It has a larger footprint than the Naim – 32cm wide and 35cm deep, compared to the Atom’s 25cm width and 26cm depth – but it too sports a nice big LCD display and tactile volume dial (here it’s on the front).
The Cambridge is of the same ilk and undoubtedly in many minds would, to repeat our review, run away with ‘best dressed’ in the category. The flashy remote is a suitable complement to the Uniti Atom’s aesthetic, too: a handy tool for those occasions where you’d rather quickly change tracks and volume levels without having to pick up your phone or reach over to the Atom.
Both of these features, plus the fact that the Naim app is a software dream, makes this a handsome system that’s a pleasure to use. To that end, the Naim’s half-width, sleek black chassis is characterised by a full-colour LCD front panel and coffee-coaster-like volume dial on the roof. Inherently more of a ‘lifestyle’ product than traditional hi-fi separates, the Naim Uniti Atom and Cambridge Evo 150 adopt more contemporary aesthetics than the brands’ typical fare. Naim Uniti Atom (Image credit: Naim) Evo 150 vs Uniti Atom: design However, if you’re mostly into network streaming and only require a line-level or digital input or two to connect an external source, either is bound to satisfy. Looking at this as a box-ticking exercise, the Cambridge wins hands-down and will make better sense for those who want to take advantage of the specific functionality it offers over the Naim.
It also supports Tidal Connect (a feature that allows you to ‘cast’ songs from within the native Tidal app), but at the time of writing this is a ‘coming soon’ update for the Naim. Arguably, it’s also the choice for Tidal HiFi subscribers, being the only one of the two supporting the MQA technology powering the catalogue’s hi-res Masters.
That makes the Cambridge easier to use in a laptop system and by owners of phono stage-less turntables. The Cambridge further builds on the Naim’s connectivity list with asynchronous USB and balanced XLR inputs, a built-in phono stage, and a second pair of speaker terminals that allows users to run two pairs simultaneously. Around 42% of it came from sales to Stellantis.The main disparity lies in the physical connections they house, and the Naim's offering is the scantier of the two, sticking with line-level RCA, USB, coaxial and optical (two) inputs, plus a HDMI ARC input. The report showed Italian car parts industry comprised around 2,200 companies, with total revenue of almost 45 billion euros ($52 billion) last year. "Italian car parts makers are struggling to update their offer through R&D investments," he said. However, many of the respondents in the survey still saw the merger as an opportunity, in particular for wider access to markets the group can guarantee, the report said.įrancesco Zirpoli of Venice Ca' Foscari University, who contributed to the report, said the fortunes of Italy's car part suppliers would be tightly linked to how Stellantis manages the overlap between its former Fiat Chrysler and PSA European supply chains. "Small size affects their ability to respond to challenges posed by industry changes". "There is a problem with size and this is an issue, especially in terms of investments, when businesses need to refocus their productions," said Marco Stella, head of the components sector at ANFIA, noting that Italy did not have large car part suppliers like Germany. But it showed a majority of those who responded think their size could put them under pressure from the bigger carmaker to adapt to its demands.
Most of the Italian parts suppliers surveyed by Italian automotive industry lobby ANFIA did not give a final judgment about consequences of the creation of Stellantis, the world's fourth largest carmaker. Global carmakers are investing billions to accelerate a transition to low-emission mobility, pushing parts makers to adapt their production, with electric engines requiring less and often different components from traditional combustion ones. Italian car part suppliers see their small average size struggling to adapt to industry changes following the merger of local carmaker Fiat Chrysler with France's PSA which created Stellantis earlier this year, a lobby survey showed on Thursday.