NAD C298 Review - Purifi Inside - The Future Is NOW!
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
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What a banging amplifier - we were properly impressed with this one. It's absolutely fantastic value for money and sounds epic. Hope you enjoy the review, please like and subscribe!
Tested using:
Dynaudio Heritage Specials
Triangle Borea BR02
Klipsch RP600m
PS Audio P12 powerplant
Mola Mola Tambaqui Dac
Polyvection Dac32
Sonore Optical Rendu streamer
Innuos Phoenix USB Reclocker
NAD C658 - Streamer, Dac and preamp
Synthesis A50 Taurus - Integrated Tube Amp (KT88)
Audioquest Go 4 speaker cables
Atlas 4dd power cable
Supra Ethernet cable 
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During my over 50 Years of Audio Journey, I had several systems as you can imagine from Power A to Power A/B.Recently I switched to NAD C-388 Power D and never looked back. Looking back the Power A and Power A/B sounded more on the warm side and a bit on the darker side and you realize that only once you switch to Power D which is cleaner, more precise more reviling at least for me . Matching a suitable speaker helps (in fact for any system) the kind of music you prefer plays a role as well. After over 50 years I'm not looking for the holy grail of sound I'm looking for convenience, the possibility to upgrade by a module to keep up-dated, fewer cables, need less space, and a nearly cool-running amp. I came to the conclusion that when you have a good recording most audio systems sound good if you have a lousy recording which today seems to be the new normal(too much compression) even on a very expensive system sounds poorly in fact even more. Botton line enjoy the Music first.
I have to agree with you by repeating your words -- when you have a good recording most audio systems sound good, if you have a lousy recording even on a very expensive system sounds poorly in fact even more! A good recording even in mp3 format still sounds good on my system or from a PC speaker.
I started with a C-388, agree that the bass compares favorably to other class amps. However, I preferred Class A/B amps (Naim, to McIntosh, to my current Boulder 865). All of which were much more expensive.....YMMV>
The main difference is that this is eigentakt have you tried other class d? I have and I am really disappointed other than Hegel
@@HungryEatNow I guess by now better power D is available as the technology is moving fast and the newer NAD/ D apparently sound better. As I had a few systems and changed regularly I came to the conclusion that be happy with what you have.
Thank you very much for the excellent review!
I sold my Brooklyn Amp and also other D-Class Amps for not being adequate. Now have to listen to this?
Take care and go on like this!
You have a talent doing very professional and informative presentations. Surprised you don't have more subscribers. Thanks and make sure you stick at it as it because I'm confident your channel will grow.
Thank you very much 👍 😃
I totally agree with your review. I'm very happy with my set.
I actually love the look! Very minimalistic!
I've got a rotel rb1572 class d power amp and I absolutely love the control it has over the music the amount of power in reserve its got is unbelievable but it is 250 watts a channel into 8 ohms both channels driven class d is the future for amplifiers the size to weight ratio to output is unbeatable compared to a b amplification
Love how balanced your reviews are! Very often it's just black or white...
Thanks Dennis 🙏 😊
Timing is everything. Starting and stopping a note correctly is essential to me, and may explain why after 35 years of various Musical Fidelity amps I've settled on a Naim 250DR. Since the DR's, Naims have retained their essential timing, but have now got more assets to add to their arsenal and can sound transparent and almost 'sweet'.
Shame its not quite got the timing, but its interesting to see class D finally starting to be a proper consideration.
Thanks for the video!
Great stuff. Fantastic for anyone who values transparency. Worth also mentioning how power efficient it is and that it runs cool. Not pretty but mine sits nicely in a rack and doesn’t clash with other gear.
Absolutely - with energy prices going up, it makes a lot of sense!
Great review. I have this arriving in 4 days. I'm using this to drive my new Q Acoustics 50's. The Q's were stressing my NAD 758v3 a wee bit. Subscribed.
Hey there! Are you happy with that pairing? What are you using as a source?
@@timjoris6 it sounds great. mostly tidal for music and UHD for home theater.
Watched that anniversary documentary on this company, very impressive.
Great Review!
Thank you 🙏 ♥️
Great review, apparently or transparently, this is a great amp that doesn't draw attention to it's self. The " NAD product styling" is with fine me, but, only another NAD geek would bother to look at the model number. I have grown to appreciate the understated look of NAD products. quality Class D is here to stay,
I remember NAD in the 90's, their style was terrible then, very old fashioned and plain. At least now with the OLED screens on the streamer showing album art their current style is much better.
Excellent and clear review. Soundstage and decay are two features I like a lot so this may not be the optimal amp for me, even if it ticks off every other box. Another new Class D power amp causing some waves is the Peachtree GaN400 with its 400W of GaN transistors, so that might be worth a review as well.
Thank you 🙏 I’d love to review the Peachtree, just need them to send me one! 👍
@@SmallRoomAudio Meanwhile the NAD M23 (Purifi) has arrived with an improved power stage, I wonder if this has partially or fully cured the clipped off decay issue of its little brother. It seems to be better on the last track on this high quality demo - ruclips.net/video/JvQUFCU08Iw/видео.html&t Perhaps the world's best amp for under 3500 Euro?
Excellent review, I like your delivery, communication skills, and your methodical process of explaining how the amp sounds and its character. This was one of the amps I was seriously considering to replace my aging Adcom 555 as well as the PS Audio M700+ mono amps which are also Class D. I agree the bass and mids is the latest Class D amps are great. The top end however still is not up to par compared to Class A/B amps. I decided on the McIntosh MC152 amp which is just a brilliant amp in every way. Though its clean, it has nice smooth sound. Plus it actually has closer to 200 watts than the 150 watts they claim it has.
Thanks Keef - the Mac sounds awesome, I’d love to get a beautiful green glowing beast into my room for review!
“Decay”, may be one ingredient in what we often describe with the term “musical”. I like musical, that’s for sure.
Great observation!
I think It's reverb added by tubes and not "decay"
Usually it's not put in positive terms like musical.
People usually are pessimistic when describing decay Its either "less dry" or "dry".
haha, funny right? no idea why it is that way, but there is no positive way that is commonly used.
Hi. Nice review. Thanks.
How would you compare this one to your Line Magnetic LM508 with good tubes on it?
I have the LM508 and I prefer it over my based NC-502 module class D amp by far.
Of course the LM-508 with good valves costed me about 2.5 times the price of the class D amp, but I find the LM-508 so much better with 3D imaging, tone, body, air, naturalness, etc etc.
If you have medium to high sensitive speakers and you don't care about heat, power consumption, weight and valve relative short lifespan, I believe it's hard to beat a good valve amp with very good tubes.
What are your thoughts about that?
Great, right after I ordered the C 399 w/BluOS module! Get your hands on one of those to review! I have to wait 3 more weeks for mine... But sold my C 658 and Rotel RB-1582MKii to get the C 399. Then learned about this monster.
I don't think you'll be disappointed with the Hypex NCore amp module in the C 399.
Yes, a review of the C399 would be great. I wonder about the sound difference between C399 vs. C298 with matchning preamp.
Hi, Great territorial on the NAD C298, I am looking to buy a new power amp, as my Cambridge power amp has stopped working, can is from the late 70s , I live France, and have problems with language and cannot seem to find anybody that restores vintage equipment around in the area where I live, However I have had quite a few preamps made by NAD , The one I’ve got at the moment is 314, So I need a new power amp and I have been looking at the NAD , The C298 is right at the top of my budget, However I have been looking at the C275 BEE which I think is cheaper, And it is to drive a pair of transmission line speaker cabinets 100 W at 8ohms , And I’ve just recently changed the driver units as I had problems when my power amp blew it took out the tweeter and damaged the woofer as well , so I have replaced them with SEAS , I have a very wide taste of music which might seem very strange at my age at 70 years young, Classical Hans Zimmer Opera Aida Garifulina Andrea Bocelli , heavy rock, Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd Metallica, Viking folk music and war music and various other along those lines. And my cabinets are by-wired , What is your comments and what would you suggest if you could please help me very much appreciated, Phil from the moulin France.
I have an old-school (2007)Spectron musical MK lll class D amp designed by John Ulrich. It weighs 54lbs! Output 500watts@8ohm 650@4ohms and 1,200 watts@1ohm 60 amps for 500 milliseconds It brings my Maggie's. 7's to its knees! If it goes up in a puff of smoke, I'll definitely check out this NAD amp. Thanks for the great review!
Great review per usual, sir! Any plans on reviewing an R2R dac? Currently running PecanPi, which has a great DAC but I'm soooo R2R curious and itching to see how they would pair with my Triangle BR02s
Thank you 🙏 😃 - I’m going to be creating a dac video soon which features an R2R, should be available in a few weeks 👍
I have three of these puppies. Great amps.
Have a pair powering my JBL M2s atm.
Brilliant.
I listen to lots of leading edge ambient techno, electronic, jazz, country etc
Sounds amazing.
Not as classy as my previous Firstwatt F7 for soundstage and Holographic imaging, but mostly everything else is better.
Thanks for the review! the blue speaker terminals indicate the left and right output don’t share a common ground. Don’t use the high level outs for connecting Subwoofers etc.
@@user-gz6tx6yp3v Actually not even Rel, the speakon connector uses two signal wires and a common ground.
@@user-gz6tx6yp3v NP lol , use the low level outs on the C298 ( rca’s ) to hook up an active Sub
@@user-gz6tx6yp3v Correct
Hi,
For C298 having adjustable gain at back panel, do you know what type of gain control it is? is it variable attenuation, traditional variable resistor, or volume ic? this is important to me, because my pre stage is having high voltage level that i need a low gain power amp. but if the music signal will pass through that variable resistor which might be harmful to sound quality, than C298 may not be my choice anymore.
Thanks!
Thank you very much for the Super Thanks! You are a superstar 🙌 ⭐️ 💥 😃
my amp on review, thanks :)
i can also add that it has some features if you look in the pdf manual, like toggle the auto on off feature. witch i had to do since the knob on the back is not enough to cause issues, almost no piece of gear does it right, perhaps it cant be done right at all.
Hey. What speakers are you using it with? What kind of music? Can you please share your thoughts.
@@phantomofgod1735 i am not a reviewer or have lots of gear to test and compare.
just that my arendal 1961 monitor speakers dips to 4ohm and benefited from the powerful NAD amp. i listen nearfield so everything was lively and dynamic sounding for me, if the recording had it.
Great review, great channel! I‘ve just subscribed to it. How does this NAD C 298 compare to NAD‘s own C 268? It is roughly half the price with similar specs but without the Purify Eigentakt. I got two of those to drive my Monitor Audio Golds in bi-amping mode, but would like to understand how much better the C 298 would fare in real life over the C 268. Interestingly, there isn’t a single review on the C 268 on RUclips, let alone a side-by-side comparison of the two power amplifiers. Something you would perhaps care to do? Again, thanks for the great review(s)!
Thank you 😊 👍 If I get a chance to compare with the C268 I will! Great to have you as a subscriber 🙌
I wonder how it compares to my amp. which is a Rotel RB-1582 MK 2 class A/B 200 w/ch power amplifier, which has a slightly "warm" sound which i prefer.
As much as I love my Parasound 2125v2 for my GoldenEar BRX, I've upgraded to NAD C298.
My Parasound will be moved to powering the surround L/R speakers in a mixed use music/movies 7.4.4 setup.
My requirements (
I once borrowed the M33 which also has the Purify modules and although being otherwise a great amp the mids came across thin compared to Hegel H160. Electric guitars lacked power. Do you think that was due to the pre-stage in M33 or is that how NAD likes to voice their amps?
I am a bit late, but for me it is the other way around.
I have a Cambridge Audio CXA81 for over a year and which sounds very good.
But in the mean time I have bought a Purifi Eval1 amp with a Hypex powersupply.
This poweramp sound much better than the poweramp of the CXA81. First impression was the CXA81 has thinner mids and not the Purifi amp.
The CXA81 is still not a bad amp, but the Purifi has a more neutral sound without being boring.
NAD also use Purifi but with a homemade powersupply.
First time visiting your channel - great review! Really considering this amp. Have you ever heard the Benchmark ahb2?
Thanks Kyle 👍 I’ve heard one, and it sounded great, difficult to directly compare with the NAD298 though as it was at a friends house. Seemed like a top piece of kit to me!
Yes it is important to compare the two since they all share the same traits and audience looking for real Hi-Fi : top transparency, high-rez, high SNR and extreme low distortion. To me that's the only goal of an Amp, no color at all! (Then, if desired, with an add-on DSP to add infinitely kinds of different colors/flavors like some tube people look for but not limited by one specific tube/hardware can provide).
Compared to Musical Fidelity musical fidelity m6 prx which is best?
I was thinking of pairing this with a Yamaha RX-A8A receiver. Are there any experts out there who can say yay or nay? Thanks.
Thanks for the excellent review. It seems like the NAD amp that might benefit from pairing with a Freya + preamp...or not? also it's $2200 USD and a pair of Aegirs in mono put out 80 WPC for $1600. A $1400 pair of Vidar in mono are good for 200 WPC at 8 johns. I wonder how all these compare? Sounds like an excellent amp if you can get past the military surplus vibe.
Recently bought this NAD and I do have it paired with the Freya +, so far I'm very happy with the combo.
I know that throughout the years there have been many complaints of NAD reliability, but I guess that I'm just one of the lucky ones who never had an issue. Fingers have been crossed!
@@LeoRousseau Happens to a lot of people I've had my issues with Schiit.
Alternative Purifi amps are from:
UK:
- Nord
Norway:
- Vera Audio
EU:
- Apollon
- Audiophonics
- Boxem
- ATM Audio
- Rouge Audio Design
US:
- VTV
Australia:
- March Audio
- Holton Precision Audio
And orginal Purifi Eval1 board for DIY.
For Quality I think best are Apollon and BoXem.
I’m a bit of noob, but I was scanning the vtv page a couple of days ago. I was wondering if those amps where also eigentakt. But I guess they are? I’m leaning towards the one with the tube buffer..
This hook up to the NAD M10 no problems?
Great review however I can’t believe you didn’t compare it to the orchard audio. Please give us some insight as I am looking into both of them and no one has compared GaN vs Purifi (eigentakt i believe?)
Thank you and keep the good work
Regards
Difficult to do - the Orchard audio was an all in one with a streamer and dac inside, so there was no way for me to fairly compare the two as I couldn’t test different front-end components. Both sound great though, so it’s a win-win decision for you!
@@SmallRoomAudio fair enough! Thank you for your reply.
If you did this comparison you would get a lot of views and would be a huge win win for everyone 😉
You could get the stereo version of the orchard, or use a pecan pi in front of the nad. But playing with different front ends including tubes with both of them would then be fenomenal.
Will see what’s coming next on your channel
Thanks
Good class ab has a bloom which class d can't yet match. But the power/price ratio is much better
Purifi inside :-)
Topping are now in the class D game !. Look out !!!!
Ive been curious about this one and it does seem like its very good, but ive had 2 seperate NAD units have one channel crap out on me. This makes me very hesitant to go with another NAD product. Such a shame this seems like the real deal.
Hey. What do you think about pairing this amp with Dynaudio SP40 for heavy metal music?
I think that would be a great combo! 👍
@@SmallRoomAudio thanks.
Love the review. My C298 has a slight buzz noise from the unit when I put my ear to the chassis. Did you try or notice that...seems some people do have tbat complain. Nothing given around sound quality though which I think as well is fantastic!
my unit have that electrical noise, some days its almost gone. probably mains power quality related.
and its noticeable from my listening position.
@@sudd3660 Mines never noticeable 2 inches away from the chassis. It's only when I put my ears to the unit is when I can hear it. I would have got rid of it if it didn't sound so good 😅
Bcs NAD use own power supplay instead Hypex SMPS. I dont know its good...
Mine also the same buzz & hiss noise. After google around try select VAR & set GAIN to -20 MIN, now i'm happy no more buzz & hiss noise. Try & see.
My new Nad 298 does not have any buzzing it is silent. I just got it last week and had ordered it although I was fearing the issue you mention.
I am too familiar with the sound you are talking about, usually that slight buzzing is from the power supply or power transformers and will be irrespective of any speaker sound. I do have my stereo gear on an audio only power mains circuit (from my incoming outside AC power). I have had some recent tube amplifiers that have had that dreaded buzzing from their power supplies (transformers) on the same circuit anyway that buzzing if it occurs drives me crazy. Sorry that you have that issue it seems.
Good review, very well done, thank you! I am about to buy this power amp, but exploring people experiences with the same unit, I found out: The power supply makes a fair amount of mechanical noise. Looking around the Internet other people have reported this issue, some of them have been told that this is normal for this type of power supply. What do you think about this? Some people have no such a problem. I could not use amp with that noise/buzzing. Please replay....Regards!
Hi! The unit I had did have a very slight hum, but only noticeable with your ear next to it. I’ve had things hum a lot louder than the NAD C298, it seemed a bargain to me at the price! 👍
@@SmallRoomAudio thank you sooo much! only with your ear next to it? ear on metal construction of the amp? you can't hear it 2 feet away?
@@radiomuzika2501 On the one I had I couldn’t hear it two feet away 😊
@@SmallRoomAudio you are very nice person, thank you again:=))
@@radiomuzika2501 You’re very welcome! 😃
Hi, I live on the ISS and was wondering if you could recommend a good audio setup please.
It would be a system that plays Bowie’s Space Oddity on permanent loop, amplified using a HAL 9000 and played through speakers from the Nostromo.
👍⭐👍
Same thing even with M33 decay is shortened.
Should I get the Buchardt i150 or this ?
Sadly never had the chance to hear the Buchardt
Love the relaxed delivery for your reviews which allows you to come across as very believable. I've some KEF LS50 Meta's and tossing up between the NAD C298 and a Parasound A23+. Listen to mainly electronic. What do you think?
May I ask what you ended pairing your Kefs with? 😊
@@SuperDamny A NAD M10 V2
Any amplifier cannot stop a "decay" of a sound sooner than what's in the recording. It either follows the recording to the dot (ie faithfully), or if the amplifier lacks control (has very low damping factor), your "decay" might get slightly extended.
Can all amplifiers produce the same level of transparency or delicacy with a recording? I ask because it would make sense that a ‘lesser’ amp wouldn’t be able to deliver on all aspects of a recording, it’s why some amps have a better top end while others provide more bass. I would have assumed the decay of a sound would depend on how open, transparent and importantly separated the sound was so it didn’t get lost amongst the other notes?
If an amplifier has a lack of micro-detail (small signals get lost) a decay will be shortened by such an amp.
@@Benvos yea you have a point, maybe the difference isn’t in the “decay” per se, but in the level of resolution and dynamics that impacts the reproduction of sound in a given recording.
You can use it as monoblock amp right?!
Yes, it can also be used as a bridged-mono amplifier. 👍
@@SmallRoomAudio want two of them then 😏
What preamp are you going to add to this?
After trying a couple of options I actually listened mostly direct from my Tambaqui Dac. It was a VERY low noise chain!
inside?
I need this but cheeper
I own an Aavik U300 Class D integrated amp, & I’ll never own a linear amp again!
Will it suit bass heavy genre like RNB, RAP, HIP HOP, REGGAE etc ?
pretty sure he makes a very repetitive point of saying how good the bass is with it
@@bretts7037 Thank you
Bruno Putzeys is God.
Nice amp indeed, but not on a par with a good class A amp. Did the comparison and my FW F5 sent the NAD back to the dealer without hesitation.
I had the F7 and sold it. Firstwatt does imaging soundstage better, but NAD was wider and more full. Detail was about the same. But F7 did place things in the 3D space better.
Bass attack, depth and quality much better on the NADs. Faster, better leading edges etc
The Firstwatt sound is very nice.
One easy way to disqualify class-D is to listen to a DSD piano recording, aaargh horrifying! Intermodulation distortion in buckets.
The Purifi 1ET400A is NO exception. When you have learned how it sounds, you will hear it in all kind of music, then go buy a class-AB amp and be happy.
Almost looks like a power regenerator.
I like your vdo
Thank you 🙏 😊
I owned this amp, and while it was good for the money, it was NOT a "unicorn" or "killer" amp. It sounds recognizably Class D, and although I think it is the best version of Class D I have heard to this point, it is still not on par with Class A/B for midrange palpability. OTOH if you pair it with a decent tube preamp like a Freya + and/or a tube DAC, one could flavor the sound to accommodate those like me who prefer a more "analog" sound.
@@13thnotehifireviews7 yes maybe, the M33 and Dirac might be the ticket, but I have my doubts.
I am flustered and confused with these "all in one" solutions. You can buy a wonderful amp for around 1000€ (Those Nuprime amps with Class A + D amplification look promising) and a Bluesound Node for 600€. I am genuinely confused.
@@jpnielsen9718 Thanks for the tip!
I don’t see it being a winner at $2,400. There’s so many options at this price. NAD should watch out for the popular $1,800 Parasound New Classic pushing 270wpc 8 ohms, 400wpc 4 ohms, 750w bridged plus THX Ultra2 certified for theater geeks.
I noticed that you carefully avoided saying that some more Schiit was about to drop.
That's an awfully large chassis for a small room (Pun intended). One of the possibilities with class D are smaller component size and weight but NAD is adhering to more standard sizing to match alot of existing equipment.
I'd rather have smaller components. If they don't stack as neatly, I can improvise and some of us don't stack one component on another, particularly an amp.
Looking at the inside of the unit, there's room to get rid of.
Class D amp I feel that I am paying for less compared to class A&B those are overprices
..omg...another one without salt and pepper...hell of a restaurant...lol
It's better that way for real Hi Fi and not get stuck at one type of salt and pepper flavor which you might not like depending on daily mood.
Why is it so heavy? Is it because it has a linear power supply rather than a switch mode?
do not forget to count the chassis or heatsink in weight, those can be the most heavy part.
It's heavy because the case is unnecessarily big. The effort behind this power amp is no better than the effort if a DIY'r. If you look inside, there are 2 small circuit modules, with a crazy amount of empty space around them. There aren't even attached to heatsinks; remember this is Class-D, so there is no desperation for heat loss.
it's N ... A ... D ... not Nad. Sorry . Good review though. Nice! :)
"Dark background and lack of noise and distortion" - isn't that nother way of saying that it stops when the music stops?
That therefore likely explains why you don't get the 'decay' you like from Class A /Tube amps - it's noise pretending to be part of the music.
Humans do like, psychologically - so I've read - sound decaying into low-level noise. It sounds more natural, even if it wasn't on the recording.
Maybe it should be found more on the recording .. because it's pleasing?
Yeah it could be that, although the Hypex Nilai and NAD M23 provide decay, so has that been artificially tuned into the sound, or is the NAD C298 clipping the decay… 🤔
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At this price you should expect decent performance from everything so you look for what is isn't rather than what it is. It's still a pass in my book.
Please forgive my ignorance as an American, but 1700 pounds of what?,
Or is it that British money is overly heavy, and one note weighs one pound, so therefore 1700 bills weighs 1700 pounds.😂😂
You are correct, rather than becoming millionaires, we weigh our wealth with scales and the King has the heaviest sack of gold in all the land! 🤴 (Probably can’t afford Wilson’s though…)
"Class D" means "Don't"
Ok....let's sey 1600£
So...those 7/8...worth of a city car.
Must be a lot of gold and platinum is in....
Hm..among us..are a lot of ignorants....with quite some money, we do not know...what to do with🤭🤔..
It is a price of ATC P1....Which is allso owerpriced......but gives a lot more then this....
Sell that to some....in Russia.
Ore..to your mother in low
Please.....stop making idiots of us
All in can cost...maybe 200£....and case, maybe 50£....so?!?!?!?!?!?
And...probably...all is done in China....means, some 100£ all together.
Shame on you.
Audio electronics have always been very expensive. The components and R&D cost a lot of money, the sales are low. There are many satisfying amps from big brands like Yamaha, Onkyo and Denon. They're huge manufacturers, with lots of resources and can produce many units at a lower cost. You could just get a Yamaha RS202 amp and a pair of Q Acoustics 3030i (or Klipsch Rp600M for a leaner drier sound) and have a very pleasant system. Some people just want the best, or something close (hence the higher costs and diminishing returns). Diminishing returns is a huge deal in audio.
@@user-xg6zz8qs3q Sory if my words are to harsh.....have realy a lot of audio components....at a moment, not less then 5 complets...only subwofers 5 peaces, 4×REL +1×Klipsch.
But, that amplifire, can not cost more then 700/800 £ ..in the store.
Does not sound...and does not worth as much.....neutral in digital amplifires ...ussualy means...cold/holl like...have few too.
So when recognise...that is digital...at that price ...with those wats, thoot, world gone compleaty crasy.
Among other things 80%+.... are made in China....and realy doubt that NAD pay more then 200£ per unit of that power amp/ digital to factory in China.
Love the content, the cringe comedy not so much. It’s pretty weird & frankly not entertaining at all.
I enjoy it. I think you are the curmudgeon in the room.