Tony, I strongly suggest you look into getting a passive preamp. You can acquire a very good one (again, very good at an elevated price point, not just very good for the money) for under $400 and the nCore or the Wyred4Sound amps for instance will mate well with them. Brands to look at are Luminous Axiom, lightspeed attenuator or Goldpoint. They will function at a far, far superior level to your NAD. Keep in mind that nCore's are really designed to be used with balanced (XLR) inputs.
NCore vs. Ice -- single or separate cases
Hey guys,
I've recently gotten a bug that I can't shake. I went to sleep thinking about it last night.
I want to try out a class D amp.
I've narrowed my choices down to something based on either the NCore NC400 or the IcePower 125asx2.
If I went the way of the NC400, I'll be building them myself. If I went the way of the Ice, I may build it myself or just buy the assembled units. Either way, the NC400 builds will run about twice that of the Ice builds.
Is there anyone out there that can comment on which is better? If the answer is that the NC400 is better, is it worth twice the price?
My next question is whether I should build the mono units into separate boxes or a single box? In other words, is it better to use a longer interconnect with a short speaker cable or vice versa?
Thanks.
I've recently gotten a bug that I can't shake. I went to sleep thinking about it last night.
I want to try out a class D amp.
I've narrowed my choices down to something based on either the NCore NC400 or the IcePower 125asx2.
If I went the way of the NC400, I'll be building them myself. If I went the way of the Ice, I may build it myself or just buy the assembled units. Either way, the NC400 builds will run about twice that of the Ice builds.
Is there anyone out there that can comment on which is better? If the answer is that the NC400 is better, is it worth twice the price?
My next question is whether I should build the mono units into separate boxes or a single box? In other words, is it better to use a longer interconnect with a short speaker cable or vice versa?
Thanks.