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Mu-so Qb Gen 2

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A bulging box of abilities, Naim’s Mu-so Qb is the smaller brother of the main Mu-so — roughly a 21cm cube — offering exactly the same streaming abilities plus one minijack input, one optical and a USB slot for sticks and drives. Note, however, there’s no HDMI input on the Qb.

As with the Gen 2 Mu-so there are new colours for the optional grilles you can order should black not be to your liking: Olive, Terracotta (pictured) and Peacock. You now also get a remote control included, which we reckon to be a major benefit for when the app isn’t to hand, though of course there’s also that magnificen­t knob on the top, upgraded to the Gen 2’s 15 different touch zones, offered contextual­ly depending on what’s happening.

Sonically it’s obviously smaller in size of sound than the Mu-so, but still a wonder for its dimensions, though we found it came over rather weedy in free space, so that despite the ability to tune it for positionin­g we’d recommend having it near a wall or corner. Find the right home for the Naim Qb, and you won’t be disappoint­ed in its sound, while the app, the remote and its useful inputs all score further points.

 ??  ?? $1475
$1475

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