All New NAD Master M33 Integrated Amp // GAME CHANGER ?..

@dave_b 

I’m curious with your NAD purchases - were they Masters series?  And, did you give them adequate break in (i.e. 400+ hours)?  

There’s no question that some of their gear isn’t that great,  but it’s also true that some of the Masters series is quite good. The tonal balance of the gear I have (M12 and M22 - after a very long break in period) is not bright - but perhaps on the darker side of things and quite smooth.  Can it be bettered?  Absolutely.  But, having compared it to some very well regarded, and more expensive other solid state gear, it holds its own.  And, I’m pretty fussy over such things - and have been on the gear merry go round for a while with multiple systems. My $.02.

I am waiting on the next NAD amp without all of the bells and whistles that the M33 has. A pure amp with a Purifi module. I hope it will be the next Purifi modules that will be even more powerful than the first batch which is in the M33.

As I type this I am already listening to a revolutionary amp (non-Purifi). It has the following attributes:
- cheap
- a small form factor
- quieter than ALL other amps (maybe Purifi matches it)
- light as a feather
- sounds incredible, musical and detailed
- it only has 100 watts in stereo so the next Purifi modules could be what makes it better than what I am blasting away right now.

Been talking about this Purifi stuff on this thread.
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/removing-a-zero-from-the-price-of-amps?highlight=removing%2Ba%2Bzero

Making a very high performing amp a commodity can only be good for the consumer.

Just watched the Darko review. I am also going to be doing different filter curves (like Dirac) for my setup using convolution files running inside ROON. This will only work for my digital streaming unlike the M33 which also does the analog sources too.

M32 and M12...had for a month and experienced no change in character so returned.

More details and lots about the Purifi amps.
https://event.webinarjam.com/go/replay/12/w8w9lf1fnf2fx