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In Reply to: RE: Prices-Dang posted by AbeCollins on March 07, 2015 at 08:35:28
Yes I see MF as upper mif fi. I've said here that as a dealer accommodation I got the Trivista SACD which was $6495 and wholesale to dealers at $4000 for $2683.
NAD had a 40 point margin as a dealer. Like I said I'm not angry I just noticed it. Take DVD players. In the same 10 years we now have hi def Blu Ray and wi-fi w/apps for about 20 cents on the dollar of what was around then. Today $100 gets you Blu Ray, Wi-Fi but with some cost cutting things like no more display on the unit, just on screen.
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I don't recall which MF integrated had the HUGE volume knob and outboard power supply. This was at least a decade or more ago. A dealer that I liked took one in on trade and he showed me how messed up the motorized volume pot was because of the overweight aluminum mega knob.
The only NAD piece I had was a small receiver from around 1995 that cost me $399. I thought I was buying a cut above consumer grade for better sound in my office down the street. I was very disappointed with that NAD receiver. I replaced it with a department store Onkyo for half the price (literally just $199) and it outperformed the NAD in every respect.
I haven't tried any other NAD since but I suspect some of their gear is good based on the comments I've read about NAD integrated amps.
That was the Trivista amp and the one we had did have issues with the mega knob that weighed a ton. (good name Abe) It came loose and was a pain in the ass to reattach properly. Good intentions-poor execution. I do have a Musical Fidelity pen with a built in level that still works well.....
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