NO.
Well, what I said all along
To be fair, though, the problem is not so much Android as the app quality.
I understand confusion about UI choices on Android, but this is mostly just a question of getting used to, like the back swipes.
However, as the question was the best tablet to use the Naim app, the answer is an iPad like I said. Itâs by the way also reflected in this thread with complaints, to which the answers invariably are ânever seen this on iOSâ:
That couldnât be further from my experience of the Naim app on Android. Both my Samsung phone and Google Pixel C tablet find my Naim streamer instantly every time. If youâre having to take 3 goes to find a streamer it might be that you need to set the battery options for the Naim app to prevent it from going to sleep.
As for the back button, Android always has a back button so I donât know what you mean about scrolling and swipes. Most Androids with a software back button rather than a physical one might need a swipe up from the bottom of the screen to make the back,home and menu buttons visible but thatâs all it should take.
As for rotation, face ID and the likes, every manufacturersâ implementation is different, perhaps Lenovo just havenât done a good job there.
Look for âSystem navigationâ in settings. You have the option of the traditional 3-button navigation (hey, two more than Apple ), or Gesture navigation, which you seem to have enabled.
I thought it was a question during initial setup, but maybe they changed that.