Naim Mu-so 2nd Generation Wireless Speaker (Brushed Aluminum)

I am a fairly serious audiophile with not one but *two* reference systems in my home, one featuring McIntosh and the other Classe preamps and amplifiers along with Martin Logan loudspeakers, VPI turntables, HiFi Rose streamers, etc. In addition, the house is full of other music lovers and "wannabe audiophiles" who want great sound without falling down the rabbit hole. Our son has had his hand-me-down "junior audiophile" system for a couple years now so my wife and I decided to get our daughter something similar this Christmas. For many reasons -- not least among them space -- we decided a high-quality wireless loudspeaker system with a turntable would be a good fit for her.I ordered a McIntosh RS250 from Crutchfield, fully expecting it to be worth the price premium that both Mac sound and those glowing blue meters tend to command ($3,000 shipped). In the interest of due diligence, I also ordered a Naim Mu-so 2 from Amazon to test, mostly because of the absurd price discount at the time ($999 shipped) for the light wood version which would be her preference anyway.The two speakers arrived within a day of each other so I got to comparing them with the Audio-Technica AT-LP120 turntable and Cambridge Audio Alva Solo phono preamp we also got for her. I was astounded by the results.Not only did the Naim Mu-so sound better in every respect -- where the Mac was tubby and bloated in the lows and mids, the Naim was punchy and articulate -- it was substantially louder and absolutely painted the room with sound where the RS250 sounded anemic and woefully underpowered. And, at 1/3 the price! I don't know if it is Naim's relationship with Focal that has this thing sounding so good, but whatever it is, they should do more of it!In addition, the Naim's user interface is light years ahead of the McIntosh. That spinning disk around the control surface on top is an absolute pleasure to use and the fit and finish are beyond reproach. It is as beautiful a thing to look at as it is to hear.Suffice it to say, the Mac went back to Crutchfield the very next day. As much as I love and appreciate McIntosh gear in general, the RS250 just doesn't deliver. I was so blown away by the Mu-so 2 that I bought two more -- one for my office and one for my wife's. For the price of *one* RS250, we got *three* Naim Mu-so 2s. That's a bargain at three times the price.In the month of use I have given mine since, the sound has continued to blossom. Where I was originally nervous about a lack of a subwoofer out, I no longer have that concern. It really sounds fantastic in every respect. I really can't say enough about the Naim Mu-so 2 or recommend it more highly. At this price, buy more than one!

Was planning on getting a Devialet Phantom Gold - but went with this instead. Love the sound of Focal speakers and the Naim MuSu uses Focal drivers. The Mids and Uppers are crystal clear. Enough Bass too - but I am using it in a very large open living room setting.Initial set up took me a while and some trouble. Not sure what worked, but it eventually did. But once set up, everything works seamlessly. I use Spotify and Qobuz - both integrate just as expected.Not for anyone looking for super deep room filling Bass, or someone who wants this as a party set up - I think this is designed for someone with finesse, someone looking for sonic details and appreciates quality over decibel.

I've had this for a few days now. Listening to Amazon Music HD over Airplay2 and Internet Radio stations. I've been very impressed by how good this sounds. Clean and big sound. I read a lot of reviews about this and was waiting for the BFCM deal. Happy that this went on sale and I pulled the plug. Everything about this system is great: looks, sound quality, Naim App, physical interface (cool knob with lots of functionality), even comes with a remote.If you are on the fence, go ahead and buy it, you will be impressed

After extensive research, I decided on the product with great anticipation. The product arrived and it was dead on arrival could never get it to power. I returned it and bought one on Crutchfield and it has been working perfectly. I am extremely happy.

I wavered for a long time on whether I was going to keep this; ultimately deciding to keep it (and being too lazy to deal with the return in any case). But I think that whether this is right for you comes down to 2 main things: 1) What are you going to use it for, and 2) Where are you going to put it?First, I got this as a one-box solution for music in a large, open multifunction living space. I contemplated getting other one-box solutions, or an amp and nice wireless bookshelf speakers, but I needed them to have Airplay2. I have a space that's prob about 1000sqft and this thing plays more than loud enough to fill this space, and then some, with pretty good, balanced tones and plenty of bass (I'd like a bit more clarity in the upper-midtones, but it's not a critical listening space).But the sound is not at all omnidirectional; it comes straight out the front of the device, and there's zero stereo separation except for an approx 25% angle directly in front of the device. From anywhere else in the room, it might as well be a mono speaker, albeit a very good one. This means that it really works best in a relatively narrow rectangular room where you place the speaker way at one end of the room.On the other main point, it's nice that this thing has HDMI eARC, and can function as a soundbar. But for me, that's just a nice extra that I might use someday on an auxiliary TV somewhere else in the house. It'll be better than the built-in speakers in the TV, but you're not getting even basic amounts of surround sound out of it. You can spend half of the price of this (and I got the wood-grained version; more on that below) and get an amazing dedicated surround soundbar setup that will blow this out of the water for TV surround sound.Some other general notes:- At the time of this writing, the black version is $400 more than the wood-grained version. That is a ridiculous markup, and at $1800, it would be at the point where I'd consider paying the extra to jump to something better instead.- The components in this device are very good. Nice drivers, separate class AB amps for each driver (from what I've read)... these do come out in the quality of the sound.- Setup was kind of a big pain. On first connection, the device forced a firmware update, which hung, and multiple restarts did not fix the problem. I had to reset the whole device (by sticking a pin in the hole on the side of the device) 3 times before it would download properly...because the app refused to work at all until the firmware was fully updated. And I didn't realize that the update was hanging until I did more reading online and realized that the LED light on the side of the device actually flashes different colors, and they mean different things. This was NOT a good experience, and I almost returned the thing immediately. If I'm paying $1400 for what amounts to a fancy radio, it needs to work right out of the box.- Check the dimensions of this, and your furniture before you buy. It's pretty wide, and very deep... you can't just stick it on a bookshelf because it will probably stick out.In the end, it's fully self-contained, it supports the functions that I need (especially AirPlay2), it's stylish (appeasing the girlfriend), and it sounds pretty good (with the caveats on the directionality of sound). I kept it.