Mr. James Lipski brought up a great issue. Speaker selection is something that you have to seriously take into account here.
NAD budget integrated amps tend to sound a bit warmer than the other brands as mentioned by Mr. Milpai but I used to own a NAD pre amp + power amp combo (162 & 270) and they sound quite neutral, not to warm on the low, not too harsh on the high, the midrange is on par. The low is punchy yet transient.
Rotel is a good brand and Rotel amps are very handsome. But Rotel amps do not like speakers with tough loads. I think Rotel sounds terrific with B & W but I think that is it. Brands other than B & W may not have that great chemistry with Rotel. Besides, Rotel sounds a bit polite (thin) to my ears.
NAD is ugly but I personally like their "substance over form" design philosophy.
Even the cheap 315BEE has a decent size toroidal power supply. NAD amps and integrateds are well known for their headroom, capable of driving some of the toughest speakers out there like Totem, ATC, and Dynaudio, when the occasion arises.
NAD sounds great with almost anything, from their PSB cousins to Totem to NHT to Dynaudio.
Just a side note, Dynaudio is the official distributor of NAD in the EU market.
Speaking from ownership experience, both my little NAD 326BEE and its bigger brother 372 sound great with my GF's Dynaudio DM 2-10.
I have the opportunity to do the A-B comparison between a Rotel/B&W combo and a NAD/Dynaudio combo when I purchased the DM 2-10 pair for my GF and this is my opinion of the two combo
NAD 8.5 (10 points max minus 1.00 for being ugly minus 1.00 for inferior speaker outpost quality plus 0.5 point for being capable of driving any tough load speakers)
Rotel 8.0 (10 points max minus 1.00 for not being able to drive 6 ohm or 4 ohm load speakers minus 1.00 for listening fatigueness inducing)
Dynaudio 9.5 (10 points maximum minus 1.00 for cheap vinyl wrap on their DM budget line minus 0.5 for being pricey plus 0.5 for well known Danish cabinetry plus 0.5 for quality finish and fit)
B & W 8.5 (10 points max minus 1.00 for cheap vinyl wrap minus 1.00 for "Made In China"-lower labor cost yet selling at a higher price than most of their rivals (PSB and Usher namely) plus 0.5 for quality finish and fit)
Good luck...
NAD budget integrated amps tend to sound a bit warmer than the other brands as mentioned by Mr. Milpai but I used to own a NAD pre amp + power amp combo (162 & 270) and they sound quite neutral, not to warm on the low, not too harsh on the high, the midrange is on par. The low is punchy yet transient.
Rotel is a good brand and Rotel amps are very handsome. But Rotel amps do not like speakers with tough loads. I think Rotel sounds terrific with B & W but I think that is it. Brands other than B & W may not have that great chemistry with Rotel. Besides, Rotel sounds a bit polite (thin) to my ears.
NAD is ugly but I personally like their "substance over form" design philosophy.
Even the cheap 315BEE has a decent size toroidal power supply. NAD amps and integrateds are well known for their headroom, capable of driving some of the toughest speakers out there like Totem, ATC, and Dynaudio, when the occasion arises.
NAD sounds great with almost anything, from their PSB cousins to Totem to NHT to Dynaudio.
Just a side note, Dynaudio is the official distributor of NAD in the EU market.
Speaking from ownership experience, both my little NAD 326BEE and its bigger brother 372 sound great with my GF's Dynaudio DM 2-10.
I have the opportunity to do the A-B comparison between a Rotel/B&W combo and a NAD/Dynaudio combo when I purchased the DM 2-10 pair for my GF and this is my opinion of the two combo
NAD 8.5 (10 points max minus 1.00 for being ugly minus 1.00 for inferior speaker outpost quality plus 0.5 point for being capable of driving any tough load speakers)
Rotel 8.0 (10 points max minus 1.00 for not being able to drive 6 ohm or 4 ohm load speakers minus 1.00 for listening fatigueness inducing)
Dynaudio 9.5 (10 points maximum minus 1.00 for cheap vinyl wrap on their DM budget line minus 0.5 for being pricey plus 0.5 for well known Danish cabinetry plus 0.5 for quality finish and fit)
B & W 8.5 (10 points max minus 1.00 for cheap vinyl wrap minus 1.00 for "Made In China"-lower labor cost yet selling at a higher price than most of their rivals (PSB and Usher namely) plus 0.5 for quality finish and fit)
Good luck...