Eric Liu

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5, 2.00 votes

Price Paid:  $180.00

Summary:
I've got this a NAD 3020A few months back. it's coupled with a mordaun short satelite speaker and NAD 510 CD player as source. The sound is nature and wide. Furthermore, this baby need some burn in time let say 20 minutes. Obviously, one could tell the the sound is getting smoother, warmer the longer it plays. Despitely, my unit needs some minor servicing. The left channel will get the signal first as the volume is turned a little bit up than the right channel. Nevertheless, as a normal listenning, it has no problem but sound great. Forgive it for the minor problem. :) Some say the looks doesn't look nice but it looks simple and profession, my opinion. It satisfies me and it's great to me. won't be upgrading another amplifier unless i can go for high end equipment. Finally, thanks for the designer and this baby is brilliant.

Strengths:
sound nature, wide

Weaknesses:
none,

Price Paid:  $180.00

Summary:
I've got this a NAD 3020A few months back. it's coupled with a mordaun short satelite speaker and NAD 510 CD player as source. The sound is nature and wide. Furthermore, this baby need some burn in time let say 20 minutes. Obviously, one could tell the the sound is getting smoother, warmer the longer it plays. Despitely, my unit needs some minor servicing. The left channel will get the signal first as the volume is turned a little bit up than the right channel. Nevertheless, as a normal listenning, it has no problem but sound great. Forgive it for the minor problem. :) Some say the looks doesn't look nice but it looks simple and profession, my opinion. It satisfies me and it's great to me. won't be upgrading another amplifier unless i can go for high end equipment. Finally, thanks for the designer and this baby is brilliant.

Strengths:
sound nature, wide

Weaknesses:
none,

Price Paid:  $199.00

Summary:
In 1980 I was in need of a budget system when my audiofile friend in N.Y. suggested I got the NAD 3020 with matching tuner. Never having heard of NAD, I had him buy it for me. A wonderfull little amp is all I can say, I've got it driving a pair of DCM TimeWindows with a AudioPro B-250 sub. Clear, warm, real. I still have the system, with no plans for replacing it. I have dragged it with me all over the Caribbean with me to lend some class to my once nomadic life style and it's still glitch free. It now has a permanent home and still sounds like the day I took it out of the box.

Strengths:
Clear, warm, does a nice job of handling just aboput any genre.

Weaknesses:
Nothing really, plastic push buttons keep popping off, I have since fixed that with a little crazy glue.

Price Paid:  $199.00

Summary:
In 1980 I was in need of a budget system when my audiofile friend in N.Y. suggested I got the NAD 3020 with matching tuner. Never having heard of NAD, I had him buy it for me. A wonderfull little amp is all I can say, I've got it driving a pair of DCM TimeWindows with a AudioPro B-250 sub. Clear, warm, real. I still have the system, with no plans for replacing it. I have dragged it with me all over the Caribbean with me to lend some class to my once nomadic life style and it's still glitch free. It now has a permanent home and still sounds like the day I took it out of the box.

Strengths:
Clear, warm, does a nice job of handling just aboput any genre.

Weaknesses:
Nothing really, plastic push buttons keep popping off, I have since fixed that with a little crazy glue.

Chris V

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
3.80 of 5, 5.00 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00 from Athens, Greece

Summary:
I own my NAD 3020B since 1987. It was part from my first real HiFi system, with a NAD turntable, NAD tape deck & latter a Sony 16bit CD player. The speakers that the NAD had to drive, were the Audio Spectrum S-37 (I guess not very famous outside Greece but that does not mean that they are not excellent speakers). These speakers were demanding in current, and I tend to believe that NAD 3020B was the ONLY 2x35 Watt RMS amp that could drive them properly. The 3020B had the red led power indicators, loudness, pre amp out, power amp in (with and without filtering), soft clipping & speaker impedance switch. The sound is ABSOLUTELY great even compared to more expensive units & the power feels like it is more than the 35 Watts. I strongly recommend it as an integrated amp or as a simple pre amp, I don't think that you could get a better sound at this category.
Don't underestimate it, deserves good source & speakers.

Strengths:
Excellent, natural sound that will let you enjoy your music and make you stop wondering about how your amp does sound like.
Power much more than the rated 35Watts
Has current and can drive demanding 4 Ohm speakers
It never sounds hard, whatever limitations this model has does not insult your ears!

Weaknesses:
Concerning the price and the category none. Just a limitation at the sound pressure levels you can create and sometimes, with big speakers, the bass could be a little deeper. But still, it will never make you feel like something is bothering you.

Similar Products Used:
I couldn't find something better. When I upgraded my system, I totally changed category with pre power amps and bi amping.