Bridged NADs vs. Rotel Ra - 1062

@mistermonitors if you can get the NAD in the 100-150 range, no brainer.  You won’t find anything remotely close to the performance at anywhere near the price.  Assuming the unit is in good working order.  Bridging to Mono is different than having amps designed to be mono blocks.  Adding into the equation these units are integrated amps, not just amps and their age is why most are recommending against going that route.  
 

Good Luck. 

It depends on your timeline. You can get a quality Denon, Yamaha, Marantz or Onkyo receiver from the 90s for under 50 EURO/USD and have quality sound. I would wait until around 600 to look for the next step up. I would add Cambridge Audio to the list, as well Musical Fidelity, good, reputable brands. I would avoid the bridge mono stuff until a way higher budget, integrated is a good and rewarding way to start

@mm1tt77 @grislybutter

Thank you very much! Im reading and trying to learn! 🙂

I got confused with that bridging thing. So those bridged Nads, I could only use one speaker with them? They guy who sells bridged Nads told me that I can use two sets of speakers (4 in total) with bridged 3020a and 2400.

There are some amps in 100 euro price range , Nad 3020a , Sansui Au 217, nad 3120, Nad c326bee

But I was thinking to spend little bit more, like 350euro, maybe the music quality will be better ? for 300 350 price range there is Musical Fidelity A100, Rotel Ra 1062, Nad c356bee, c372.

@mistermonitors you can have mono blocks that are just mono or stereo units with a mono switch. If it has four binding posts for speakers, it's a 2 channel stereo unit. I would stick to simple. 2 speakers 2 channel amp. 

I would say, look up reviews of these models and also look at features you definitely don't need and move items up your list that ONLY has features that you do need. Simple in high end audio is always better. 

@grislybutter @mm1tt77 @musicfan2349 @assetmgrsc @mesch @loomisjohnson @cleeds 

Thank you everyone. I want to say I am very sorry, I didn't use the correct terminology. After reading this thread I did some research.

I said "bridge". That was the wrong word to use. Im very sorry.

​​​What I meant was ""stereo system with a preamp and power amp combination"

I thought that what is bridging... I am very sorry about that.

"When you connect the NAD 3020a as a preamplifier to the NAD 2400, you are using the NAD 3020a's preamplifier function to control the sound and send the signal to the NAD 2400. The NAD 2400 will act as a power amplifier, amplifying the signal received from the NAD 3020a and delivering power to two speakers."

So,  I want to compare, not two bridged nads 2400 and 3020a, or c270  and c370, but "stereo system with a preamp and power amp combination" vs. Rotel Ra- 1062.

I guess this changes the certain things on this topic?

Im very sorry again! You wrote a a lot about bridging and its details pros/cons. Im very sorry for your time 🥺 But it helped me a a lot! If not you, I wouldn't have learned that!