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NAD Reliability

Recently sold all my mid/hi-end equipment and purchased a NAD C317 and C540 for my primary system. Wanted to take a break and save some money -- I really enjoy the sound and am happy I made the decision -- however, I am starting to hear some negative things about NAD and their reliability. Can anyone ease my fears or should I think about selling? I know they were just purchased by the same company that owns PSB and I really like the sound. Thanks for any info on NAD.
patriot
audioalexander
7 posts
 
Well, I've sold NAD equipment over the last few year's, and the only real problems that I've encountered with my customers pieces have been with the CD players! Some may have had different experiences, but our running joke over the years was that NAD really stands for "Not Another Defective!"...Probably a little out of line!?!?
michaelb
39 posts
 
It only makes sense that a manufacturer's biggest reliability problems would be with a unit that has moving parts. Note that those who didn't have reliability problems all had machines without moving parts. Also, I believe that NAD uses a Sanyo drawer mechanism for its CD players. Not exactly a name I associate with (excuse the pun) "top-drawer" quality.
jma52d8
1 posts
 
I own one NAD preamp/tuner and two Nad 208 amplifiers. The equipment is ~5 yrs old. All have needed repair at least once, one amp twice. My impression is that it is unreliable, unless this is atypical record for most midfi gear.
bazmataz
43 posts
 
Had my AVR716 integrated home theater preamp/amp for several years and had NO problems whatsoever... always the clean power i need, and never broke down for a second... -b
hudman
12 posts
 
I have owned NAD 1300 Preamp and it has been reliable for last 10 years. However it had pops + clicks from day 1. I have since upgraded to an Adcom Gfp 565 and still have the pops + clicks. I think the culprit is my Hafler DH-200 amp.
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