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Experience with the NAD M5.......

My local dealer has given me a good deal on his demo NAD M5
SACD player. I have seen some good posts here on this player. On NAD's site they are very vague with the specs
on this player......no signal to noise ratio....output
impedance etc...How does this unit sound? I have had good luck with my old NAD stuff. I do not have any in my main system now. I know you can get a Lector, Cary CDP-1 used
Mcintosh for the list price....seems like used Ayre players are hard to find. Thoughts on the NAD MASTER
sereies cd player would be helpful.
klaudio

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sc53
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I have to disagree with the above posters. I recently bought the M5 to try with SACD's and think it sounds excellent. Build quality is first rate as well, the unit looks very classy unlike typical NAD gear. I hear lots of detail and good separation of instruments on the jazz and acoustic SACD's I have played on my M5. This weekend I finally tried out the redbook CD section and really could not hear much difference between the NAD and the Linn Majik CD player I also have in this system. Possibly slightly more delicacy and "air" with the Majik, but that could have been my imagination too. I'm very happy with the NAD M5 esp. for the $1200 I paid for it. I think you should try it out. BTW I also own the Ayre CX7e and agree it is a better player but it also costs $3000. If you can find the NAD for $1200 it's definitely worth it, esp if you want to try SACD's. I did not find this player "boring" at all, but maybe that's due to the rest of my system (ProAc D15's, Quad II Classic amps, Cary SLP98 preamp, Ensemble and Cardas cables).
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