Naim Mu-So 2nd Generation Powered Wireless Music System with Bluetooth, Apple AirPlay 2 and Google Chromecast

Naim Mu-So 2nd Generation Powered Wireless Music System with Bluetooth, Apple AirPlay 2 and Google Chromecast - Naim

Introducing Mu-so 2nd Generation: The Premium Wireless Speaker Your Music Deserves
Mu-so 2nd Generation is the successor to the multiple award-winning Mu-so wireless music system, re-engineered for class-leading performance, functionality and usability by NAIM’s experts in Salisbury, England. Combining our 45 years of hi-fi mastery with the very latest music-streaming technology and premium design quality, this is the ultimate single-box system you and your music deserve. From up to 32bit high-resolution streaming to multi room music to HDMI TV sound; you’ve never heard it so good from an all-in-one wireless system.

Excellence Remastered: Almost Everything Has Changed

The Naim Streaming Platform
At the heart of Mu-so 2nd Generation is Naim’s music-streaming platform, developed by 25 engineers over 3 years to offer the very best performance whether playing your own digital music collection, a world of Internet radio, or music streaming services such as TIDAL and Spotify. This acclaimed innovation is uniquely found in Naim music-streaming products, such as its Uniti range and dedicated network players, including the £20,000 flagship ND 555.

DSP - The heart of the System
The all-new multicore Digital Signal Processor (DSP) drives higher performance, providing 2000 MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) compared to the original Mu-so’s single-core, 150MIPS DSP. You can also hear even more from your music.

NAIM has also created a brand new limiter algorithm that keeps each of Mu-so 2nd Generation’s speaker drivers’ movement under control when at high volume levels. The new limiter, by design; is only active at extreme volume levels, and helps to retain the music’s clarity and increase long term reliability.

Optimized Speaker Drivers
Mu-so 2nd Generation’s 450 Watts of music power are joined by improved and highly optimized speaker drivers – a joint development project between Naim and Focal R&D departments.
Focal has been creating benchmark acoustic equipment since 1979, and its expertise has taken speaker-driver precision and performance to new levels.

95% Re-engineered

• • Premium aluminum casing, in a new burnished grey finish.
  • It may look similar outside, but inside Mu-so 2nd Generation, the majority of components have been upgraded to improve performance.
  • The cabinet design has been re-engineered to create 13% more internal volume, enabling bigger, better bass. Both the cabinet bracing and baffle molding have been redesigned for improved rigidity, which suppresses and controls vibrations.
  • The distinctive heat-sink fins are now more compact, while still being ultra-effective, and continuing to feature Naim patented technology that discreetly incorporates the wi-fi antenna.

Upgraded App Control
The updated Naim app allows you to browse by artist, genre, album and more, complete with artwork and extended music information.
Control volume, light settings, room modes and create playlists.

Multiroom Music Made Easy With Smart Integration
Mu-so 2nd Generation works brilliantly on its own or as part of a multiroom music set-up. There are three easy ways to make it multiroom:

• • • 1. Combine it with other networked Naim products (including 1st Generation Mu-so and Mu-so Qb) via the updated Naim app
    • 2. Pair it with other AirPlay 2-compatible wireless speakers via the Apple Home app
    • 3. Pair it with other Chromecast devices via groups controlled by the Google Home app

Specs:

Audio Inputs

• • HDMI: ARC in with CEC
  • Streaming: Apple AirPlay 2, Chromecast Built-in, UPnPTM, Spotify® Connect, TIDAL, Roon Ready, Bluetooth, Internet Radio
  • Analogue Input: 3.5mm Jack
  • USB: USB2 (Type A connector)
  • Digital (S/PDIF): Optical S/PDIF up to 96khz

Connectivity

• • Multiroom: Sync up to five Naim Streaming products and control via the Naim App.
  • Network: Ethernet (10/100Mbps), Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac), BLE v4.2

Formats

• • Internet Radio Formats: Windows Media-formatted content, MP3, ACC, Ogg Vorbis streams and MMS
  • Internet Radio Provider: vTuner Premium 5*
  • Audio Formats: WAV, FLAC and AIFF – up to 24bit/384kHz, ALAC (Apple Lossless) – up to 24bit/384kHz, MP3 – up to 48kHz, 320kbit (16 bit), AAC – up to 48kHz, 320kbit (16bit), OGG and WMA – up to 48kHz (16bit), DSD- 64 and 128Fs, Bluetooth - SBC, AAC, Note: Gapless playback supported on all formats

Other information

• • Warranty: Details here.

Physical

• • Finishes: Burnished and anodised aluminium casework, CNC milled, bead blasted and anodised aluminium heatsinks, Dual tone grey and black fabric grille. Grille colour options in Olive, Peacock and Terracotta.
  • Weight: 11.2kg
  • Dimensions (HxWxD): 122mm x 628 mm x 264 mm

Power

• • Amplifier Output: 450W – (6 x 75W)
  • Mains Supply: 100V, 115V or 230V, 50/60Hz
  • Power Consumption: Typical use: 17W, Standby mode: < 2W, Deep sleep (No-network standby mode): < 0.5W

Speaker

• • Speaker System: Stereo 3-way; DSP-optimized vented box acoustic system

Supplied with

• • Dual tone grey and black grille, remote control, mains cables (market dependent), reset pin-hole tool and information booklets.

User Control

• • Handheld: Remote handset included and optional control app for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Android devices
  • Product: Touch control user interface with rotary volume control
  • Remote Control: Infra-red (RC5)

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