Review of the NAD M33 on HIFI+

Absolute Sound is the worst, promoting snake oil products.

Audiophiles are a strange bunch. If you adjust the capacitance of a circuit to enhance or diminish the bass or treble, they walk away complaining about lack of directness or purity. But if you slightly change the capacitance in an amp to make it brighter or warmer, they will buy one amp for this and one amp for that. I really wish you guys had not driven treble, bass and eq out of integrated amps and pre-amps with this craziness. I would trust your good reviews if you ever gave a bad review. That is why everyone always asks what you really think, because we have no idea from all these positive videos.

I have the Hegel 390 powering my R3 Metas. I've owned the previous version as well. I really enjoyed the R3's, but the new ones are definitely a different animal. Right out of the box I went WOW! They'll just get better as time goes by. I can sit for several hours at a time and just never tire of the sound. I have the indigo blue with the matching stands. You have to get the stands, sexy for sure. The color is much darker than the pictures and videos show. I've been doing this HiFi thing for over 50 years, and my wonderful wife has been there for most of it. She could care less about sound. She likes her music; doesn't care how she hears it. When she walked into the room after I got them playing, she says, "those sound nice". 1st time ever! I don't know what that says, but it sure says something! Highly recommended.

Great video. Thank you. Do you have a view on driving the R3 Meta using 2 Vidars as monoblocks? OR Bi amped with two vidars?

As the comment section fills with colorful comments about the expensive cables, your cable friend's bank account is filling at a much faster rate. 😃

They are made out junk . Did you ever go inside and see the $2 crossover.

if u can make a good review about a song ,just put it on a BEHRINGER WING console ?

ATOLL is pure class A the first 50watts (info from Atoll electroniques) I talked to them. The Atoll in 200 mighr be enough for the R3

Congrats on the Absolute Sound review.

@thomasandstereo would an emotiva basx a3 be a good option for kef r3meta and r6 meta (center) in a home theater with Denon x3800h?

Wow! You've began to make a sound demo, sir! And the demo is great and informative. Thanks

Great video Thomas. Nice to hear about amp comparisons as well, especially some that are not so mainstream. Great stories as well. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the video. I recently bought the KEF R3 Meta. For many years, I owned a pair of KEF 103/4 (with KUBE) and like the KEF sound and presentation. I am using the Cambridge Audio CXA81 and am very happy with the combination - I think a British speaker deserves a British amp.

Thanks for the show to run the R3 on different amps, very informative and interesting. Great vid as usual. 😊💙

Thanks Thomas - a great comparison review, and I'm glad you highlighted the difference the amplifier can make, which I knew in theory, but which you illustrated very well with your descriptions and sound samples (to some degree given I am not "in the room" but listening on IEM's via KZfaq). It has confirmed what I suspected, that my speakers could do with an upgrade....oh lord!

Really fun and well-made video. Thank you Thomas 😊

Nice to see you again Thomas! Good info as always.

Great video! The best reviewer!!

I always enjoy your videos Thomas. Well done!