I have a M51 and love it....best sounding source component I've ever owned. Incredible with well recorded material in 24/96, not talking HD Tracks but native 24/96k recordings.
It serves as the hub for my digital sources, CD,BluRay, Cable, Netflix, Pandora and sounds excellent with any source. The volume control is the best I've ever used although NAD's omission of front panel volume prevents me from recommending it as a preamp...it's the only thing keeping it from being "perfect".
This DAC had me pulling out all of my CDs and listen to them like they were new again...the first couple of weeks I was up until 1 and 2 am listening to stuff I discovered all over again because it never sounded this good.
Once you have a DAC with HDMI there's no turning back, movies sound incredible in 2.1 with this DAC... This DAC is as good as people say and I thought it was money well spent although it was hard parting with $2k I've gotten a lot of enjoyment out of it and have no plans to upgrade for a while.
It serves as the hub for my digital sources, CD,BluRay, Cable, Netflix, Pandora and sounds excellent with any source. The volume control is the best I've ever used although NAD's omission of front panel volume prevents me from recommending it as a preamp...it's the only thing keeping it from being "perfect".
This DAC had me pulling out all of my CDs and listen to them like they were new again...the first couple of weeks I was up until 1 and 2 am listening to stuff I discovered all over again because it never sounded this good.
Once you have a DAC with HDMI there's no turning back, movies sound incredible in 2.1 with this DAC... This DAC is as good as people say and I thought it was money well spent although it was hard parting with $2k I've gotten a lot of enjoyment out of it and have no plans to upgrade for a while.