For a short time, just to see how the NAD would drive my Esoteric MG10s, I replaced my Jolida Fusion/BEL 1001MK5 pre/amp combo with the NAD 526 BEE ($550 retail) and was impressed with how it performed.
Room is ~15x12.
Room is ~15x12.
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The OP said that he put together a 2nd system consisting of Nola Boxer speakers and a current NAD intergrated amp that cost 500.00. He said his first system consisted of Wilson Sasha speakers and a ARC ref-5 and a Ref-75. He claims as an experiment he hooked up the NAD amp to the Sasha's. He said in some ways the NAD sounded better than the ARC combination. I have never tried this experiment myself but I am really curious to try it. Has anyone hear ever tried an experiment like this before?
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Looking at the measurements for the Sasha here, http://www.stereophile.com/content/wilson-audio-sasha-wp-loudspeaker-measurements I'm thinking the Sasha is not a very tube friendly speaker and better suited for SS. Now if he were to try a very high quality SS, he might just give up tubes on those speakers. |
Matter of fact- yes! way back I had an amp- big, expensive, premier brand, that died, but fortunately, it was under warranty. Shipped it off for repairs. while waiting for my amp back I took an unused NAD receiver I had (712?) and used it as an amp. I was shocked at how good the NAD sounded in that context. |
We (I) need to stop listening to gear with our eyes . Cannot tell you how many times i look at a piece of gear in the rags and think wow that must sound great . Only by its appearance and price point do I come to that conclusion. Then i have to tell myself that it means nothing . If a plain black box was used it will sound exactly the same . |