NAD Tuners
The C425 FM/AM tuner incorporates the convenience of RDS, plus infrared and RS-232 control ports for easy integration with sophisticated custom-installation system controllers. The C445 tuner combines the convenience of DAB, FM and AM in one component. Via the best broadcasters, DAB can rival CD sound quality, so NAD deploys to the C445 the very same audiophile-grade D/A convert- ers and op-amp components it uses in its award-winning CD players. Yet because we recognize that analogue radio remains a vital source of music and information, the C445’s FM section is carefully engineered to extract the best possible quality even under difficult reception conditions—both weak, “fringe” environments and crowded urban locations. (C445 is not available in North America.)
NAD CD Players
NAD’s critically acclaimed, award-winning CD players set a new performance/value benchmark. The C525BEE (the initials acknowledge our lead designer Bjorn Erik Edvardsen) combines the most sophisticated available digital-to-analogue devices with costly, high-end analogue components such as ultra-linear “op-amps,” metal-film resistors, and polypropylene capacitors, to ensure superbly accurate signal reconstruction and response. For its part, the C542 offers the system-integration flexibility of both IR and 12V-trigger inputs. In either case, while you could spend far, far more for a high-performance CD player you’d have a very difficult time finding a more musically complete, transparent-sounding player anywhere near their prices.
NAD HiFi Preamplifiers & Power Amplifiers
Performance, flexibility, and reliability make these pre- and power amplifiers ideal for more demanding music, home theatre or professional studio applications. The C162 preamplifier features six line inputs with MM/MC switchable phono input for the most sophisticated vinyl buff. Following NAD’s “Music First” design brief, the preamp’s completely new and innovative design invests in the finest audiophile-grade, close-tolerance components at numerous critical circuit locations. The 2 x 150-watt C272 power amp in- corporates NAD’s unique PowerDrive™ technology for high dynamic power with even the most difficult- to-drive loudspeakers—and for still greater flexibility the C272 is bridgeable to 300 watts mono.
