NAD DAC

On a considerably less exciting note...lol!

I contacted NAD to see if/when they will have a DAC on the way. They assured me that one is coming but wouldn't say when or at what level they expected it to compete. Not nearly as exciting as a Rega DAC perhaps but it would be nice to see a very fine budget DAC to compete with the DacMagic and rDac. We'll see.

Yeah, I wonder why NAD is lagging behind. Perhaps it will be better than the Rega....!LOL!

Agreed, Leo.

Marantz has a very cool DAC/digital whatever product. It has a streamer (I believe), internet tuner, and a few other things in one box.

I'm not a Marantz fan, so I haven't tracked it down. Music Direct has it, if you want to look it up.

I don't have enough experience with Marantz to really know if I'd like them or not. I kind of skipped that rung of the ladder (NAD, Cambridge, Marantz, Denon) on my upgrade path. I figured that since I'm really into 2-channel, why not spend a bit more and hit Rega and Exposure territory, where I think companies start to put aside features and focus more on a pure audio signal and doing that with as little compromise as possible. And ultimately, I knew I'd probably want to upgrade to that anyways.

For a second system like Art's, or if I felt spending the extra money wasn't something I wanted to do, I'd definitely look at those brands. Their products are certainly respectable, and I'm sure just about everyone could choose one of them to build a system around and obtain good results.

Still waiting for a quality DAC from NAD...perhaps never...lol!

Art, its only been 8 or 9 months........Unless they were nearly readytogo when dropping the hint, I'd give 'em until March...than buy a DacMagic or other at that price point. Unless the NADDAC is meant for the Masters Series, in which case it may be worth the wait.....
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I'm not in the market for a DAC, Leo. Still a CD player guy. I have pretty much quit listening to computer applications of any kind. Looking for a better FM tuner.

Heard it Saturday while I was in bellevegas. Was mentioning it to Dave actually as perhaps a next amp he should try. The thing has b@lls to the walls, sounds awesome and appears to be a masters series amp with some updates. A/B speaker switching and can be bridged to something like 380 watts at 8ohm per channel. I was really impressed with this amp. Heard it with the Monitor Audio RX8's being fed by a Bryston CDP. My only complaint is that it has TOO many inputs. The front panel of the unit has what seems to be a never ending line of input buttons. Also, from what my dealer tells me the headphone section on it is mediocre, but if you want to listen to music on headphones buy an I-Pod.lol. I came away really thinking the NAD 375bee at any price point was an absolute beast and it only retails for 1200CDN. What a bargain. My Naim unit is never going anywhere, I am just in love with it, but I might bring home the 375bee to try out, just dont think it would be as good a match with the laid back Totems as the Naim but would still be fun.