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Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
2.80 of 5, 5.00 votes

Price Paid:  $339.00 from Hawthorne Stereo - S

Summary:
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Strengths:
Plenty of power Fantastic tuner Clean, lively sound

Weaknesses:
Clumsy tuner controls Limited Remote Control

Price Paid:  $400.00 from Spearit Sound

Summary:
The C740 has a room for multiple inputs, a pretty good tuner (though not quite as good as the old 7100 Monitor Series receiver with its Schotz tuner), and a clean, simple design suggestive of the clean output of which the C740 is capable. This receiver, as NAD claims, is powerful and capable well beyond its numbers. For a while my C740 happily drove four elderly Advent Loudspeakers without a whimper. But now it's my preamp and drives an old NAD 2600 amp which sends 150 watts/channel to those Advents. The sound is glorious, powerful, and stunning. There's a great honesty and simplicity about NAD products that inspires my confidence.

Strengths:
Versatility. Simple controls.Simple remote control. Value for the money. Unique, pleasing design that wears well.

Weaknesses:
None that I have encountered.

Similar Products Used:
NAD 7100 Monitor Series Receiver with Advent 5012s and AR3as, and Sony X202ES CD player. NAD L40 CD Receiver with Smaller Advent Loudspeakers. NAD C541i CD player Nakamichi SB-1s CD player. Sony SCD-XE670 SACD player

Price Paid:  $700.00 from Noir et Blanc, Bruss

Summary:
I've owned it for almost 5 years. As an amp it is smooth and powerful (much more than its 35 W per channel suggest, an evidence that volume is not a question of watts), it drives my floorstanding speakers fine. The radio receiver sounds nice too, if you have a good aerial (I have connected it to the TV/radio cable, it sounds great!). All the connects are gold plated. It's got two tape inputs, very useful if you have both a tape deck and a cd recorder and you like to make cds from analogue sources.

Strengths:
Good sound, powerful, smooth and detailed.

Weaknesses:
No phono stage.

Similar Products Used:
Sony

Price Paid:  $449.00 from K&S Sound

Summary:
In general I love my NAD unit. I like the clean looks and it does perform very well.

Strengths:
Features, looks and performance for the $$$.

Weaknesses:
Here is the only weakness I see is that the unit gets hot quick and shuts down. The unit sits on top of my NAD CD player and gets pleanty of air. I have 3 pair of Speaker Craft 6.1 wall speakers and inwall Russell volume controls on each pair. No idea why it shuts down at quarter volume after 15 minutes.

Similar Products Used:
Yamaha RX-V795 Tuner

Price Paid:  $449.00 from Butch's Sound Shack

Summary:
I may have a little different taste in the way I like music to sound. I want the ultimate in just "listening" to music and I like to crank it when I can. The NAD C 740 is a pleasant surprise. 35 WATTS ? My 6 year old Yamaha is rated at 70 and the NAD is alot louder! But from reading on this sight I guess that is a different story. I am hearing sounds that I never heard before on recordings I have listened to for over 30 years. The system I use incorporates the c 740 that gets the source signal from an NAD c 350 through the tape monitor loop. Each amp powers their own set of speakers through an equalizer (Alesis Digital EQ 230 and Boston cr 75's with a sub through the pre-outs for the c 740, B & W 602 S3's with a Yamaha EQ in the front with the c 350). This is home STEREO not theatre. If you need a stereo receiver, simply buy the c 740. NAD gives you more options for equipment than most. Cannot be beat for the price. I still have room for another set of speakers on the c 740. You can do this with an NAD product. Won't hurt it. I may blow up my electrical box though.

Strengths:
Power, Clarity

Weaknesses:
None

Similar Products Used:
NAD C 740 NAD C 350 NAD C 521 CD B & W 602 S3 Boston Acoustic CR 75 Alesis Digital EQ 230 Yamaha WQ70 Carver sub