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Getting started with integrated-advice.

I am getting back into audio after 20 years away. My listening room is 20x11 foot and I thought a good integrated would be a good way to go. I just got the NAD
521i CD player and will run the system with some mini
monitors and sub at first. So, I am thinking of a NAD
c350 or c370.
I would welcome reccomendations as there is extremely limited audio shopping in my area. Thanks
abbeydog
drrasta
224 posts
 
If you like the NAD stick with it so you can use the remote on both pieces. A friend has an NAD combo with the Paradigm Ref 20 speakers and sounds quite musical for the $$. Try some DH labs cables and interconnects, inexpensive but good.
abbeydog OP
70 posts
 
Thanks I think I'll look for a Nad c370. unfortunately I
just missed the two that were for sale on Audiogon and I am
without a nearby dealer. The only authorized dealer online
I could find was Yawa and they are backordered on that amp.
Good point about the remote too.
bomarc
501 posts
 
What speakers do you plan to use?
abbeydog OP
70 posts
 
I am currently listening to polk minis on stands. Don't
know what they are. They sound okay with the Sony powered
sub from a compact system.
I saw some Soliloquy 5.0 monitors with stands on Audiogon
and I am interested in those. I will probably end up with
standed monitors and an upgraded sub of some type.
s23chang
619 posts
 
If you're looking at Soliloquy 5.0 monitors then you should consider vintage EL84 integrated amps. All my friends who heard my Daystrom 282 ( same as Heathkit SA-2 except looks more modern.) in that power range got blown away by its sound. I bypass the treble-bass and invert control. The power produced by most of the EL84 pp amp ranges from 12Watt to 18Watt depends on the size of output transformer.
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