NAD Electronics Introduces Next-Generation Masters M33 V2 and M23 V2 Amplifiers

NAD Electronics announced the release of two updates to its Masters Series: the M33 V2 BluOS Streaming Amplifier and the M23 V2 Stereo Power Amplifier. These next-generation models build on the legacy of the original M33 and M23 with cutting-edge digital architecture, refined sonic performance, and enhanced connectivity. An upgrade that expands on the successful models that have proven to be favorites for custom integrators, premium audio dealers, and discerning listeners.

During NAMM 2025, MQA Labs is announcing a suite of studio tools that will enable engineers to employ previously unavailable methods for improved impulse response and noise shaping. Harnessing MQA Labs’ advanced approach to time domain performance, the new Plugins by MQA Labs refine detail and resolution with unique control of time-domain and low-level information, giving studios the confidence that the files they deliver to streaming platforms preserve the richness, depth, and detail desired for digital playback.

MQA Labs, a division of Lenbrook Media Group, a software, IP, and audio content distribution and management company, announced the availability of two innovative technologies within its QRONO product line: QRONO dsd, a DSD-to-PCM converter, and QRONO d2a, designed to get the best audio performance out of every DAC. Both technologies will hit the market in December 2024, with the integration in Bluesound's latest streamer, the NODE Icon.

Lenbrook Media Group has announced that it is supporting the launch of the new HDtracks streaming service, which will leverage scalable audio technology while offering consumer choice in hi-res audio formats. Recognized as the original pioneering service for high quality music downloads, HDtracks will now be able to offer also a streaming solution that is able to support new higher quality levels, thanks to the latest AIRIA by MQA Labs scalable codec.

The newly formed Lenbrook Media Group (LMG), a business unit created on the aftermath of the MQA acquisition in the autumn of 2023, has announced the creation of MQA Labs with a mission to advance the distribution of high resolution audio with a suite of audio processing enhancement, conversion and encoding products for the music supply chain. Its three core solutions now include AIRIA by MQA Labs, essentially the SCL6 adaptive hi-res audio codec; FOQUS by MQA Labs, addressing analog-to-digital conversion; and QRONO by MQA Labs, audio processing enhancements for playback devices.

The Lenbrook Group of Companies, owner of NAD Electronics, PSB Speakers, Bluesound, and the renowned BluOS hi-res multiroom platform, has created a new business unit, Lenbrook Media Group. The mission is to more effectively enable the commercialization and development of Lenbrook's content management solutions, as well as pursue new licensing opportunities. With the BluOS content management platform at its core, this group will also oversee the growth of content encoding solutions MQA and SCL6, which Lenbrook acquired in the autumn of 2023.