NAD C558
The NAD C558 is a turntable built from Pro-Ject parts but arranged to NAD's own specification. One reviewer noted they had never seen that combination before. It came with an assembled Ortofon OM10 cartridge, a glass platter, and the same interconnect cable that Pro-Ject ships with its Recordmaster. Setup is hands-on. You set the tracking weight and anti-skating yourself, which one reviewer found easy. There is also a rocker power switch underneath the plinth.
Looks divided opinion on the C558. One reviewer shrugged at the matte gray finish and the rounded corners, and felt the supplied dust cover looked borrowed from another turntable because its corners weren't rounded. The same reviewer still concluded that the NAD "does not win any beauty contests, but it wins this test." They called the OM10 an outstanding budget pickup and said the glass platter provides more stable momentum than the lighter steel platter of the Pro-Ject Recordmaster. Another review called the C558 a surprisingly worthy turntable - spacious, clear, and musical out of the box, open to a host of upgrades, and a solid vinyl source for a budget system. That review compared it directly with a Pro-Ject RPM 3, which costs around £150 more.
Beyond that, the record is thin. No production years, dimensions, weight, speeds, tonearm specifications, or original retail price are documented. A November 2019 classified listed a new open-box example at $600. A dealer listing shows a new graphite black unit at about CHF 623, with a replacement drive belt offered for roughly CHF 15.
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