#Mus2 notation review mac#
UPnP support allows streaming from PC, Mac and NAS in resolution up to 32bit/384kHz. Spotify and Tidal playlists can also be saved for instant access. There's also Naim's excellent internet radio mini app, with thousands of web radio stations ready to listen to and save to the Mu-so's presets. Or even, if you're old-school, via Bluetooth. However, Tidal, Spotify and every other mobile-based streaming service can also be sent over AirPlay 2 and/or Chromecast.
Spotify is via Spotify Connect on the Spotify app. Tidal is built in, although admittedly the MQA 'Tidal Master' part of it is not fully supported.
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Multi-room is possible via Apple AirPlay 2 or Google Chromecast on iOS and Android devices, or Naim's own system via the app, remote or on-body controls. Where some premium wireless speakers lack key methods of wireless streaming, or bombard you with individual streaming services that most people have never even heard of, Mu-so 2 gets it dead right. Naim Mu-so gen 2: features and connections However, another beauty of this is that it sucks every bit of detail out of Spotify streams and old AAC and MP3 rips, and can also gives a good account of itself when you go to the opposite extreme and stream 32bit/384kHz files in Flac, WAV and DSD formats. I mainly used Tidal for testing – that's more or less CD quality and sounds fantastic through Mu-so 2. Obviously for stereo separation it can't compete with KEF's LSX or Bowers & Wilkins' forthcoming Formation Duo but I don't think you'll necessarily miss it. This isn't really a traditional stereo, 'hi-fi' product it's something more modern. 'Mu-so 2nd Generation has been re-engineered to have a 13% increase in cabinet volume, which enables bigger, better bass performance ,' it says here… and that is no lie. Whack on something like early 80s dub reggae and it sounds HUGE. Play something stripped back to human voice or piano, or minimalist electronic music and it sends shivers down the spine. That is not to say it is built only to rock, like a Marshall wireless speaker. You can have Mu-so 2 practically all the way up and not really realise how loud it is… until you try to have a conversation and find it drowning you out. Turn it up and you'll find it will go loud.
The sound stage is wider – an HDMI ARC input has been added so it can happily double as a stereo soundbar – the bass response improved and the sheer presence of it is just that much more massive. Where the first Mu-so was forceful, engaging and precise, the Mu-so 2 is bloody forceful, hugely engaging and precise. Rather like the look, this obviously comes from the same template as the first-gen Mu-so but is so much better. I'll move on to the myriad features and streaming methods of the new Mu-so shortly but let's start with the sound. Thanks to HDMI ARC, Mu-so 2 can also work as a soundbar, albeit only a stereo one Placement is also made easier with the option of Naim's 'Room Compensation' settings, where algorithms compensate for placement in corners or near walls. I would say you might find it hard to make it fit in small rooms but if you're in the market for a £1,300 wireless speaker I am going to assume you have rooms with suitable surfaces that are big enough. Naim is at pains to point out that they’re also truly acoustically transparent. Pricing is little stringent at £50 a chuck but they are very attractive grilles. The Mu-so 2 comes with a black grille but you can pay to replace it with one in a Terracotta, Olive or Peacock finish. The metal is now in a more 'burnished' finish, and the speaker grille, while visually similar to v1, is actually wholly redesigned. Personally I haven't used the remote at all, or the on-body controls very much – the iPhone and Android app is far more comprehensive and convenient – but it's nice that they're there. The big knob now boasts 15 touch-sensitive buttons, even more striking illumination, and a proximity sensor that wakes it as you approach. It's a bit like the new Spider-man suit in Infinity Wars – still the same, but even more sleek and modern. If it's not broke, why fix it? However, enough has changed with the colour of the metal, the design of the over-sized volume/control knob and the remote control to make it easily discernible from its older sibling. Yes, it does look a lot like the first Mu-so.
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