Really ? The NAd 2700 is the big brother of the Nad 2200, and the 2200 got a killer review here
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/nad-2200-vintage-amplifier-review.13960/
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/nad-2200-vintage-amplifier-review.13960/
1. Reviews aren't worth much
2. Build quality and circuit design counts for a lot.
3. Company history is important. Corporate personalities do not tend to change unless it comes under new management.
4. Those measurements are not that good.
NAD makes low cost equipment. It isn't made especially well. Units I have worked on are not impressive at all. I've worked on just about every brand out there, I would not consider an NAD for myself. I just gave away one large NAD amplifier.
A Yamaha PC series M.I. amplifier is extremely good by comparison, build quality is far higher. The Parasound amplifiers also have high build quality, as do many Marantz and Sansui amplifiers. That would be the honest truth. There are some other good amplifiers out there also. If I was to buy a new, current amplifier it would be a Bryston 3B cubed or 4B cubed. I've had a 4B cubed on my bench and in my system for 3 weeks. The best I have heard so far, I have not heard a new Parasound, but those are good too.
The claim to fame NAD had was "good for the money". But, not very good. Why would you want to own anything that wasn't very good?
2. Build quality and circuit design counts for a lot.
3. Company history is important. Corporate personalities do not tend to change unless it comes under new management.
4. Those measurements are not that good.
NAD makes low cost equipment. It isn't made especially well. Units I have worked on are not impressive at all. I've worked on just about every brand out there, I would not consider an NAD for myself. I just gave away one large NAD amplifier.
A Yamaha PC series M.I. amplifier is extremely good by comparison, build quality is far higher. The Parasound amplifiers also have high build quality, as do many Marantz and Sansui amplifiers. That would be the honest truth. There are some other good amplifiers out there also. If I was to buy a new, current amplifier it would be a Bryston 3B cubed or 4B cubed. I've had a 4B cubed on my bench and in my system for 3 weeks. The best I have heard so far, I have not heard a new Parasound, but those are good too.
The claim to fame NAD had was "good for the money". But, not very good. Why would you want to own anything that wasn't very good?
I have the PDL 1100 preamp, currently in storage, is the PDL 1100 any good ?
https://parasound.com/products/vint...KJFhjIMmHx5ZFNDnahLfickDseAGXhE8gMqu7qmTJxW8n
I am not directly familiar with this product. Based on long experience with Parasound products, I would expect it to be very well made. Performance is difficult to guess at without a full spectrum of distortion display. I would expect it to be much better than other expensive preamps.
I am working on a JC-2 BP, the performance is excellent and well worth owning. These tend to be very quiet.
Storage isn't good for electronics in general. You may have switch or relay contact issues due to storage, hard to say without running it. These are repairable issues.
Great performance comes from attention to detail and carefully designed construction. Everything from power supply design to how it is housed. Same for the analogue circuits. There is zero way to arrive at this without spending the money. Even if you get the schematic, the PCB layout is critical (this is designed, not just "laid out"). Then there is component matching and how closely matched the parts are where they need to be. Even down to certain components selected for linearity over other similarly specified and described parts. Silver wire does nothing for example, where it runs (lead dress) is vastly more important. This applies to all electronic devices. Some it doesn't matter, others it does. It doesn't matter if it is a piece of high end test equipment, or high end (as in actually good) audio equipment. The price tag is no guarantee you will get what you pay for. Electrons don't care what a signal is, audio or a test point for some process. The same physics apply to everything.
I am working on a JC-2 BP, the performance is excellent and well worth owning. These tend to be very quiet.
Storage isn't good for electronics in general. You may have switch or relay contact issues due to storage, hard to say without running it. These are repairable issues.
Great performance comes from attention to detail and carefully designed construction. Everything from power supply design to how it is housed. Same for the analogue circuits. There is zero way to arrive at this without spending the money. Even if you get the schematic, the PCB layout is critical (this is designed, not just "laid out"). Then there is component matching and how closely matched the parts are where they need to be. Even down to certain components selected for linearity over other similarly specified and described parts. Silver wire does nothing for example, where it runs (lead dress) is vastly more important. This applies to all electronic devices. Some it doesn't matter, others it does. It doesn't matter if it is a piece of high end test equipment, or high end (as in actually good) audio equipment. The price tag is no guarantee you will get what you pay for. Electrons don't care what a signal is, audio or a test point for some process. The same physics apply to everything.