In Reply to: Mid-fi brands : any preference . . . posted by Hi-Fi Nut on April 30, 2012 at 03:05:25:
Good sound doesn't have to cost a fortune, and paying a fortune is absolutely no guarantee of good sound either! Don't be misled by these snob terms.
I find NAD equipment in many instances to be very good value: great sound for less money. Not all, mind you, but I do shop those carefully and I"m quite satisfied.
I'm using an older C740 integrated receiver, which has never failed me, and now use a 542 CDP, which sounds great. I did add an outboard DAC, which improved on the CDP, but not so much that I wouldn't recommend the raw unit to others without reservation.
These are older models and certainly nowhere near the cost nor the purported quality of NAD's high end now. Those are very well reviewed.
Don't let people or magazines bully you into thinking it's solely a matter of your budget. That's bullshit!
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