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Re: NAD L73

Posted by David Aiken (A) on April 29, 2006 at 00:18:05

In Reply to: NAD L73 posted by RibbonSpeakers.net on April 28, 2006 at 20:16:12:

I've owned 3 NAD products. The first was an integrated amp which I replaced after several years simply as a major upgrade. It replaced an older, much better amp which died at a time when I simply could not afford to replace it, and the NAD provided quite good results and worked flawlessly until I was in a position to replace it with a much better product around 3-4 years later.

The other 2 products are still in use. One is a NAD FM/AM tuner, now close to 4 years old, and the other is the L73s 2 channel sibling, the L53, which I bought in October last year.

I can't comment on the L73 since I've only seen them, but I'm very happy with my L53. It does a good job playing movies and it delivers reasonable sound. I'm not really a home theatre person and it definitely doesn't play music at anywhere near the quality that my audio setup does, but it does do a quite satisfying job.

A friend who bought a NAD receiver and separate NAD CDP as part of a small stereo system is also quite happy with her NADs which drive a pair of Quad 11s.

I think NAD makes very good entry level audio products which provide good value and, in my experience, good reliability. They won't satisfy serious audiophiles, though their higher price range may do much better at that, but they do deliver a level of performance that is more than satisfying for someone who wants reasonable music/video reproduction and isn't interested in chasing perfection or spending large amounts.

As a basic 1 box system, I think the L53 does a very good job and I have no doubt that the L73 is a similar quality performer for a 5 channel system.

My only reservation would be to ask if your relative needs a surround sound system or whether they would be satisfied with a much simpler 2 channel HT setup which would allow them to have better speakers for the same total outlay.

David Aiken

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