NAD M10 BluOS Streaming Amp Review & Comments

Ed Selley

I didn't even find I needed to do this. There are three reasons why I don't feel this is as critical as it has been elsewhere;

First- when streaming, the volume is tied to the app and always on screen, as the app has a long 'stay on' period so it's generally there.
Second- in HDMI Arc mode, the TV remote assumes volume control.
Third- in extremis if someone phones me, I can walk over and tap the screen as distinct from a few devices with neither remote nor physical controls.

SuperSkunk

I use a pair of KEF R3 speakers and a B&W PV1, sound is excellent.

I don't miss the remote at all, have programmed a few key operations onto the TV remote but always have the app open so never use them.

The unit is stylish and small yet provides everything needed, it really is ideal.

Daz1969

I'll stick with my Uniti Atom.  When i'm listening to Spotify via the Ios app the volume buttons on my phone operate the uniti whether the screen is on or not and it has it's own zigbee remote too

Mister_Tad

I don't s'pose anyone has compared the musical chops of this to an M32?

Yes their RRP is miles apart, but I've seen them ex-demo and open box at £2500 several times.

M10 has Dirac and the form factor (IMO) going for it, the M32 on the other hand should be an altogether more capable beast... in theory.

mikeysthoughts

I think this just might be what i was looking for in the living room to deliver TV and stereo output. I reckon this will pair superbly with a pair of Arendal bookshelf speakers. Nice one NAD.

Jefke13

The M10 sounds better than the M32 actually...

Mister_Tad

Now that is interesting feedback. Have you side-by-sided them?

I've had an itch to streamline my main system on and off for a while and had considered the M32, and thought it the M10 was even slightly close it might be a better call.

Jefke13

Don't go for the M32. Too clinical, dry, distant...

KenM10759

You have a very fine amp/streamer in the Uniti Atom.

To be clear, if I have the Bluesound app open on my phone or tablet, the volume buttons on that also control the volume. If the screen on my tablet is 'timed out' I can still pause play with it by touching the screen. There are several who have programmed their Logitech Harmony remotes to work with the M10, so there's that for those who insist upon a remote.

As to headphone use, that's where things weren't thought through well. Or, at all.

KenM10759

There's one VERY cool feature about having both the M10 (in my office with my turntable) and an NAD T758v3 in the living room. This would apply if one had a Bluesound Node or any other player on the BluOS system elsewhere on the same network.

I have a phono amp as an analog input to my M10. Once I start playing an LP, I can send that music to another player, play it on both or all 3 of my systems (Vault 2 in the guest room system), or simply choose any one.

Of course the difficulty lies in that I only get about 22 minutes of music in the other location(s) before I have to head back to the office and flip the LP or change it. Still, my wife enjoys it if I put her LP's on the TT and she can sit back on the sofa in the living room and listen while I'm sitting in the sweet spot between my LS50's at a completely different volume.

This all this also applies with any streaming source or my library on the Vault 2. Having a high-quality amp that can do it is heavenly.