Seven Years with Uniti Core

[Adam.Zielinski]

It was indeed - I think I called ‘Dead Unitiserve’s Society’…

[Richard]

@davidhendon

I think that would have been @Adam.Zielinski ’s thread which was ostensibly for Unitiserve owners who had had at least one catastrophic failure requiring a visit to Salisbury. I think that was on the old forum.

That’s the one.

[Toby1410]

I wonder if anyone have an opinion on the Naim Unit Core compaired to ripping in WAV or wave using a computer ect? Which one have a better SOUND and is it worth the price?

[NoNaim]

I have ripped my entire collection in Wav and Flac on a Uniti Core. I cannot, with hand on heart, say that can consistently say I noticeably discern a difference. I will rip my collection again for my Zenith, probably in Wav, just for the sheer hell of it.

[ChrisSU]

I started ripping on a Mac, continued on a Unitiserve, and used a Core for a little while. At no point could I reliably determine any difference between different rips when played back on the same hardware.

[Mike_S]

We were discussing this on another threads here I commented

@Mike_S

It’s like they have just dropped any desire to improve the functionality of the Core. A few years ago, there was talk of some major firmware update, but nothing ever arrived. Being able to import digital files directly from a store to the Core through the app would be great, along with being able to edit Metadata of imported files. Basic stuff at this level of product really. Sounds great though and looks nice.

[IainO]

@Toby1410

and is it worth the price?

No.

You could rip on a PC with freeware or dbPoweramp for £60.

You could rip on an Innuos ripper for 1/3 of price.

The Core has no compelling value proposition.

[Toby1410]

Thanks for your reply. I am new to this and never thought it is so complicated using dBpoweramp after the second cd rip and the metadata stopped working.

[IainO]

We ripped 1000s of CD using dbPoweramp with AccurateRip, very few issues.

If you want to suffer from metadata issues buy a Core.

[Toby1410]

I do not want to, just need help to figure out why I stop getting the artwork in dBpoweramp.

[IainO]

No idea why you’d have an issue on artwork only.

We ran all rips through MusicBrainz Picard - very few issues. Nice consistent metadata on all rips.

[frenchrooster]

Try Flac, as I suggested you above and David Hendon too.

[Mike_S]

@IainO

The Core has no compelling value proposition.

Other than it sounds a whole heap better than ripped files played back from a PC with it’s inherent noisy environment.

[IainO]

Over ethernet it sounds exactly the same as our NAS.

And via SPDIF it sounds exactly the same as over ethernet.

[Mike_S]

Yes, I was really referring to using a PC though.

[IainO]

Yes, got you. Definitely a better option than a PC!

We’ve tried all sorts into our nDAC and the Core does have a very good SPDIF feed.

[Mike_S]

I’ve tried SPDIF versus the Ethernet and couldn’t discern a difference, so use Ethernet to get the better functionality and album artwork.

[IainO]

Absolutely. We do same, with Core hidden well away from rack.

But as we only use it to rip, it’s mainly a nice piece of furniture.

[Toby1410]

I thank you for your comment and I understand it works better in Flac but I prefer to rip my cd’s in WAV / wave Frenchrooster. So I am giving it my best shot to be able to achieve what I set out to do and that is to get a copy of all my cd’s in WAV / wave.

[Toby1410]

Any suggestions? By the way I am using the trial version before getting the paid version. The first cd rip went well but now the others do not give me any metadata or covers.