The front fascia has a black anodised protruding frontage housing the power button, display and knob, with a small power button on top (there’s a main power rocker switch to the rear), while the headphone socket lurks underneath, cut through the main aluminium block. Indeed given that much of this glorious construction is hidden once the M33 is inserted into a conventional hi-fi rack, you may wish to find a way to display it more prominently in your room! This is one substantial amplifier physically not only in terms of its size and weight but also its build quality, which separates it (substantially) from the M10, loaded as it is with aluminium blocks slitted for ventilation above the sides, and with eight further grilles through the top-plate doubling ventilation with a tantalising glimpse to the internals. The MDC system thereby makes the M33 about as futureproof as one could reasonably ask. This ‘Modular Design Construction’ has been a feature of higher-level NAD amps for a decade now, allowing owners to tailor additional abilities to their needs, and in future to slot in a card offering newly developed standards or connections. NAD says that considerable effort has also been spent to make the M33 fully compatible with all the leading smart home systems, including Apple, Crestron, Control4, Lutron, KNX and many others.Īs a final long-term bonus there are two empty ‘MDC’ slots to the rear, ready to make use of future modules from NAD. There’s also compatibility with both Google Assistant and Alexa, and with Siri too, if you’re utilising the M33’s AirPlay 2 abilities to stream from an Apple device. Once networked, the M33 gains all the abilities of the BluOS platform (aka Bluesound), becoming capable of streaming from all the key music services including internet radio and a good many offering high-res music (usually for a significant premium subscription) such as Tidal, Deezer and others not yet serving Australia, such as Qobuz and Amazon HD.
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There are two independent subwoofer outputs, twin speaker outputs capable of bi-wiring connections, 12V and IR triggers, RS232 for control, plus Ethernet and Wi-Fi for networking.Ī Bluetooth antenna socket supports the Bluetooth spec which includes aptX HD (but does not specify AAC for iOS device owners), and can send as well as receive, so you can listen to the M33 on Bluetooth wireless headphones.
There are three analogue inputs - one line-level RCA, one balanced XLR pair, and yes, a phono input for a turntable, selectable for moving-magnet or moving-coil cartridges, and promising to “rival specialized outboard units” with its super-accurate RIAA equalization and clever phase-cancelling infrasonic filter. The only obvious omission is the lack of a USB-B connection for playing direct from computer.
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The Masters Series M33, which NAD describes in rather a mouthful as a ‘BluOS Streaming DAC Integrated Amplifier’, takes the successful equation of the M10 and enlarges it from a half-width to a full-width product, fronted again by a large colour touchscreen, but here also offering a nice volume knob to the right.įacilities are significantly improved - an excellent headphone output, and far more numerous digital inputs, seven in all - HDMI (with the latest eARC, no less), one AES/EBU, two optical and two coaxial digital inputs, plus a USB-A slot.
NAD Masters M33 at Sevenoaks for £4,499īefore delving into the new HybridDigital Purifi Eigentakt amplification within, however, let’s see what NAD has built around it.
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