I got this 2004 NAD C422 Stereo Tuner in 2023 off of Ebay, it replaces a 1978 Kenwood KT-7500 analogue Stereo Tuner. The Kenwood sounds great, except for background noise/static sometimes constant other times intermittent, and very little stereo separation on some slightly weaker stations, but a station that pegged the Signal Meter had speaker to speaker stereo separation. This NAD C422 has great stereo separation on most stations, some 30 miles away in flat Florida with a Stellar Labs omnidirectional antenna mounted in attic. The sound is great too when paired with a 1998 NAD Stereo Integrated Amplifier 317, and the 317's remote works on the C422! I did not need to use the Blend filter most of the to get rid of static/background noise and stereo separation was much better without it. For one station I sometimes do need to use Blend, so have a second preset for the same station with Blend ON, easy to switch between station presets from armchair. The Signal Meter (7-bars) defaults to 7-bars when no station is tuned in, once a station is tuned in the meter kicks in. CD quality sound including stereo separation when not using Blend.

Only minor issue is IR sensor on C422 front panel has very limited angle, but good range, need to point the 450 remote from NAD 317 amp. fairly precisely, less so with 317, and miss spinning the heavy silver tuning knob on the Kenwood tuner!, but after making presets, do not need to touch the C422 electronic tuning knob anymore. Remote works power switch for C 422 as well as AM/FM and presets. Oh, and very sensitive to interference from a Samsung smart phone 5' away with 4G/LTE on, will dramatically increase background noise.

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Pulls in stations very well (disclaimer: I am comparing to mid-fi receivers)

Has RDS

No supplied remote but works very well with NAD remote

Odd default-to-RDS display mode when scrolling through presets

Possible quality control issues

This tuner is being used along with an NAD C325BEE in my smaller home office system and my comments would pertain more to its functions rather than a critical assessment of its sound quality (which overall is very good for FM in this local). First, it does not come with a remote and so it is very beneficial to have an NAD amp with its supplied remote. My C325BEE SR-5 remote works perfectly with this tuner and the power on button will power up both units simultaneously without the need of a 12V trigger wire. The power off button on the remote will put the tuner (and amp) into standby mode but oddly this is the only way to enter standby; the faceplate button serves more as a master power switch that shuts the tuner down completely, making it unresposive to remote inputs. For the remote in general, a third party programmable device would be another option of course.

My biggest concern with this tuner is that regarding the RDS display function. I use the RDS alot as many of the artists on my favorite stations are somewhat esoteric. The problem is that NAD has programmed this tuner such that if you wish to scroll through your presets, its display mode defaults to RDS instead of the station frequency numbers. And who has all 30 of their presets memorized? And so if I'm scrolling through presets, the display automatically switches to the RDS display mode such that the display window shows me bits of the title/artist rather than the station numbers such as 105.1 etc. One has to press the display button each time to see the station frquency numbers. NAD needs the rethink this.

The station pull-in ability with this tuner is very good as I have the stock antennas buried in a bookshelf and the signal strength indicates 5/5 for all of the metro area FM stations.

Finally, I had to return the first unit as it erased all of my presets on several occasions for no reason. The second one is doing fine so far.

Would give it 4 stars rather than 5 as the RDS/display/scolling issue is annoying

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Loosks like a NAD, i like that! Sound as good as a NAD. Almost noise free radio listening.

No AM step setup. Remote sensor angle is not more than 100°, needs the use of NAD Link.

This tuner is a very good choice, if you want to listen radio without noise. All of the radio stations i was listening radio with my previous 5.1 receiver and sound get with noise and distortion, but the stuff changes with this little wonder. it sounds natural, warm... simply nad.

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