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BBC to add HD Radio

Steve — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:46:10 +0000

It was reported in the Daily Telegraph today that BBC Radio 3 will be available as a 320kbps AAC stream from December.

This follows the very successful trial during the Proms

More BBC stations to follow in the new year evidently

And here is a link explaining, in a bit more technical depth, about the Proms experimental streams

Multi-award-winning Naim HDX gets SLC SSD

Steve — Thu, 06 May 2010 08:55:46 +0000

May 6 2010 High-End Show, MOC, Munich. Naim confirms, in an aggregate of abbreviations, that the multi-award-winning Naim HDX is to be offered with a 16GB Enterprise grade, Single Level Cell (SLC), Solid State Drive (SSD). This totally silent drive will contain the operating system and includes space for future upgrades. This and the performance upgrades are an upgrade option for existing HDX owners.

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Naim updates award-winning NaimUniti to Hi-res

Steve — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:10:13 +0000

Naim Audio today confirmed that they have released a significant update for the award-winning NaimUniti. The key upgrade is the support for 24Bit/96kHz (and 24/88.2) playback of .wav and .flac files including fixed point 24 and 32bit files as well as 32bit floating point variants.

The update will be distributed to Naim retailers by a download this week. All the NaimUniti units shipped in February have included the latest code. This shows as Version 2.00.00 when checking the NaimUniti status screen.

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New Naim UnitiQute

Steve — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:00:52 +0000

CES Show Las Vegas 7th January 2010. Naim Audio, the UK’s largest and most successful specialist audio manufacturer, launches UnitiQute a smaller more compact all-in-one system than NaimUniti Naim Audio’s multi award-winning system.

The UnitiQute is the first high-end remote controlled all-in-one audio player to offer so many sources: FM & Internet Radio (plus DAB in supporting markets), MP3 / iPod (Authenticated digital iPod connection), Streamed audio and USB.

Key to UnitiQute is its digital audio streaming capabilities. UnitiQute can wirelessly stream music stored on UPnP™ networked devices, providing access to even more music including – the increasingly popular – hi resolution 24bit / 96kHz WAV or FLAC files.

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