Archives for NAD

06.2023

May 30, 2023 | by | No Comments

Magnepan MG 1.7i, $3000 Per Pair Shock of all shocks, Magnepan is catching up with providing us inventory! We actually have MG 1.7i in stock (black cloth/dark cherry wood) for the first time in… 3 years. C19 hit Magnepan as hard as any company. It was almost immediate in March of 2020, that Magnepan’s back orders became extreme. Orders of MG 1.7i, one of the best speaker values in the hi-fi hobby, ran 6 months or more. We always had orders in cue. We would get one pair here, then maybe a pair or two there. Still, we ran way
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Categories: Newsletters.
Tags: audio streamer, BlueSound, IsoTek, Magnepan, magnepan 1.7i, NAD, nad c3050, Node, node x, and polaris.

05.2023

April 29, 2023 | by | No Comments

NAD C389 Integrated Amp $1500: 130×2 (4h, 17 1/8w, 14 1/2d, 130 w/ch, 8 ohms) In the Feb 2023 newsletter I told you the C389 was imminent. Turns out, they made me a liar by about two months. You can refer to the Feb newsletter for the nuts and bolts. Finally, we have C389 in the flesh. It’s HERE and it is even BETTER than I dared hope. I’m happy to report that C389 has a significantly bigger kick than its smaller brothers and IS an integrated that can drive some major league speakers. It is, in fact, the least
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Tags: McIntosh, McIntosh MI-502, NAD, NAD C389, and stereo integrated.

02.2023

January 31, 2023 | by | No Comments

Amphion has introduced a like minded, less expensive brother to its highly touted Argon 1 ($1900pr). We now have Amphion definition and musicality for not a lot over a grand. Helium 510: $1400 Per Pair (Black or White) $1500 Per Pair Walnut (12.44h, 6.3w, 10.43d, 13 lbs, 86 dB, 8 ohms) Helium 510 is the same size as Argon 1. It runs less money because it uses a pulp fiber bass mid driver while Argon 1 uses a linear-piston aluminum driver. While Helium 510 can’t achieve the stunning clarity that Argon 1 does, it IS competitive and charts new territory
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Tags: Amphion, Helium 510, integrated amp, NAD, NAD C389, and stereo integrated.

06.2022

May 31, 2022 | by | No Comments

Klipsch Cornwall 4 Speakers, $6600 Per Pair (Cherry, Black or Walnut) (38H, 25.3W, 15.5D, 96 lbs, 8 ohms, 105dB SPL) Klipsch’s famous Cornwall speaker has been updated and is now dubbed Cornwall 4. The new Cornwall has an improved Mylar midrange driver to go with its Titanium tweeter and 15” Pulp Fiber woofer. The cabinet size/shape has been improved, as have the horn dispersion flares. The crossover has been upgraded with improved parts and connections. Cornwall has been back ordered for months during C19, but now it’s back in da house! Cornwall is built first and foremost to give you
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Tags: Cornwall, Cornwall IV, Eigentakt, Klipsch, NAD, NAD M28, and NAD power amp.

04.2022

March 31, 2022 | by | No Comments

NAD C399 Integrated Amp $2000 (180×2) (4 3/4h, 17 1/8w, 15 3/8d, 25 lbs) NAD’s new, dynamite (!) integrated amp has just landed. It features NAD’s cutting edge PowerDrive nCore amplifier technology. It eschews the world of traditional amplifier design which is replete with mismatched output transistors. C399 is more efficient and refined in performance. C399 is better in that it resolves instrumental character without the ragged edges that come with traditional technology. Mismatched transistors create artifacts that aren’t part of what should be there. We hear them as harsh and unpleasant. C399 is not only smooth, it’s conspicuously MUSCULAR.
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Tags: NAD, NAD C399, stereo integrated, and Wharfedale Elysian.

02.2022

January 29, 2022 | by | No Comments

NAD M23 Power Amp $3500 (200 w/ch or 700w mono) (5 1/4h, 17 1/8w, 15 5/8d, 22 lbs) NAD has just hit the bullseye on its new Masters Series power amp! It is priced quite reasonably and competes with any amp on the planet. It’s due to ship any day. How do I know how it sounds already? M23 is the power amp section of the M33 Eigentakt integrated that has been turning heads since the day it came to market in 2020! You can buy a single M23 to run with the preamp of your choice. You can buy
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Tags: Amphion Argon, Argon 1, NAD, NAD M23, and Power Amp.

11.2021

October 30, 2021 | by | No Comments

MoFi MasterTracker MM Cartridge $800 One of the best phono cartridges on the market doesn’t get much attention. That would be MoFi’s MasterTracker. MasterTracker sounds smooth instead of biting. Yet it has outstanding definition and plenty of output to run into your MM phono preamp. If you love the piano without sibilance, please consider the MasterTracker cartridge. The name MasterTracker is derived from MoFi’s combination of choices to achieve superb groove tracing. MasterTracker mirrors the design of MoFi’s record cutting head in its studio in California. It uses a V-Twin dual magnet generator. That is, it uses TWO powerful magnets
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Tags: ERA-1, Headphones, MasterTracker, Mobile Fidelity, MoFi, NAD, NAD C-700, QUAD ERA-1, and Streaming Amp.

10.2021

September 30, 2021 | by | No Comments

NAD M33 Integrated Amp $5000 (200×2) NAD’s M33 is perhaps THE BEST BUY in a high end integrated amp for a pile of reasons. $5k is a steal for this magnificent integrated amp/streamer. That’s right, it has an on board MQA streamer! NAD’s M33 is among the first products in the world to use the innovative Eigentakt amplifier circuit design. In short, M33 is impedance invariant and will drive ANY speaker you like. Due to Eigentakt, M33 sounds the same from watt one to clipping. Almost every speaker on the market will sound better with more power than less power.
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Tags: BlueSound, integrated amp, Last Record Care, NAD, NAD M33, Node, and stereo.

07.2019

July 3, 2019 | by

Klipsch RF-7 III $3600 Per Pair (49h, 13 7/8w, 17 7/8d, 97lbs, 100dB SPL) Klipsch’s RF-7 is now here. Made in Hope, Arkansas, RF-7 is a big tower. SO WHAT?! If you want your music to hit big and hard, you need major league muscle. RF-7 doesn’t apologize for being a sizable tower. RF-7 uses a new 1.75” Titanium Horn Tweeter. It hands the ball off to two, 10” cast frame Cerametallic cone woofers. This very simple, highly efficient speaker system can deliver music to you in life sized doses, without owning Herculean power. Of course, if you HAVE big
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Tags: Emotiva, Emotiva ERC-4, ERC-4, Klipsch, Klipsch RF-7 III, McIntosh MC-152, NAD, NAD C556, NAD C558, and turntable.

03.2019

February 28, 2019 | by | No Comments

NAD C275BEE Power Amp $1300 (150×2, 6h, 17 1/8w, 15d, 33 lbs) This fantastic power amp has been back ordered for months. With the array of great gear NAD makes, this CLASSIC SERIES two channel, class AB power amp sometimes gets lost in the shuffle. They have spent their resources making other “more hip” products and have just caught up on C275BEE. If you’re after a battleship of a power amp at an affordable price, think CLASSIC NAD. Further, C275BEE can be bridged and delivers 330w per chassis, monoblock. This AB amp harkens back to a day where power amps
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Tags: audiophile, NAD, NAD C275BEE, Sir Thomas Beecham, and stereo.