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In Reply to: NAD C541i vs. Music Hall CD 25 posted by Mr Blue Sky on May 26, 2003 at 17:38:06:
You may want to look into the NAD T562. Plays DVD-V, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, decodes HDCD, and has optical and co-oax digital outs. The 24/192 upsampling Wolfson Dac's don't sound bad at all. It has a 2v output, and I'm running a Bel Canto Dac2 for CD listening but going direct with DVD movies. (the NAD does not output a 2 ch bitsteam PCM signal with DVD movies so it is apparently not compatable with an outboard DAC when playing DVDs). Interesting how close the T562 comes sonically to the DAC2 with CDs, which also has a 2v output. Switching between the 2 using my Plinius CD-LAD remote reveals just how close the NAD is to what is considered a true state of the art DAC. While I prefer the DAC2, it really took some "X-Ray" listening to draw that conclusion. Who knows what preferences would be in another system?Here's mine at the moment:
NADT562 DVD/CD Player>X-60 coax>Bel Canto Dac2>Analysis Plus Solo Oval IC>Plinius CD-LAD pre>AP Solo Oval IC>Bel Canto eVo4 Amp>AP Oval 8 speaker cable>Soliloquy 6.5 speakers. decicated ac line with a Sound Applications CF-X line conditioner.I never would have guessed a relatively "mid-fi" NAD unit would come so close, but evidently technology is moving along at a good clip, and less expensive gear is benefiting accordingly.
I've never heard either the Music Hall CD-25 or the NAD C541i, but I thought my observations above might be interesting.
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