nicholasg wrote: > I'm curious as this is a "digital" amp. > > According to the NAD website "C 390DD has no analogue stages in the > signal path, keeping music in the digital domain right up to the speaker > outputs. All preamp functions are executed in the digital domain without > the phase shift, noise and distortion that plagues all analogue designs > regardless of price or pedigree." > > It sounds like it would work well with a Squeezebox, as it is a DAC, > pre-amp and power amp all in one.
Hi guys, I just stumbled across this thread today and noted it had gotten quite detailed on the technical issues of digitization (which is rather applies to all digital amplification), and wanted to rather respond to the OP's question on the NAD c390dd. I have listened to the c390dd now a lot - firstly next to other amplifiers and also now at home ;-) I can truly recommend it strongly from a listening perspective. I felt the amplifier doesn't have any fuzziness, no problems with project a wide soundstage even in complex pieces of music at strong volumes. I really like its transparency - you can hear everything. Now it might not have the charm and warmth of some tube amplifiers, but that warmth to me is often rather taking away from the original sound as it was meant to be, but hey, that's just my opinion. I found that the description of the M2 on Stereophile pretty much matches my experience listening to the NAD - so at least perception-wise I feel I am getting great value for money. Also, what I liked is that this amplifier just invites me to listen a lot more. I don't get tired by extraneous sounds, additions. As an engineer myself, I appreciate the beauty of just have a streamer and a straight digital path through the system - this is perhaps not a listener's concern, but it certainly is a cool feature What I also liked about the product that - in good NAD style - it is just very pragmatic, offering connections for both my streamer, 2 speaker home cinema, my PC, a second DVD player, etc. All in all - I would definitely recommend you to go out and listen to this amplifier! Kind regards, Paul PS I listened to the NAD c390dd in conjunction with both KEF, Dynaudio, Dali and Sonus Faber speakers. I eventually settled on the Sonus Faber Auditor Ms - that's another story of course. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ prutten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56309 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94054 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
