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Any opinions on NAD quality?

As with nearly all listeners, I believe the NAD sound to be just about the tops for the money expended. However, I have heard reports of quality control issues (nothing specific) to the point of being much worse than other manufacturers. Along with a lot of other audio equipment, I own a NAD c 740 receiver, less than a month old, and so far it's working quite well. Still, I wonder what's ahead.
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joman
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In the past, I have owned several NAD recievers and a CD player. I have never had any trouble what so ever with any of these units. All of the components were going strong when the upgrade bug hit.
cdc
1,783 posts
 
Volume pot problems are most common complaint I've heard. This can be noise all the time or just when changing the volume level. Think I heard about one channel going dead also.
witteott
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I currently own a NAD 1700 preamp/tuner, as well as a NAD 7600 receiver ( a real brute), both of which are in excess of 10 years old, and have never had a lick of trouble with either. My kid sister has a NAD receiver and tape deck, about 20 years old, and aside from having to replace belts on the tape deck, has never had a complaint with either. My experience is that NAD quality is top-notch.
lance328
24 posts
 
I have owned an NAD 2600a and 2700THX amps since new (+10yrs) and I am really happy for the quality/sound for the dollar spent. I consider NAD Entry into high end products but not really true high end. If you compare NAD to the likes of mainstream kenwood, sony, pioneer etc. NAD is the ticket.

Until you get the upgrade bug like I have now that I have purchased Maggie 3.5s. Now I need all the power I can afford.

If your budget is firm and you can afford NAD seperates go for it you will be very happy until your mind and budget start to dream and drift....
sek
105 posts
 
I have owned NAD gear (all purchased new) for 15 or 16 years. I never had reliability problems, and, like Joman, I've never bought a new component to replace a broken NAD component. I wish most of the other audio gear I've had over the years was as reliable and as trouble-free.

NAD certainly doesn't get the same bragging rights as other gear (in some circles). I think that if NAD just charged a lot more for their products and maybe changed their cosmetics (which I find to be efficient and agreeable), then complaints about NAD "build quality" would diminish substantially.

My audio system, for the "foreseeable future", includes a NAD C370 integrated amplifier and a NAD C541i CD player. I've held on to my old NAD 3000 PE integrated amp for the very rare occasion when I want to hassle with vinyl (most of which I've copied to CDR).
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