To be honest, it has probably been nearer to eighteen months. That’s the time it has been since we (my wife and I) first visited the Naim Forums and began our search for something new to store and play our music on.
The problem we had was that we had lost touch with our music (approx 1,400 CD’s) which, were nicely organised in shelves in the spare room. However, no matter how well organised, we had got to the point where we were fed up of going up and down the stairs to get a CD and to be honest, we had forgotten what CD’s we actually had. So, our search began to find a replacement for our small hi-fi. After what seemed exhaustive reading of reviews, recommendations, and at times going around in circles etc. we narrowed down our choice to Naim.
It has now been almost a year since we first met our Core (4tb SSD), Atom and Mu-so2 all currently hard-wired into a Wifi6 range extender. So, after all this time how has the experience been?
To be perfectly honest, it has been amazing. We have reconnected with our music (which we always loved and was the main aim). All 1,400 CD’s have been burnt to our Core successfully (a job which kept us busy during the first COVID lockdown) and are primarily accessed using the Naim app via an iPad Pro.
Problems? None really. All firmware updates have installed successfully and we have found that the odd glitches we have experienced appear to be down to local network problems (iPad or range extender).
What of the future? Well, once the pennies have accumulated in the bank again, we hope to invest in a set of new bookshelf speakers to replace our Sony ones and a turntable (we have loads of vinyl in the loft that also needs to be enjoyed)! Any advice/recommendations appreciated.
So, in a nutshell, thank you Naim and thanks to all the individual contributors to the forums. In one way or another, your sage words, advice/troubleshooting and humour has assisted us in reconnecting and enjoying our music once more.
Thank You, a very Happy New Year to you all, enjoy your music and perhaps, it will not take another year before we make our second posting!
i feel a kinship! Certainly went through the same experience ripping all the CDs - although only about 450 in my case. But the lovely organized, accessible, visual feel you get from playing music from the core via the Atom (into some re-capped, refinished Celestion Ditton 25’s) or the Muso II, using the ipad app, is just such a wonderful experience. Add in the great unified experience with tidal and hi-def radio and it really is the trifecta of source integration.