512
Compact Disc Player
•MASH Digital to Analogue converter.
•Digital Output
•DC coupled output
•Low output impedance
•Separate power regulators for analogue and digital sections
•Remote control with direct track access
•NAD-Link
•Program (21 tracks), Repeat and Random functions
Over the years NAD has built up an enviable reputation for building fine CD players offering outstanding value for money. Developed from the highly acclaimed and award winning NAD Model 502, the latest model, the NAD 512 will further enhance that reputation.
As always, sonic performance is the first priority at NAD. Rather than adding many seldom used features or going for "overkill" on a single aspect of the design, the NAD engineers have concentrated on the design itself to offer the best performance possible at the price. Behind the deceptively modest front panel lies sophisticated circuitry.
Features and Circuitry
Up to 21 tracks can be programmed in any sequence in the NAD's 512 memory, both from the front panel and the supplied remote control. Repeat of the entire disc as well as any
Not all digital outputs are the same. In the case of the NAD 512 careful attention has been paid so that best use can be made of the ever increasing number of products becoming available with digital inputs (DAT, DCC, MD recorders, outboard D to A converters, etc.). The output is buffered and isolated by a transformer from the converter itself and the output impedance has been carefully tailored to produce a precise 75 impedance to ensure perfect matching. With the use of correct cables effects such as reflections, overshoot and spurious signals will be eliminated the from NAD 512's digital output.
With advances in DAC technology coming so rapidly there is a tendency for manufacturers to copy the "application notes" circuitry supplied with the Digital to Analogue converter chips. The end result is a series of CD players of various brands differing only in the number of seldom used features bolted on. This is not the case with NAD CD players.
For the NAD 512 a MASH
The output impedance is very low at 120 , making the NAD 512 less sensitive to cables or the ancillary equipment it is partnered with. The output itself is DC coupled (no capacitors are present in the audio path). Any DC offset is canceled by servo circuitry constantly monitoring the output for any DC offset and
Anyone interested in a high performance CD player without frills should put the NAD 512 at the top of their shortlist.