Inside the Naim Uniti Atom Headphone Editionįirst off, let me say that I dig the Naim Uniti line. These weeks before the move have flown by. We’re moving out now, to a bigger house, but those last few weeks in PDX were saved by the presence of the Naim Uniti Atom Headphone Edition ($3,799 USD) and the Focal Celestee ($999 USD) headphones, making for a superb and compact headphone system. And I have a pair of GoldenEar subwoofers that still need to get their close-ups. This happened while I was setting up the Audio Note UK system, placing the AN-J D Hemp speakers in their spot along the side walls, generously increasing the low-end output of the Js until one of my neighbors cried uncle. Over time, as a variety of neighbors came and went, I finally rolled snake eyes when someone finally called to complain about the noise. For example, I didn’t know I was going to spend the last couple of years renting an apartment outside of Portland–we didn’t know how long we were going to stay in the region.
I was in Headphone Heaven during the review process, in case I didn’t make that clear when I wrote the Ferrum review.įinally, I realize that I have a need for a permanent headphone-based system in my life. Another reason for PTA to keep talking about headphones revolves around my 2021 review of the Ferrum Audio Oor and Hypsos, which were evaluated with a pair of headphones that might be my favorite of all time: the Focal Clear MGs. (Concept 5.5? Sansui 8080DB? Kenwood KR-9600?) Since then I’ve owned plenty of cans, mostly Sennheiser early on and eventually to Grados, AudioQuests, AKGs, Hifiman and a few more. I’ve spent most of my audiophile life listening to headphones, all the way back to that first pair of Sennheiser HD-414s I bought to plug into whatever ’70s receiver I had at the time. Do we still want to review head-fi when there are so many other publications that are far more committed to it? Is there anyone on the current staff who really wants to keep diving in? Finally, did most of us secretly buy a pair of Focals and proclaim that we are done? I bet if I did an informal survey with the staff here, more than half of us would be proud and happy owners of some pair of Focal headphones or another. In the PTA War Room we’ve had many discussions about this, which led to all sorts of existential questions. The Naim Uniti Atom Headphone Edition, along with the Focal Celestee headphones, is an attempt to ask myself an important question for 2023: to headphone or not to headphone? There was a point last year where we considered dropping the Best Headphones section from Part-Time Audiophile‘s bi-annual Buyers Guide, especially since we passed two publication cycles without any significant changes.
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