NAD Has Bad News and Good News

Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 9, 2007

The bad news is that none of four new receivers have on-board decoding for the new lossless and other Dolby and DTS codecs. The good news is that modular construction will allow updates for this issue, in perhaps a year, and others that may arise. If you don't plan to buy a Blu-ray or HD DVD player soon, and prize NAD's consistent performance and high value, one of these new kids may be the receiver for you. They include the T 785, shown, $2999; T 775, $2499; T 765, $1999; and T 755, $1299.

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Submitted by jadalias (not verified) on September 9, 2007 - 11:06pm

Since the HD-DVD and Bluray players all unpack the lossless audio and output it as PCM to the receiver, it doesn't matter that these NAD products don't unpack it. They accept PCM.

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Submitted by Mark Fleischmann (not verified) on September 10, 2007 - 8:05am

True of older players and some newer ones. But other newer ones (like the second-gen Pioneer) do output the new codecs as bitstream.

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Submitted by joe castronova (not verified) on January 25, 2008 - 1:46pm

T785 or denon avr4803 if you had to chose one..

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