just an amazing sound

what weaknesses?

a marriage made in heaven a nad t770 bought for the rediculous price of £80 and hooked up to an assortment of tannoy speakers...am i pleased you bet i am, i love nad equipment and the "nad sound" it just rolls on my ears like honey on my tongue, nothing else to say but i have now one hell of a stereo amp, who cares about what else it can do.

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lots of nad amps oh and some kenwood and technics stuff too

Dolby Digital performance is good

Price Serious Lack of power Lack of surround formats Useless remote Poor setup options Lack of power outlet sockets (to drive sub etc) Bad control of speaker levels Too little optical inputs (only 1) No control of sub output Flimsy feeling volume control Fatiguing high frequencies Total lack of mid range Poor stereo imaging.

I 'upgraded' from a Harman Kardon AVR35 to the NAD after my complete system with stolen from my home in SA. They took everything including a pair of huge (1M high) main speakers that I had built myself. I read all the reviews, and having been a NAD fan for many years, decided on the T770 with the T550 DVD player and AE fronts, rears and centre. When I got the gear home I took my time setting everything up, and then I powered the receiver up. From day one I was never truly happy with the performance, something was missing. For a start the lack of oomph was very apparent, even when compared to the low powered HK AVR35. The sound was slightly cleaner on stereo than the HK, but overall performance was very weak. My previous NAD a 3020i sounded wonderful with a lovely tight bass and smooth sound, but the T770 sounded thin and sloppy in all modes. After a while I decided to invest in a subwoofer to try and solve the low-end issues, but even the REL 100E (100 watt, 12") did not solve the problem. I even went so far as to contact NAD, who told me to set the speakers to small. However anyone who owns this unit knows there is no such feature. Whilst we are on features, there isn't any. The only surround options apart from Dolby Digital are Pro Logic and EARS. Dolby digital did improve the sound and came across much more powerful than the other options, but EARS just dropped the output. There is no universal remote, and the one that is supplied is a disgrace. Set-up options are minimal, and you can't adjust separate channels whilst listening to a source, which even the HK would do. Listening to a CD in stereo is fatiguing, and in fact I stopped listening to my collection. The lack of power is a serious problem in all but Dolby digital mode. Every time I hear someone else’s system I find something lacking with the NAD. When compared to the NAD 3020i in stereo, which I ran along side the T770, the 3020i wins hands down, and with just 30W/channel. We are not talking sheer volume here, but punch, and smooth delivery. This is not a NAD product as we know them. In Closing, the NAD produces a very clinical musical presentation that is thin and lacking in drive. Build quality is good, although the volume control feels particularly flimsy, and sometimes moves by itself! I hate to say it, but NAD cannot be seen as a serious contender in the Home Theater sector. This unit is also seriously over priced.

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Lots of power in reserve, decent tuner section, bypassable tone controls, throws a great soundstage, ultra-quiet in all five channels. What more can you ask for?

NAD-only remote, can't run two sets of speakers at the same time (A or B), no balance control (useful in some instances), only three digital inputs and zero digital outputs.

After six months, I am ready to post my review! It may be moot as this is an old model -- but I wanted to chip in my own two cents as I have on all my equipment on this fantastic site. This was NAD's first attempt to do home theater in a box. Glad I scooped it up. One thing NAD does well is amplify. The five channels in this thing are truly powerful. I used to own a C340 (their acclaimed integrated) and had a separate AC-3 processor, a separate AM/FM tuner, and a separate three channel amp for H/T use. Too many boxes! Based on reviews here, I took the plunge. Bottom line, 5 X 70 Watts, in two channel stereo it is a marvel at 80Wpc. I couldn't notice a sonic difference at low levels between the C340 and this. I was worried about going from separates to this -- but I needn't have. And at high volumes, the music just washes over me. I love this amp.

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NAD C340, Denon 4800, Onkyo 575, H/K AVR 40. This is the best one I tried of all the surround amps...

Etched midrange, minimal upper bass, extended highs.

Etched midrange, minimal upper bass, extended highs.

I owned NAD separates about five years ago and I just wanted to comment on the sound for people who haven't owned NAD equipment. I had both a preamp and amp and before anyone rushes out and buys this stuff on recommendations made here without auditioning you should be aware that NAD sounds very, very different than any other line of amplifiers. The Upper bass is thin, but the lower bass can be unexpectedly powerful and have punch. You will hear details in some recordings that you never heard before, especially brit recordings. Many other recordings, particularly Los Angeles stuff, will sound crappy. And many movies will have all the microphone locations revealed mostly with bad results. I remember watching the movie "Internal Affairs" with Andy Garcia and Richard Gere. In the police station office I could hear the soles of the shoes swiping acrss the floor and there was an echo like I was listening to a cheap ten cent microphone. However, at times the music soundtrack would blow me away with subterranean bass. So just be aware that this equipment has a very peculiar personality and is not everyone's cup of tea. Also, as has been noted by others, you will get a minimum of bells and whistles with this equipment.

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SOUND QUALITY! I have never heard another receiver with sound as clean as the 770. Value if bought at reasonable street price.

Bass Management, Non-programmable Remote, Stupid On Screen Display(fine in video mode, but you have to turn on your tv to make adjustments even when listening to music). Value if bought at MSRP.

Couldn't find any other receiver up to par with the sound quality of the NAD. No DTS - who cares...I don't even know anyone with any DTS encoded discs. Its 70 wpc blows the mass-produced jap-crap 100+ wpc receivers away. It is a true 70 watts with ALL five channels driven with loads of current capability. If you want jazz club, stadium, arena, and all that nonsense dsp mode bull, go to Best Buy and buy yourself JVC or Pioneer, if you want a solid home theater receiver with awesome 2 channel music sound quality then check this one out.

System: NAD T770,cheap Sony dvd player, Arcam Alpha 8 cd, Mirage BPS 150 sub., Mordaunt-Short MS30i fronts, MSCi center, and MS25i Pearl Edition rears, Kimber Kable Hero interconnects, Kimber Kable 4TC speaker cable

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Quite a few

I bought this unit for Home Theater, but after a while, I decided to stick with old boring stereo, as I listen now only to music, CD's and old vinyl. So my comments are limited to stereo. After 6 months, I bought Marantz's M-500 monoblocks (4) to biamp my CDM7SE. After another 2 months I bought the NAD digital 118 preamp. The T770 has become a huge paper weight. A very disappointing unit cable of delivering so-so sound but not much in the music department.I find it impossible to believe that some gave this unit 5 stars.

Plenty of power, simplicity, incredible sound.

The owners manual leaves a lot to be desired. No concert hall (etc) modes if that is your thing. No phone hookup.

The Sony I owned had the best remote if that is what you like. It also had the most processed sound which I did not care for.
The Yamaha had fair sound but too many "delay modes".
The Denon has some very nice sound and features but I always felt like there was not enough bass.

The above recievers are rated as having more power that the NAD but I now know that ratings mean nothing. The NAD has as much or more than all of these.
The NAD has incredibly crystal audio from low volumes to high. The remote is simplistic and sometimes in todays world that is an advantage. You can concentrate on getting the sound just right instead of studying a guide to the remote for 2 days. The EARS and Dolby Pro Logic modes blow everything else away. I have never owned separates so I can not compare the NAD with them, but I would be willing to bet it is pretty close.
The NAD does not have THX or DTS, but to be honest I never noticed a difference with my other receivers and the NAD just sounds better on movies.
My system consists of:
JBL 4310 Control Monitors (front)
Klipsch RC3 (center)
Klipsch KSB 3.1 (rears)
Polk Audio PSW 140 (subwoofer)
Sony 53" monitor

I finally feel I have put together a system that really entertains people and satisfies my audio needs.
This NAD is more of a great sound receiver than a trick receiver. Basically, if you are looking for a reciever that has great music reproduction without a lot of frills, this is the receiver for you.

"Hot Tip"..........
In the 'for sale' link on this site there is an electronics dealer in California that has factory reconditioned, warrantied NAD T770's for half of MSRP. Enjoy!
Thanks to the creators of this Web Site, it is great!

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Sound-quality, ease of use

No DTS

This receiver must be one of the best or even THE best
when it comes to pure sound-quality-comparison. Reading
the prospect it looks like a below1000bucks receiver, but
checking it out with your ears in stereo and surround makes
clear that this is a real bargain.

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I recently had to pick my new Home Cinema amplifier/receiver. Had my eyes on three different models (prices are from Denmark):

Denon AVR-3300 ($999)
Pioneer Elite VSX-27TX ($1500)
NAD T770 ($1250)

The receiver had to be very powerfull because I have some Dali speakers with an impedance of 4 ohm. And it definitely had to be good in stereo I listen to stereo 80% of the time.

I first auditioned the pioneer I did like it, but I felt that something was wrong with it’s power rating 100W into 8 ohm 20-20.000 Hz. It didn’t seem to bee that powerfull AT ALL. I then found an old hi-fi magazine with a review of this baby. And to my surprise I read these horrifying words: In our labs, the VSX-27TX tapped out at 95.58W RMS at 4.129 per cent THD. Reducing the level of the VSX-27TX to real-world power, we measured 55.13W RMS at 0.130 per cent THD. After I read this, the Pioneer was already out of the question. Even though there was nothing to criticise about this unit besides the power section.

I then went to listen to the DENON. The dealer put in the MATRIX and it sounded very impressive. The surround sound of this receiver was reproduced with many details, warmth, depth and precision. (Maybe because of the 32 bit Sharc proc.). But when it came to music, the DENON just didn’t fit the bill. When listening to surround the power where tremendous, but NOT in stereo. The dealer showed me a Home Cinema Choice magazine with a review of the Denon and I had to conclude that: Denon is just an other brand with business ratings. Denon says 105 RMS the magazine said 87,98 RMS, to bad Denon you certainly have tricked many customers, but not me.

The same dealer who had the Denon receiver, told that if I wanted some REAL power I had to hear the NAD T770. But with a power rating that says 70W RMS per channel I was already worried. But he then told that NAD had their own conservative way of rating their products, and that the 70W was measured when driving all channels simultaneously (which isn’t the fact with MANY other bradns), that it easily delivers 45 amps current and that I easily (again) could deliver 300 watts into 2 ohm. I was convinced and wanted to hear it. I newer regret. The power of this baby was so convincing that I just couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Surround sound with great impact just as the director intended and stereo where delivered with nearly audiophile quality.

Denon AVR-3300 ($999) Value rating 5 stars Overall rating 4,5 stars

Pioneer Elite VSX-27TX ($1500) Value rating 3 stars Overall rating 4 stars

NAD T770 ($1250) Value rating 5 stars Overall rating 5 stars

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Warm, natural true sound. Very detiled sound stage. It doesent have all the DSP modes and other appealing features its competitions have, but its all forgoten once you listen to SARASATE'S Gipsy Tunes in EARS mode and feel like your inside a true Zingaro festival and not inside an electronic synth.

Remote doesnt have learning capability.
DVD Audio capabilit missing.
Only two digital inputs (not inc. RF)

Best sounding rec. i ever heard. Listened to ONKYO 777,ROTEL 965,YAMAHA 2095,DENON 3300 but the T770 blows them out of the water.

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