What was the last bit of gear you bought in 2023?

:rofl: thatā€™s the plan!:+1::grinning:

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The only comparison Iā€™ve made is between a Naim UnitiServe and a Synology NAS running MinimServer. I considered the Synology to be better.

Iā€™m never going to suggest that you cannot get dedicated servers that will outperform a NAS, but itā€™s certainly not the case that a dedicated server is better by default.

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Heavens you must have a guilty conscience wasnā€™t even thinking of you.

Please donā€™t take it personally.

Is this the innards of a NDS?

Anyway, fabulous build and design :+1:

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Yupp :+1:

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Fantastic. Iā€™m sure you are going to enjoy it.
I never got to hear a NDS as my rack couldnā€™t take the extra power supply.
I had the original ND5XS and loved what it did.
Good listening times ahead! :+1:

Iā€™m not worried at all, it just seemed a rather odd statement for you to make. Itā€™s like saying that everyone who believes a standard ethernet cable is just as good as an uber expensive one doesnā€™t know what they are talking about. After all, the reviews sing their praises. Itā€™s all a matter of opinion. Whatever, Iā€™m happy with my NAS. All a posh server is is a NAS in a designer frock.

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I have a QNAP NAS device and have wondered how it would compare to a Core as a server with SSD? Seems an expensive option.:thinking:

I canā€™t speak to whether a NAS or dedicated server is better. I had an older Synology NAS and shut it down. I didnā€™t use it for anything else but digital music files, but I got tired of attending to it constantly, to keep it up to date with constant security patches. I really prefer an appliance that doesnā€™t need babysitting.

Now I use a Intel NUC running Roon ROCK. Since itā€™s an appliance Roon takes care of updates. All I have to do is click a button to restart the server when prompted in the Roon controller (i.e. end user UI).

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Lot quieter Stephen and a dream to use. My favourite piece of Naim kit. Love it.:sunglasses:

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An equally odd statement, if I may say.

I actually agree that my (QNAP) NAS gave my old UnitiServe a run for its money. In the end I just favoured the UnitiServe.

But swapping out my UnitiServe for a ā€˜poshā€™ Melco was a bit of an eye (ear?) opener. To say a posh server is a NAS in a designer frock is certainly not my experience.

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Hi,
a new entry at home: nd5xs2.
a second hand equipment -only 1,5 years old- that was offered to me by the local dealer at a really reasonable price.
at the moment used only for the web radio ā€¦ i have to learn everything about streaming.

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Be careful before buying it. I find it not specially easy to use. Every month thereā€™s a new thread about the Uniticore, people asking how to do that, or thatā€¦And each time @davidhendon comes to rescue.
I remember that you are not a computer guy, like me.
You can take a look at Innuos, more friendly to use I think.

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FR, you have a Core? What was it you found difficult? It should be very simple and straightforward to use (even I can use one and Iā€™m more a vinyl and tape guy and certainly no computer whizz!) so long as you do things the way it was designed to do them. Thereā€™s now a fairly comprehensive FAQ on here coving most potential issues.

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Gee Iā€™ve plugged mine in loaded my music up and completely forgotten about it. It just works without fail and streams seamlessly to all three of my devices.

Have you owned one?

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My Core runs troublefree (famous last words!), and with good recordings provides excellent sound. My difficulties largely revolved around poor and inconsistent metadata from downloads, not Naimā€™s fault. These problems still exist, but when I buy a new recording I edit it on my mac using either Metadatics or Jaikoz before copying it across to the Core.

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The Core is probably the easiest to use and best sounding ripper out there. I compared it to the Melco a few years back which has the worst UI and terrible sound by comparison.

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I said that because very frequently people ask how to transfer music, change metadata, use music folder or download folderā€¦ā€¦albums cover not appearing, necessity to rebuild the memoryā€¦ā€¦

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You shock me FR. Canā€™t believe how easy it is to use. And Iā€™m somebody who struggles to set the timer on the oven. Best piece of kit in my system.

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I find that occasionally happens when my internet is running slow or an album has a huge number of reissues with different covers, but there are several options of how to correct. All easy.