ease of use, front panel clarity, surprising output power, front panel mini-jacks

power-on thump, no headphone jack, ganged balance, now discontinued by NAD

Needing a small versitile receiver, I chose the NAD 710 after owning a NAD Integrated amp (3240PE I believe?)10 years ago. I was glad for the 710's features, and front panel mini-jacks (input) which allowed me to hook in everything from a portable DAT to scanner, to SW Radio through that front panel input.
Power output hasn't been a problem, even when driving my Boston Acoustics T830's to wall shaking volume.
Tuner performance has been adequate and getting use to the ganged volume control to adjust balance is still a shortcoming.
The 710 is a little jewel that while has some short-comings, is "up to the task at hand".