Naim Uniti Nova compared to Cambridge Audio Evo 150 - opinion

The Evo looks nice, but I get a little nervous when the press release  leads with and spends more time lauding the aesthetic side panels than it does the sonic merits.

Yes, that’s true :-)

I’ve heard the Naim. And if you are looking for competition also consider the Moon ACE. 

Thank you.  I’ll take a look.

+1, Moon ACE.

https://simaudio.com/en/product/ace-all-in-one-music-player/

https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/moon-ace-all-in-one-music-player

Thank you mrklas and hgeifman. My initial reaction was “Oh, ugly looking machine’ but that doesn’t really matter - where I will place it it will hardly be visible and if it had a sexy screen like the Naim and Cambridge products I’d never really be looking at it anyway. The reviews are all so positive - specially What HiFi.

I read the reviews carefully and it thought it made a compelling presentation. But 50W power and the lack of Airplay and Chromecast is a major problem.

For MOON ACE equipped with MiND 2:

• AirPlay 2 compatible

• Spotify Connect compatible

• ROON Ready device

• Tidal Masters, Deezer Hi-Fi and Qobuz Sublime+ Music Services

• MQA decoding

• Multi-room synchronized playback

Does this help?  

The MiND 2 makes it a very viable proposition indeed.  I’ll wait a little more to see if I can get my Naim back in good order but if I run into problems, I think this sounds like a better option than an Evo 150.  If I’d known about it last year when we moved from Singapore to the US I would may have gone with it.

Thank you for bringing it to my attention.