NAD 502 CD Players
NAD 502 CD Players
USER REVIEWS
[Aug 02, 2001]
Peter Shelton
Audiophile
Strength:
The sheer smoothness and fullness of its sound! A 4-fold impovement over my old Music Hall CD32. The soundstage has taken on more depth and width. An appropriate analogy would be that of pulling blankets off your loudspeakers!!!!
Weakness:
Build quality, mine was %50 because the tray makes a buzzing sound everytime one loads it and the display has gone out. These two problems i intend to fix, if anyone has any information about repair NAD audio products, please let me know. I will be purchasing a repair book soon, but i want to know if there is anything on the web about this. Thanks Whoops, i just wrote my summary above. Well, i am as happy as a clam with my matching NADs,Oh god! They are both grey and have green buttons and they both, connected together, sound simply beautiful. Similar Products Used: NAD 314 |
[May 12, 1999]
VINCENT CHEN
an Audiophile
Death of my Sony 505esd cd player was a major bummer. I needed a new player fo r the cheap seats price,and I mean now. So what to do!? I open the Sterophile guide to reccomended components in '95,and voila. The NAD 502 had my name on it for my cheap seats budget. Ranked as a class "C",it was good enough for me. I got mine alittle cheaper than the retail price. Wow, what a great value this unit was/is. It continues to be musical,and articulate. The bass is tight,though the highs are bit dark as Sterophile noted on their assesment. But so what??!! This little gray box guy boogies just fine. Jazz and rock great. I am alittle reticent about its' classical performance,but hey! This aint no Theta,Wadia,Krell,or Acoustic Research,so I cut it some slack,and just enjoy the tunes. It comes with the coxial digital no toslink thank god. The requisite -10dbv RCAs' are here of course. The stark gray panels are in keeping with NAD looks. Love it,hate it,whatever. I have to say,with exception of the Rotel,and the Marantz cd players. This guy has got the best spot on the house for the cheap seats. |
[May 13, 1999]
heyks
an Audio Enthusiast
I have had NAD502 in my system for almost three years now. It has a broken display and a malfunction drawer now. Not to say it has been sent back to service twice already. If it has a shitty sound too, I wouldn't feel that bad because I could just replace it. However, it indeed has gorgeous sound which cannot be easily replaced. For its warm and musical sound, I would give 502 a five stars but for its terrible reliability I would give it a big zero. So overall it deserves a 3 starts. |
[Oct 12, 2001]
Al
Audiophile
Strength:
I picked up the dealer demo for a good discount and aside from a draw problem which my dealer fixed by
Weakness:
Display is dim in daylight. Very good performance and during it's product life it was hard to find. |
[Aug 08, 2000]
Fleur de Lis
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
sound quality, value
Weakness:
none It is difficult to provide you with an objective review of just this piece. At the time I purchased this CD player I also purchased the NAD 705 receiver and a pair of B&W DM600 speakers. I have been very happy with this system but it is difficult to separate the individual components out for praise. Having said that the quality of CD playback is the best I've personally experienced. There is a certain ambience or richness of sound with this that I haven't experienced with Cd players in the past. I'm sure there is better but at this pricepoint I feel as though I received very good value. I have only one track on one cd that won't play on this unit although it does play on my portable unit. The remote from the 705 runs the Cd player without any problems. I have not had opportunity to use the fibre optic out. I have not had any of the quality problems that have plagued others. I can't say anything bad about the unit.. I really have no complaints. Similar Products Used: technics,sony,hitachi |