NAD M10 BluOS Streaming Amp Review & Comments

sue_hall

Ken,

How does it sound with the LS50s?

I’m thinking of changing amp and was thinking about the new Arcam stereo amp. This seems to be very similar  and has now also grabbed my attention.

How’s it volume wise? The Arcam is 220w in to 4ohm which is more powerful, but The fact the NAD doesn’t change power seems to indicate it’ll be ok for the LS50s

Tia

Dave

KenM10759

I love it with my LS50's! I had a Bluesound Powernode 2 before this. The M10 is more detailed, better everything.

In my 10' x 12' (3m x 4m, approx.) office, I've never been able to run it anywhere near max volume. The Hypex nCore amps are great and very impedence tolerant.

The biggest difference between them will lie in the way you use them. For me, I love the BluOS system and don't see myself using anything else. Perhaps Roon, but even that can't do what BluOS does in my home.

SuperSkunk

I had a pair of LS50's with mine initially and it sounded great.

The LS50's had never sounded so good before, they sounded so good I decided to move further up KEF's food chain to the R3's which sound even better IMO.

Maccaboy10

Why are the review comparisons to the Uniti Star, surely the Atom is the more natural competitor.  In fact that’s the decision I’m trying to make at the moment Atom or M10?

Shockabuku

I've had an M10 for a few months now and it's been an absolute revelation in my 2.1 system (Dynaudio Special Forty speakers & JL E110 sub).

I was expecting a significant step down from my separates system (DiDiT DAC212SE > Conrad Johnson Premier 11a), but honestly other than a slight change in tonality from the tubes to the NAD, I don't feel I'm missing anything.  The user-friendliness of the NAD is off the charts better of course, and Dirac Live was the deal-clincher for me over Naim and is very effective in my room (YMMV).

After decades in this hifi game and countless separates, I'm chuffed to bits to have found a shoe-box size component that not only does just about everything, but also doesn't seem to give up sound quality in the process.

As for negatives, the only one I have is the lack of headphone socket. You can still use bluetooth but it'd be nice to have a socket as well.

legendgao

if have a usb for DAC,it will be better. on the table Hifi for PC.

Jokerr

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NottsMFC

Drives my MA Silver 8s fine so will drive them easily. Can't comment on how they will pair.

Shockabuku

The 705 is a bit easier to drive than the Special Forty & the latter are driven very nicely by my M10.
Bear in mind that the volume control is not linear so it may appear you need to turn it up quite a bit (often 70  % in my case), but the M10 has plenty of power. A hifi mag recently measured it at a true 100w into 8ohm and 200w into 4 ohm.

KenM10759

Good point on the volume control. It's logarithmic rather than linear, so ramps up higher & faster as you turn it up.

The M10 really would be a nice match for the 705's in most every way, with plenty of dynamic power to spare.