Bridged NADs vs. Rotel Ra - 1062

@grislybutter 

Thank you for understanding!

I saw threads "bridged amps" , "bridging amps" and I thought that connecting two amps is bridging! But now I learned (thanks to you all) that its not 🙂 that its not!

This thing about those Nads c370 and 3020a being not real preamps but integrated I knew 🙂 At least I know something 😁 

But I thought that connecting two good Nads into stereo system would produce good quality sound, and they are in my price range ,so that's why I taken them in account.

Honestly, that who sells those Nads doesn't push me at all. I just asked about amps in local facebook group and he said he have those (2400 and 3020a) if Im interested and thats all. The thing is, that then I learned that you can combine two amps into one stereo system. I checked local ads, and found a set of c270 and c370 for sale in my price range and also taken them into account.

Then I will think about nad c356bee vs. rotel ra 1062. Prices are very similar, Nad being little bit cheaper. But I guess price doesn't determine quality.

chatgpt is pushing me for Nad c356bee 😁

source + preamplifier + amplifier + speakers = > sound

or

source + integrated amplifier + speakers = > sound

an integrated can play the role of a preamp to an amp (since it has to have the preamp functions) and can play the role of an amp to a preamp (since it has the amp functions)

Generally, you are better off with an integrated if you are not into tweaking and spending 1000s. Your best bang for the buck will be speakers with what you have now.

@grislybutter Thank you very much! You explained everything very clearly! I learned a lot! 

I wonder which one would be better Rotel Ra-1062 or Nad c356bee?

Im more into Nad somehow. Maybe its more suited to rock music?

After buying amp I will have time and will look for speakers 🙂 I think I will look for used, second hand too, because new ones would be pricey. I think my budget for speakers would be 500euro. If thats enough to buy something decent 🙂

Both Rotel and NAD are good brands. They had better some models over the years, and some not so great ones, it's a volatile business to be in.

If you are lucky, you will find good speakers for 500 EURO.

Check out https://speakerchoices.com/index.html  Speakers tend to drop a fair amount in price after a few years, when you are ready, you could start a post with your questions about speakers in that topic

@grislybutter 

Thank you very much for the help! 

And thank you for the website! Really useful!

Have a good day!