Integrated Playback Solutions,
in order of best replay:
The best sound quality, using built-in dacs:
3000 euro
More neutral and sophisticated than UnitiQute.
USB+UPnP+i-device streamer/CD player/FM+DAB/stereo amplifier
note: external storage (NAS/USB drive) needed for streaming
1950 euro
USB+UPnP+i-device streamer/FM+DAB/stereo amplifier
Less refined, but more forgiving than Uniti.
note: external storage (NAS/USB drive) needed for streaming
2750 euro
Server with built in hard disk and DAC.
Benchmark-setting interface and a joy to operate.
Soundwise inoffensive, un-digital and natural, but lacking some drive and power.
2499 euro
UPnP streamer/hard disk based music server/CD-ripper/cd player
Quite lively but lags behind both Uniti and UnitiQute in refinement.
The best sound quality, using an external Mark Levinson no.360s DAC:
1950 euro
USB+UPnP+i-device streamer/FM+DAB tuner/30w stereo amplifier
More musical and fluid than the Olive
external storage (NAS/USB drive) needed for streaming
2750 euro
Fully-fledged server with built in hard disk and DAC.
More natural than the UnitiQute
Benchmark-setting interface and a joy to operate.
Soundwise smooth, un-digital and natural, if not very airy.
2499 euro
Streamer/hard disk based server/CD-ripper/cd player
Digital output is more dynamic and "impressive", but also more "digital" than the UnitiQute