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RE: I recently experimented with amps for the Advents

An interesting post.

I suppose any technology (like switching amps) will improve over time, and with the number of companies working with it. But I have wondered how good the very affordable amps are. Pretty good, I guess.

I had an NAD C320BEE (my grandson has it now); but wasn't all that happy with the sound. Bass was there; but not tight - mids and treble were nice though. It sounded quite different from my NAD C350. A much wider soundstage for one. The C350 was much narrower. However, the C350 had much tighter bass with much better articulation and stronger as well; although the C350 was not as natural sounding as the C320BEE in the mids and highs. I've never had a chance to compare the C326BEE to the C320BEE, and have wondered if it was the same preamp and amp with more bells and whistles. Apparently not.

I do think the C326BEE is on the low power side for stacked Advents. I know it has a lot of dynamic headroom; but even so...

I'm thoroughly enjoying the Adcom tuner-preamp and amp. They work very well with my Rotel CD players and I find the sound very natural, particularly on vocals. And that's why the C350 is going - it's good; but lacks the naturalness of the Adcom gear and the Rotel tuner-preamp and amp.

Jerry


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