NAD M51

Best DAC £1200+, Awards 2012. This flexible DAC will bring great results for any upmarket system

NAD’s M51 takes the company’s recent Direct Digital amplification concept and applies it to a rather impressive DAC/preamp.

Toen AND Benelux afgelopen herfst tijden de Dutch Dealer Days in Den Dolder de nieuwe M51 D/A converter liet zien en horen legde ik ter plekke een recensie-exemplaar vast. De combinatie van de bijzondere technologie en een adviesprijs die ver onder de...

I genuinely wanted to love this DAC based on rave reviews. What I got instead was a DAC that sounded dull and veiled. I ended up getting a Stello U3 USB to SPDIF convertor just to try to make the DAC sound in any way interesting in my setup. In the end...

This DAC sounds amazing. This is my 3rd DAC (Peachtree Dacit, Woo Audio WDS1) and it really stands out from my previous DAC's. This DAC has presence. There is a huge sound stage, with great definition of instrument location, however it does show up...

Nad M51 sounds like hifi. As opposed to real music, as opposed to natural. Incompatibility with my amplifier maybe, but I sure do not like. The differences between firmware are huge. The latest one sound the most hifi.