NAD Master Series M2 Direct Digital Amplifier **SOLD**
-- TAS Product of the Year 2009
-- TAS Editors Choice Awards 2011
-- Stereophile 2010 runner up Amplifier of the Year
MSRP: $5,999.
For Sale: $2695 plus shipping & paypal fees
Excellent condition with original packing, remote, power cord and manual
It doesn't take a lot of digging to find a ton of universal praise for the NAD M2 integrated amp - in professional reviews and user feedback alike. Personally, I've tried a number of class D amps - none of which I liked nearly as well as my old McCormack DNA-500 amp. But this NAD M2 totally changed my mind about it. It excels as as preamp, DAC and amp in all one stellar integrated while eliminating the hassles (and cost) of separate components, cables and power cords.
Robert Harley of The Absolute Sound said it best...
"The M2 sounded completely unlike any other Class D amplifier I’ve heard. It had no characteristic fingerprint that identified its technology. Rather, the M2 tended to get out of the way, reflecting the virtues and verities of the recording.... As for the M2 as an alternative to a $3500 conventional integrated amplifier and a $2500 digital-to-analog converter, it’s a slam dunk. I haven’t heard, nor can I imagine, any combination of amplification and DAC at the price approaching the M2’s performance."http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/nad-m2-direct-digital-amplifier-tas-198-1/Other reviews of note:
-- Stereophile:
http://www.stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/nad_m2_direct_digital_integrated_amplifier/-- 6Moons:
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/nad/m2.html-- Positive Feedback:
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue66/nad_m2.htm-- HiFi News:
http://www.hifinews.co.uk/news/article/nad-m2-pound;5000/7554M2 Direct Digital Amplifier FeaturesDirect Digital Amplifier
2 X 250W Continuous Power at 8 and 4 Ohms
>500W IHF Dynamic Power
<0.004% THD 20Hz – 20kHz from 500mW to 250W
>120dB Dynamic Range
40uV Residual Noise
>2000 Damping Factor at 50Hz +0/-0.5dB Frequency Response 20Hz – 20kHz, -3dB >85kHz
Channel Separation >90dB @ 1kHz, 80dB @ 10kHz
Digital PowerDrive
Digital Soft Clipping (switchable)
5 Position Digital Impedance Compensation Filter
Analogue-to-Digital Conversion
A/D Conversion for Analogue Inputs
Multi-bit Delta/Sigma 24/216kHz
0.0004% THD
Sample rate 32kHz - 192kHz
124dB S/N Ratio
High Resolution 120dB Digital Attenuator
Ins and Outs
Inputs Digital SPDIF: AES/EBU, Coaxial X 2, Optical X 2
Inputs Analogue: Balanced, Single Ended
Processor Loop: SPDIF Optical (Mac PC compatible) out/in
2 Sets of Speaker Binding Posts to facilitate Bi-wiring
Remote Control
Control Options
RS-232 serial data port
IR Input
12V Trigger Input and Output
<1W Standby Consumption
90% Amplifier Efficiency
NOTE: those "marks" on the display are just from the protective tape over the display that I never got around to removing. It is in exceptional condition.
