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The NAD M33 will cancel your complaints about Class D

There are many reasons to like one type of sound over another. Even among what are considered very good amplifiers there’s a broad range of tastes and preferences among audiophiles. Just ask a SET aficionado!

However, no class is more maligned, inappropriately, than Class D. To hear some regulars tell it, Class D sound will thin your blood, make your teeth fall out and ruin your enjoyment of just about everything because it sounds so (fill in a lot of tropes from the 1980’s here).

I’ve been listening to NAD’s prior collaboration with Bruno Putzy and I can tell with some confidence that none of those tired old tropes apply. For reasons related much more to tonal balance than anything else, I’m sticking with Class A/B in my main system, but with the introduction of the next gen Anthem AVR receivers and the NAD M33 I may be making the switch back to class D.

You don’t have to like the M33 or the Anthem’s but can we at least agree that it’s time to retire the old guard of reasons not to buy Class D? Lets lay those poor phantoms to rest.
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I was deciding for a few months between the Hegel H390 and NAD M33 for my B&W 802D2 speakers. My dealer sells both the Hegel H390 and NAD M33 (and also NAIM, Devialet, and Linn) and had both in stock and told me after several long listening sessions with the new NAD M33 that they both are great but he preferred the NAD because of how clear, detailed, and dynamic it was, the great stereo imaging, strong bass, and beautiful mid range and just the overall musicality of the NAD.

Based on my dealer’s recommendation I bought the NAD M33 but he also said if I was not happy with it I could trade it back in and swap it for the Hegel H390 for 100% credit of the amount that I paid. I have had the NAD M33 now for 5 weeks and love the sound of it and have no plans to swap it out for the Hegel H390 or anything else for that matter. I don’t use Roon but with the bluesound operating system and Spotify connect and the now newly released Tidal connect on the NAD M33 the flexibility and ease of use of the NAD far surpasses the Hegel H390.
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