NAD 533 Rega P2 worth upgrading?


Wondering if it be worth it to throw some money into my NAD 533 table? Knowing that my phono preamp could use an upgrade as well as my amp, I'm just toying with where to spend money.

I'd like to get more volume and presence out of my system.

As far as what I am looking as as far as money-

table upgrades
$300-$500 on phono preamp
$750ish on amp
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Showing 1 response by gadfly

best mods i did on my NAD were the better subplatter and glass platter. I also used different bearings in the well.

the table suffers from wow which always always bugged me. The better subplatter and heavier glass platter alleviated that almost entirely.

the VTAF was nice to have for VTA but also to decouple that arm. The plinth is poor and how i know this is that i moved the arm to a different table and it really showed it's worth on a TD111 Thorens idler.

Rewiring the arm brought a higher level of detail and sweeter inner detail.

Was it worth it? I dismantled the table when I moved to a Techncis 1200. i like that table more but really wish i'd kept the NAD as a second table. My advice is if you do mod it keep it. Always have two of everything.