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Recommended Component 2025 – Stereophile
"Recommended" Award – headfonia.com
All-in-One Streaming Player with Superb Headphone Amp and Preamp Functionality
Naim's Uniti Atom Headphone Edition is a headphone-optimized version of the award-winning Uniti Atom music streaming system, designed to be the ultimate solo listening source. Unlike traditional headphone amplifiers and DACs, which require a separate computer or streaming device, Uniti Atom Headphone Edition is a fully formed streaming system: just add headphones. It is also a superb streaming pre-amplifier. Simply add a power amp and speakers – or active speakers.
Enjoy your music, at your volume, exactly how it’s supposed to be heard. No disturbance, no distractions, no compromise. City office, home study, living room, or bedroom. Transform any space into your own audio cocoon, lovingly crafted by the British leaders in high-end sound. Music, radio and podcasts have never sounded so good.
Uniti Atom Headphone Edition is fully re-engineered to offer the optimal personal listening performance. Using trickle-down technology from its flagship Statement amplifier, Naim has engineered a new discrete headphone amplifier, capable of powering even the most premium headphones with ease, via your choice of 6.35mm jack, Balanced XLR or Pentaconn outputs.
"Recommended Component" Honors
Stereophile honored the Uniti Atom Headphone Edition by awarding it the magazine's coveted Recommend Component status for 2025.
According to Stereophile,"Used as a D/A preamplifier, the Atom impressed HR [Herb Reighert]: It reproduced the body and reverberant character of a piano as graphically and completely as his Rogue RP-7 preamp sourced by the dCS Bartók. 'That, folks, is saying a lot,' he wrote… After five weeks of auditioning the Uniti Atom HE with a variety of headphones, HR concluded that its best and most obvious trait 'was how gracefully and insightfully it danced through one musical genre after another. It was never not enticing. It was never not engaging. It never disappointed.'"
"A Big Thumbs Up from Us"
"There are any number of quality headphone amps on the market, as well as great streamers. But Naim's Uniti Atom Headphone Edition stands out for combining the two in a package that delivers style, ergonomics, and superb sound at a very reasonable price," reports Alan Taffel, The Absolute Sound, May/June 2022. "That should prove appealing for both young music lovers and grizzled audiophiles who want to set up a self-contained, compact system for headphone listening in a private space."
"The new Atom’s headline ability is headphone playback, but don’t underestimate its value as a preamplifier. It’s a classy and versatile addition to Naim’s Uniti range," notes What Hi-Fi?, May 2021. "And it comes with the best knob in hi-fi. It’s a big thumbs up from us."
"It Stands Alone in the Market"
"It stands alone in the market thanks to its gorgeous design and musicality," raves Lewis Leong, TechRadar, July 2021. "While you could assemble a system that sounds as good, it’s difficult to match what the Atom offers as a complete package."
Matty Graham seconds the praise of the Uniti Atom Headphone Edition's uniqueness in his May 18, 2021 review for Headfonia. "I’ve come across the first device that I’ve ever encountered that puts up a compelling claim to be the sole device that you’ll ever need to park on your desk to enjoy stunning headphone listening – and all with an utterly seamless user experience to boot."
Unique Music Streaming Platform
Naim’s unique music-streaming platform serves up incredible sound quality, allowing you to escape into your own digital music collection, services such as Qobuz, TIDAL and Spotify, and a world of Internet radio – including a curated collection of HD stations - and podcasts.
AirPlay 2 support, Chromecast built-in and Roon Ready status add even more streaming options, while analog and digital inputs mean you can connect many other sources, too – including turntables – and a USB input supports playback from sticks/drives. Enjoy a huge range of music file formats, in resolutions up to 32bit/384kHz.
Explore and curate your audio choices via the Naim App, with further control options offered by a wonderfully tactile volume dial and full-color display (that can be switched off it you like to listen in the dark). The Naim App also seamlessly integrates with other Naim streaming products in your home.
Streaming Features and Services
The Atom Headphone Edition allows you to use UPnP™ (Universal Plug and Play) to read music from storage, or PCs and Macs on the same network as your Uniti, control it all with the Naim app and enjoy playback at up to 32bit/384kHz resolution.
Atom includes native support for Chromecast built-in. This smart new streaming service creates a seamless link to hundreds of supported apps from your smartphone or tablet and streams directly to your Uniti system.
Discover millions of songs from the world’s most popular streaming service with the built-in Spotify Connect feature. The lossless high definition TIDAL streaming service is integrated into Uniti for an immersive, high-quality sound experience. Tune in to thousands of available internet radio stations and podcasts or curate your favorites for quick access later via iRadio.
Pair your Uniti Atom Headphone Edition with any compatible Bluetooth device for simple high quality playback of music from that device. With Apple AirPlay2 and Apple Music, stream music from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch or from iTunes and Apple Music.
"Its Headphone Performance Is Absolutely Terrific"
The Uniti Atom Headphone Edition earned a "Recommended" award from headfonia.com.
"The day has come where you can genuinely enjoy listening to all your favorite music, without needing a single source device plugged into it, or even a computer – simply add your streaming platform of choice into the Naim app, and you’re off to the races. Add to this the fact that its headphone performance is absolutely terrific, and you have a stone-cold winner on your hands."
"It rewrites the value equation, and then some. Trust me, you’re not going to want to buy another ‘box’ to park on your desk for a long, long time. An unreserved recommendation, the Naim Uniti Atom Headphone Edition goes straight to our ‘Recommended’ list."
"Encourages My Love of Musical Exploration"
"The Naim Uniti Atom Headphone Edition proves that when you focus on the key thing that makes your product unique — and wrap already proven hardware and software around it — you’re probably going to create something of value," notes Will Jennings, ecoustics.com, December 20, 2022. "This is one piece of audio hardware that won’t be obsolete anytime soon and has this very experienced headphone reviewer completely smitten."
"Naim has proved once again that it has one foot in today's Internet streaming technology with the other firmly planted in innovative amplifier topology, and it's a great combination in audio today," observes Wayde Robson, Audioholics, May 11, 2021. "But what I personally love best about Uniti Atom HE are the little details in usability that pushes the Internet streaming technology out of the way and simply encourages my love of musical exploration and discovery every time I turn it on."
