NRPavs Oldies but Goodies NAD C 720BEE [1st unit] stereo receiver details | ||||
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NAD C 720BEE [1st unit] stereo receiver - charcoal grey : The Absolute Sound Review [abridged] : It’s awfully easy to get spoiled in this industry. Gear that I could not possibly afford is dropped at my door, and for a brief window of time I live under the illusion that my champagne-and-caviar dreams have materialized The 720BEE is heir to NAD’s classic 7020 receiver (and the more recent C740) Its 50Wpc amplifier section is based on the company’s C320BEE integrated amp, but here equipped with an RDS AM/FM tuner and a secondzone output that allows music to be exported to speakers in another room (separate amplifier required) The absence of the video functionality of the Rotel RX-1052 and the iPod jack and USB connectivity of the Outlaw RR 2150 may suggest that the C720BEE is strictly old school But NAD compensates for these omissions with a hefty toroidal transformer, defeatable tone controls, remote control, and subwoofer output — a thoughtful nod to the expanding sub/sat marketplace The only misstep is the lack of a volume-readout on the front-panel display When partnered with a high-performance speaker of medium sensitivity, like the Proac Studio 140 (review to come), the NAD continues its tradition of midrange neutrality and resolution, and freedom from noise and gritty treble artifacts It reveals more inner details and microdynamics than it has a right to at this level I’m a big fan of radio, so a tuner’s sonics had better be able to shoulder the weight. The C720BEE performed strongly, reproducing orchestras with a dimensionality and dynamism that were arresting The NAD can’t match the sensitivity and dynamic explosiveness of $1000-plus stand-alone FM tuners like Magnum Dynalab’s MD-90 or 106T, but it had good adjacent-channel separation and pulled in even some of my local low-power favorites strongly The NAD C720BEE validates a no-nonsense philosophy that rejects the “bells and whistles” philosophy of audio by letting its musicality do all the talking Specifications : -:®:- Vintage : 2004 to 2007 model -:®:- Power rating : 50W RMS [17dbW] -:®:- Rated distortion [THD, 20Hz to 20kHz] 0.03% -:®:- Clipping Power : 65W at 8ohms -:®:- IHF Dynamic Power x 2 at 8 ohms: 110W [+3.4dB], at 4 ohms 160W [+5.0dB], at 2ohms 220W -:®:- Damping Factor [8 ohms, 50Hz]: > 110 -:®:- Input impedance : R = 22kohms, C = 100ρF -:®:- Input sensitivity at 1V out : 330mV -:®:- Signal to Noise ratio [preamp out at 500mV]: 106dB -:®:- Frequency response [20Hz to 20kHz] : ±0.2dB -:®:- Preamplifer section : Line level [Disc, CD, Video, Aux, tuner, tape]: Input impedance [R / C]: 22kohms / 100pF -:®:- Input sensitivity [max volume, re 1V pre out] : 330mV -:®:- Signal to noise ratio [preamp out, A-weighted] : 106dB -:®:- Frequency response [20Hz to 20kHz] : < ±0.1dB [tone defeat on] < ±0.5dB [tone defeat off] -:®:- Total Harmonic distortion + noise : < 0.01% at 5V out -:®:- Maximum output levels : preamp out: >11V, tape out: >11.5V -:®:- Tone controls : bass: ±8dB at 100Hz, treble: ±5dB at 10kHz -:®:- FM : -:®:- Input sensitivity : 16.1dBf, -50dB: stereo: 36.1dBf -:®:- Harmonic distortion : mono: 0.3%, stereo: 0.5% -:®:- Signal to noise ratio : mono : 60dB, stereo: 55dB -:®:- Stereo separation [1kHz] : 40dB -:®:- Frequency response : 30Hz to 15kHz ±1.5dB -:®:- Dimensions [W x H x D] : 435 x 147 x 387mm -:®:- Weight : 8.7kg packed: ~ 11kg SOLD February 2021 on trademe to Hastings |
each extra 5kg : add $6.00 NI, $11.80 SI Auckland @ $7.75 $13 North Island @ $12.35 $18 South Island: < 2kg @ $6.95 NA South Island: < 10kg @ $21.25 $27 |
CASH on delivery by arrangement : Northland, Auckland buyers By bank payment : 12-3061-0161709-00 ASB name: N R PARKIN By credit card : Use option on trademe By email with secure PayPal payment : select the Pay using PayPal website link |
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