NAD electronics Only remembered everyone at the high-end Munich that Canada still knows how to play with the big children in terms of high-performance audio-and occasionally humiliated them with a smile and a “doubt”. The NAD M33 V2 Bluos -Streaming -In amplifier And M23 V2 Stereo power amplifier are not only refreshed, the underpaid thirdliners who skate hard, hit them hard and still bury the puck top shelf when it counts. Updated digital architecture. Cleaner, more sophisticated sound. And the type of connectivity that you ask why everyone else overcomes the obvious.
For the audiophiles, integrators and premium retailers who are still sleeping at NAD’s relevance in 2025 – they wake up. These are not nostalgia games. They remember that NAD has managed intelligent hi-fi longer than most brands on this show. And while Munich could be the playground of champagne equipment with Rolex setting, Nad only went flanell and kodiacs and still got more attention.
M33 V2: Streaming on the reference level
NADS M33 was released in 2020 and received awards by doing what most streaming amplifiers could not do: sound like real hi-fi while they competed quietly for the characteristics. The M33 V2 does not show up with lightning or ego – only better parts, smarter thinking and the kind of obsessive detailed work that makes a difference as soon as they actually sit down and sit down and Hear. No gold coating, no bright tubes. Only serious engineering and a chassis that feels like it would survive their rack.
This time NAD falls in the new Foqus and Qrono -tech from MQA Labs – unusual acronyms that still have to prove – we are still not really over the MQA -Tidal fiasco, but time heals old wounds and apparently Canadian Canadians, although none of us have suffered from Trudeau that they “repeat” – to “repeat” Putting up times that can arise.
Combine this with an ESS-Sabre ES9039PRO DAC, an ESS-ADC of the next generation and Purifis updated in-house modules, and you have a signal path that is so clean and narrow that it as a Swiss clock. With the exception of this in Canada, it is probably more of a G-shock with the chic snow cover and the anti-scratch wake man.
Cas Oostvogel, NAD product manager, does it best: “We don’t just pursue distortion numbers – we deal with how your brain actually processes the sound.” Translation? The M33 V2 is not only more precise on paper. It sounds more human – which can be a good thing depending on the choice of music.
Important upgrades (that actually means something):
- Foqus (ADC) + Qrono (DAC From MQA Labs: It’s all about timing. Not the way that is sold on a technical sheet – the way your shoulders falls when the music includes.
- ESS ES9039Pro DAC: Nad is never pursued audiophile jewelry, but this DAC brings real heat – more detailed, less glare, better flow.
- Dirac Live Bass Control Ready: Because subwoofer doesn’t feel like it.
- XLR predecessor and a proper sub-edition: Real flexibility for people who separate or double subs, without relying on voodoo or adapter.
And then there is the stuff that Only works: Bluos for multi-room streaming, for which no doctoral student, Apple AirPlay 2, Aptx HD Bluetooth, HDMI EARC and compatibility with every smart home platform that you have ever heard of (and some you don’t have). The M33 -V2 slots in almost every system without asking them to give up what they already like -a rare feature in this price range.
It is an amplifier on the reference level that does not write according to attention-only builds it according to details. Classic Nad. Canadian through and through the outskirts of the traffic wreckage known as Toronto.
M23 V2: Makes with precision, no drama… but a little would be fine
The original NAD M23 received its reputation in an old -fashioned way: clean power, solid engineering and none of the usual audiophile nonsense. The NAD M23 V2 takes the same mentality of the workhorse and exacerbates it with updated self -modules from Purifi, a few practical upgrades and the type of measured refinement that you only get from people who take care of the stability of champagne.
The M23 V2 is not here to show yourself-it is here to deliver. Regardless of whether you insert it to your system with the M33 V2, the M66 preamplifier or with the serious headroom, this thing does the job simply – clean, calm and without closing with your maggots.
What is new (and actually useful):
- Updated Purifi self -clock module -no distortion, better timing and still one of the most neutral sounding implementations of class D.
- 12 -V trigger with time -controlled delay -Smart Little Feature that facilitates multi-amam setups and saves your crusher before beating.
- Balanced XLR + RCA inputs – Nad has not cut corners here. It will play well with almost everything.
- Bridging – Do you need more juice? Turn the switch over and double your output. No drama.
The M23 V2 does not color the music or tries to impress it with frills. It only provides effortless dynamic performance and transparency – the way that speaks the rest of your equipment and your recordings. And it happens without transforming into a room heating or assessing your speaker cables.
System synergy, NAD style
Give the M33 V2 and M23 V2 together and you have a completely modern, fully balanced system that bypass the Boutique Markup, but the performance holds exactly where it should be. This is the philosophy of the Masters series of NAD in action: intelligent engineering, reserved design and performance, which speaks for itself. No rose gold, no exotic wood, no inflated ego.
The end result
Both the M33 V2 and the M23 V2 share NADS clean, targeted industrial design solid aluminum case work, magnetic ISO point feet and not a fingerprint magnet in sight. The M33 V2 and M23 V2 are built like a proper Canadian gear – only clean lines, solid aluminum, magnetic feet that do their work and not a design drama.
You have it free, think about it “That’s sharp”Turn it up and forget it -until the music meets you and reminds you of why you have not blown the budget on Billet buttons and champagne surfaces.
Nad is not trying to win a fashion show here. They build equipment that clears out of the way and let the music do what it should. No fluff, no filler, just a decent hi-fi that does not need peacock to prove that it should be.
Pricing and availability
Both new products are expected to be available on August 11, 2025 at the following prices:
- NAD M33 V2 – USD $ 5,999 (GBP £ 4.999 / EUR € 6,499)
- NAD M23 V2 – USD $ 3,999 (GBP £ 3,499 / EUR € 4.499)
The original M33 ($ 6,499 at Crutchfield) and M23 (4,799 US dollars at Crutchfield) currently costs more, but has been announced for much less.
NAD product pages: M23 V2 | M33 V2