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<\/a><\/p>\nIn one sense it is just another wireless music streamer – with 6 integrated speakers, separately driven by 6 x 75w amplifiers – and support for Apple AirPlay, UPnP, Spotify Connect and Bluetooth \u2013 and I have no idea yet of how it sounds. It would be interesting to compare with Sony\u2019s hi-res SRS-X9 (reviewed here<\/a>), which is another all-in-one streamer with audiophile ambitions. <\/p>\n Naim\u2019s mu-so is \u00a3895, whereas Sony\u2019s SRS-X9 is \u00a3600.<\/p>\n But mu-so intrigues me for another reason. It is (as far as I am aware) Naim\u2019s first effort at cracking a wider market than the traditional hi-fi enthusiast.<\/p>\n Naim came into prominence (within the hi-fi community) in the Eighties, with distinctive styling and a commitment to sound quality above features \u2013 in contrast to the Japanese brands of the time which seemed to compete on numbers of switches and lights.<\/p>\n When I think of Naim I think of products like this, a 250 amplifier with Hi-Cap power supply and 32.5 pre-amp:<\/p>\n – and yes, it still works nicely, though true believers would not stack them, but rather have each box on a separate acoustic table.<\/p>\n Buying Naim meant going to a a specialist dealer, doing an audition with your favourite records and a cup of coffee, and swallowing hard as you handed over thousands of pounds for these plain black boxes; they seemed to deliver music like nothing else at the time.<\/p>\n Now Naim is moving with the times and going on sale in John Lewis and in Apple stores; not exactly downmarket, but quite a change from those early days. You can even buy mu-so<\/a> from hi-fi discounter Richer Sounds, though you will not get it any cheaper!<\/p>\n Note: Naim has always been based in Salisbury, but merged with French company Focal in 2011.<\/p>\n For more info on mu-so see Naim\u2019s site here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was in London yesterday and could not miss the ads for Naim\u2019s mu-so all-in-one music system. In one sense it is just another wireless music streamer – with 6 integrated speakers, separately driven by 6 x 75w amplifiers – and support for Apple AirPlay, UPnP, Spotify Connect and Bluetooth \u2013 and I have no … Continue reading Naim strives for the mass market with mu-so<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n