Unfortunately, my NAD C700 V2 was defective out of the box. From the very first power-on, the unit entered a continuous reboot/protection loop and never functioned properly, even with only the power cable connected.
While this may have been an isolated hardware failure, the customer support experience with NAD/BluOS was disappointing. The ticket was mishandled, closed without resolution, and I was directed toward repair instead of a proper DOA replacement for a brand-new product.
I would however like to thank Audio Factory, who handled the situation professionally and supported a full refund.
Excellent headphones with amazing bass and imaging. A steal at the discounted price.
I received the unit quickly and was anxious to try it for both streamed music and for home entertainment. The Node Icon has enough inputs that I thought I could connect my BluRay player,, ethernet internet, and TV. I have succeeded in doing this by using an HDMI cable from the BluRay player to the TV and using an optical cable from the TV to the Node Icon. My hope that I could use the HDMI eARC port of the TV and Node Icon was futile as any time I connected the HDMI cable I heard an annoying hum from the speakers. I tried various solutions promoted online and worked with Bluesound customer support to attempt to address the problem. The Bluesound team had me do a test with the Bluesound powered down and the HDMI cable connected to determine the hum didn't originate in the Bluesound and there was nothing more they could do. I have been using the optical connection instead and it sounds greaf, but I'm disappointed that I can't use the HDMI port. I'm researhing various solutions but only as I find time. Bottom line, I'm happy with the performance of the Bluesound, but can only give it four stars because of the lack of, for me, a usable HDMI port.
I was already gobsmacked by the Bluesound Edge class D streamer. If you haven't auditioned a class D amp, drop everything and find a way.
The Edge was wonderful, and I knew within a few months that this was a viable way to stream high quality source.
I fell out of audio nervosa almost ten years ago when I had to section off and sell my man cave bits to move into a townhouse. I am now in a good position again and I've spent quite a while tuning the speaker's and room placement, Cardas rules.
As crazy a drop in noise floor that I heard in the class D, the streaming section of the NAD Master's V10 was a step up. Long ago I did not find DAC improvements to be worth the cost beyond a fairly reachable knee curve. Don't even get me started in interconnects, I could do both BNC and coaxial and gods help me they were different but I couldn't say how. I gave up the uncertainty of circuit requirements to a one box player and didn't look back.
This M10, which uses the ESS Sabre chips, I have had no previous experience with them, makes a liar out of me, there was quite a bit of music still available upwards on that knee curve.
With a money back guarantee if not delighted, what do you have to lose? Get yourself the xmas present no one else will.
Well built. Just the right amount of features. Pleased with this purchase!
The unit was received in immaculate condition and was shipped quickly. You could see it had been used only by the plastic banana plugs for A speakers had been removed. Short of that you would not be able to differentiate from a new unit. In terms of performance, it's too early to give a valid opinion, but first impressions is that it has a very good damping factor - ability to hold onto set of speakers that in some frequencies drop very low impedance and problematic phase angles. It has the reserves to do this well - one feels the muscle behind it, never struggling, even at rather high output levels - it has >500 W into 2 ohms of dynamic power and that is evident. Musically initially I would say it is quite neutral, lacks some of the warmth of some tube amps for example. It is quite revealing of source quality, rather surprisingly so.
Dirac live, I've just started with it - again, need more time for fair analysis. Easy to use however, but I think the default target curve might not be the one for me. Will seek out one of the HK versions. But, I like to get to know the base level, without DSP first, before tweaking the response curve. All in all, I feel the NAD is a very good value at the Re-Certified price. I have added the BlueOS to it, making it very easy to integrate with variety of modern sources - I personally almost exclusively use Roon. Device is Roon Ready, so that makes this completely seamless. Also nice, that it wakes up from standby, simply by starting playback from any Roon control device. You need the BlueOS app to be able to choose different sources, Dirac correction curves, etc. Unfortunately the BlueOS app then thinks it needs to tell you what song is playing and give you additional volume control through your phone, that is duplicitous if you are like me using Roon app for playback and volume control. There may be possibility to turn that off, have not researched yet.
Despite being polymer, the fit and finish are excellent. The layout is clear and simple to use. It's worth the cost. Preset buttons (e.g., Sportify, HDMI) are very handy.
Additionally, I reached out to Bluesound about my Powernode problem, and their support team got back to me quickly and was helpful.
I purchased this item for my bistro and switched from Sono's to Bluesounds. I have to say the improvement of sound quality was clear and noticeable even we got some feedbacks from our regulars that appreciated the higher quality music.
The issue is the continues play, we have 1G/S speed in our place and the speakers has its own router, event though the speakers face many stops while playing music, the syncs between speakers get messed up, like sometimes we notice few second delay on some of the speakers.
Conclusion, as long as the system sync and play properly it is amazing, have quality and feel the space with soft noises. But man when it's decide to not play a song, it is trouble.
The sound from these speakers are outstanding.. They were received in three days in the original boxes and look to be in new condition. The fit and finish are excellent and look nice in my listening room.
Elegant design fits very well especially for wearing a long time. Great sound quality and performance.
The highs are wonderful, the mids bring this spacious soundstage...large. The are quick and punchy. The real test: listening to music for hours with pure enjoyement.
I received these as a gift with purchase. The materials feel like good quality. The sound is a bit thin, especially in the low end. A bit to clinical, not a warm sound. As a gift with purchase it is quite a nice add on.
I have Sennheiser HD650’s and they are terrific, so I was not expecting much from the inexpensive on-ear NAD’s. Very pleasantly surprised, however. They sound very good, have bluetooth too (thanks for the dongle :-)) and while the HP30’s were pretty clampy, it was an easy fix by bending the metal adjustment slider just a bit.
Really like them, thanks. And the Bluesound Nano is working great with my ancient 5.1 receiver. Win-win all ‘round.
Looking for more stuff to buy, now. From Audio Factory for sure :-).
DALI SPEKTOR 6 Floorstanding Speakers for about $600 and great value for the money. The performance of these speakers far exceed the price I paid for it. These premium speakers are a steal for the money. My setup includes vintage 80s Fisher system and the speaker has the warmth and depth that would outshine many expensive speakers which cost thousands more.
Overall very happy so far with the device setting it up was a bit tricky but not annoying so.The customer service from Audio Factory was first rate. The sound quality is very good for a portable device can play at a decent volume in a medium sized room
Needed a third Bluesound for the house for a party coming up, and this was a great opportunity.
The Nano is perfect, and works GREAT (as do the other two (a NODE 130 and an MDC one in a NAD receiver)
My ancient Home Theater setup in the basement is now connected to music, for whole house stereo. Really good products!
Oh, and the headphones are very nice too, thanks for that as well :-).
When I listen to CDs ripped to the Vault 2i in FLAC, sometimes I think they sound better than the original. But, the TuneIn streaming service started inserting their long, annoying ads at the beginning of most stations' play several months ago (with an update?), which really bugs me. And many of my CDs are not in the database that this uses for title, track, artist, etc. and entering manually is a royal pain since one has to use a Windows machine. Once you figure out the "secrets", it does make it easier.
I have not yet used the ear phones. This is my third Tivoli portable . Had trouble in the past getting batteries when needed . Can you help with that ?
Simetimes it's handy to just change the volume or skip a track without having to whip out the phone or walk up to the unit. That being said, it is expensive for what it is. But it works right out of the box and you don't have to deal with programming a generic remote. And tAF has a good price...
I’ll be short…it was a great price for a remarkable integrated amplifier. This thing does it all. Clean power and all the bells and whistles one could ask for at this price point. If you have Millions to blow…buy one for each room instead of needing “megabuck” components. Enjoy! I am.
I was immediately impressed with the sonic purity, bass response that punched below its stated range, and beautiful, broad sound stage. After a bit of break in, the sound has only gotten sweeter.
Perfect speakers for my music focused HiFi setup. Paired flawlessly with a Marantz Model 40n.
Thought it was a nice gift but, they don't work. Tried both cables so I don't think that's the problem.
