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"Trevor Wilson" <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> "Pim" <Pim@Pim.pim> wrote in message news:acp9ku$7rd$1@news.ox.ac.uk...
> > > > I changed my NAD twice, but each unit had other problems.
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> > > Similar experience here.
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> > It's weired - I've heard such conflicting things about all NAD
products -
> > had me heart set on a 370 / 270 combo, but then I heard soooooo many
poer
> > supply hum problems, that I bailed - since then, I've heard loads of
> reports
> > about how good / bad all NAD products are - seemingly due to them
building
> > them in 2 locations - parrently one factory puts out quality gear, and
the
> > other is shite. i can't say whether this is fact or not, but I've heard
it
> > from quite a few sources now... seems a pity that a manufacturer that
can
> > put out such really high quality gear can let standards slip like
that...

I think, the answer is easy.
It depends of the point of view:
a)
You can see the NAD CD-Player as a "cheep" Product.
The sound quality is amazing near to analog, there is no other
player in this price range with a comparible "timbre".
I say "timbre", because there are of course other Players in a
comparible price-class whith comparible sound-quality, *but*
not with a comparible "timbre".
So, if you like the NAD Sound, you have to live with the other "features"

b) you can see the NAD as an "expensive" product.
Expensive, if you compare it with japanese consumer-market-products.
You get a simple looking (some say ugly, but I dont agree) unit, with
only the basic-features of a cd-player, "made in China" for three-times the
price of a cheep model made by a  well known japanese producer and with
sometimes even more features.
People who see it from *this* point of view, expect a better sound-quality
*and* higher reliability than a "consumer-product" offers.

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> **As a NAD service agent, I must say that I see very small numbers of
their
> equipment (a good sign).

Easy to explain.
There are many people, who buy stereo eqipment, and have
30 or 50 cds in the racket.
They play 3-5 hours in a week, an if there is a little "skipping problem"
they dont care.

Here a quotation from an User-Review (www.audioreview.com)

"....now and then to replace it. Reasons? The skipping problem other owners
have
 noted in their reviews--it's not chronic, but it does happen more often
than with any
other player I've used
"
But as you can see, *at the moment* he accept it......

Ich have more the 1100CDs in my classical collection, and I play about 20 or
more hours
in a week. So I want, that everyting works "perfect"


 Build quality, in the latest stuff, looks pretty
> good.


> "Certainly, a cut above the mass market brands."

If this is true, it is very sad.......


But anyway,
compliments from vienna
Alfred