nad, the smart guys that they are, are as good marketers as they are product development folks...
...if you listening carefully -- that whooshing sound you hear in the background is the sound of internet hype, the current day winning marketing lever for many a savvy hifi brand
don’t get me wrong, nad has made good stuff for years, high value, good performance - it was one of my beloved early pieces in my college years when money was very tight
in more recent years they made quite a mistake (sq wise, not commercially...) going to ice power class d module amplification, which neutered what was the earlier, lively musical tone of their amps such as the great 3020 which put them on the map
they may have corrected this finally with a newer better class d module in this just-introduced ’flagship’ all in one model
but making a decidely bad sounding high line unit now less bad sounding does not make for any ’game changing’ -- just putting it into perspective folks
...if you listening carefully -- that whooshing sound you hear in the background is the sound of internet hype, the current day winning marketing lever for many a savvy hifi brand
don’t get me wrong, nad has made good stuff for years, high value, good performance - it was one of my beloved early pieces in my college years when money was very tight
in more recent years they made quite a mistake (sq wise, not commercially...) going to ice power class d module amplification, which neutered what was the earlier, lively musical tone of their amps such as the great 3020 which put them on the map
they may have corrected this finally with a newer better class d module in this just-introduced ’flagship’ all in one model
but making a decidely bad sounding high line unit now less bad sounding does not make for any ’game changing’ -- just putting it into perspective folks