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Recently, I home-auditioned a Naim Uniti Atom HE alongside Focal Stellia Headphones.

During my time with them, I took the time to look into the partnering Naim Uniti Core. You might be mistaken in believing that it is a propriety product that will only work with other Naim components.

Meridian, please take note: you could have similarly produced this type of product for the Meridian 210. Why? The Uniti Core is a UPnP device, as is the Meridian 210. Alternatively, it can also be directly connected to a home network. Naively, one would like to believe the Meridian have the same skills as their Naim counterparts.

If you don’t have Roon, the Meridian 210 irritates by its reliance on ‘cheap’ third-party apps to access Tidal and/or Qobuz. By contrast, one can only envy Naim’s own app that seamlessly enables access to Tidal/Qobuz (and Roon) - and your own stored music library.

That stored music library is held on your personal choice of SSD/HDD, that simply slots into the Uniti Core. That home music library is then catalogued with all the appropriate information - including album artwork. Now, this might seem like a glorified NAS, but if you really object on buying into Roon, and don’t want to subscribe to Tidal or Qobuz, and require a really good app to access your music library, then the Uniti Core is worthy of consideration. It is also an elegant addition to a Meridian 813.

On checking with my Meridian/Naim dealer, on the Uniti Core being an appropriate UPnP partner for a Meridian 210, they didn’t offer any indication that the two devices wouldn’t work with each other. The caveat was that they sold more Innuos devices compared to the Uniti Core.