Valkilm

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:

I have this cd player for some months and I can say that it's a fabulous machine, there is detail, poise, refinement, attack, dynamics, well there is everything in this cd player, you can have massive sound if the music so desires or that little details refinement. I have it together with the NAD C355BEE amplifier and makes such a duo! Can't see better matching, so the price is fantastic considering what's on offer for this amp, you will find no other that offers such caracteristics and such a price!!

edpadden

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
3.50 of 5, 2.00 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
Hello. Just bought this unit a month ago. The sound is great but a little dark. I have some experience doing mods so I decided to replace the Burr Brown op-amps with some National Semiconductor LME49720's from Digikey and I also replaced the bypass caps to the coupling caps (little red Wima caps) I replaced them with some .22uF AudioCaps from partsexpress.com. All I can say is "Wow". The sound is noticeably punchier, the highs have sparkle and the bass is iron fisted. Not bad for $25 in parts. Let me know if you are interested in having this done. I can help you out. edpadden@yahoo.com

jfrickmann

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
2.00 of 5, 4.00 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I just had my old stereo killed by a lightning strike, and decided to check out NAD. And I am very happy I did!!

My old stereo was about five years old, well reputed stuff in the same price range, and I was quite happy with it. But the new combo of NAD C545BEE and C326BEE with my trusty old Snell Type E / III speakers simply amaizes me! If you are going to buy stereo hi-fi around this range, do yourself a favour and hear this combo before you decide!

I am big in classical music, and the way it reproduces Michala Petri playing Vivaldi's flute concertos (Philips) is far better than anything I have heard before. The challenge with this piece of music is that the flute and violins together are very hard to get right. But this combo just does it, seemingly effortlessly. Mozart's piano concerto no. 9 played by Murray Perahia (Sony) is even more joyful than usual. And Sibelius' En Saga directed by Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca) is nothing less than superb.

But throw anything you like at it. Manhattan Transfer, and you're dancing around. Or the musical cats, which is playing as I write. Five stars home safe!