![]() It wants to be a little of everything: hi-res streamer, stereo amplifier, nice slice of industrial design, even include a bit of home cinema action.īy upping the functionality of an old-fashioned stereo amp (of the type on which NAD built its reputation), reducing the size, putting an overspecified DAC under the bonnet and a big, bright display up-front, NAD may have just the home entertainment engine we’ve been waiting for. NAD’s Masters Series of components debuted in 2005, and has been pretty much universally acclaimed with every new product – but none have been what you might call “affordable”. What NAD hasn’t quite been able to do when driving towards a) and b) is to avoid c) making the resulting product quite expensive. So NAD – fast approaching its 50th birthday, and thus a survivor from those sepia-tinted long-agos – has thought long and hard about how to serve the desire for multiple home entertainment options without a) needing lots of equipment to do it, and/or b) compromising the ultimate quality of the entertainment itself. The biggest problem with home entertainment these days isn’t so much a lack of options but rather a surfeit – and, of course, the problem of where to put all those pieces of equipment that facilitate this home entertainment Nirvana. It’s true – it’s one of the reasons we know that “the old times were the best” is an out-and-out lie. ![]() There was a time not so long ago when “home entertainment” consisted of either watching one of three available TV stations or playing a record. ![]()
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