User manual NAIM HEADLINE

[. . . ] The first performanceupgradable high-end audio streamer ­ the NDX. And now the NDX has its first offspring ­ the HEADLINE. The HEADLINE takes the DNA of the NDX and concentrates it in the slimline XS style package. [. . . ] With an HEADLINE you can stream audio from a UPnPTM server, discover internet radio, connect your iPod, iPhone, iPad or USB storage, and even listen to conventional digital audio sources. Simply connect the HEADLINE to your home network, plug it in to a spare amplifier input, and the new world of streamed audio is yours. The HEADLINE is a condensed NDX, but while for the rest of the world that term might imply something missing, there's no functionality cut from the HEADLINE. It incorporates most of the digital and analogue audio hardware and the same signal path as the NDX, and features the same connectivity. It offers the same variety of control interfaces too ­ front panel buttons, remote handset or iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch app ­ and the same complement of inputs, outputs and network capabilities. And it goes without saying that the HEADLINE can offer the same potential for extraordinary music from every one of its inputs and sources. Musical multitasking Streamed audio is a hi-fi revolution and the HEADLINE unlocks its potential. It employs the same Burr Brown digital to analogue converter chip as fitted to the HDX hard disk player, and all the oversampling, filtering and signal management techniques that have brought Naim to the forefront of digital music in the home. Component selection and layout is entirely optimised for sound quality and the XS style case construction helps minimise microphony by providing a rigid non-resonant foundation for the electronics. Like every Naim product, fastidious attention to power supply noise and regulation is a fundamental element of HEADLINE performance. A custom-wound mains transformer, oversize smoothing capacitors, independent power supplies and multiple regulators, along with painstakingly meticulous PCB layout and earthing topology, ensure minimal power supply noise. And the result of all this extraordinary technology is extraordinary music reproduction. Connect an HEADLINE to your existing audio system and the world of high resolution audio downloads, UPnPTM streaming, and the vast resource of internet radio are yours for the listening. And it's a world where music from any source will live, breath and satisfy ­ completely. [. . . ] Connect an HEADLINE to your existing audio system and the world of high resolution audio downloads, UPnPTM streaming, and the vast resource of internet radio are yours for the listening. And it's a world where music from any source will live, breath and satisfy ­ completely. Choose to control The HEADLINE is as versatile in use as it is in its applications. [. . . ]