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CES 2017
NAD Keeps Its Promises
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 05, 2017
NAD is now shipping several products previously announced at CEDIA. Here's a quick rundown.

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CES 2015
NAD Pre-Pro Dreams of Doing 4K
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 06, 2015
NAD wisely hedges its bets with a modular design that enables the M17 surround pre-pro to accept a future 4K upgrade.
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CEDIA 2013
NAD Receiver Changes Name
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 26, 2013
While NAD's usual practice is to add features to existing surround receiver models, the T 758 ($1199) is the successor to the T 757. It boasts 120 watts of continuous power per channel, we assume into two channels. Modular construction, a neat feature of NAD receivers, allows for future upgrades, whatever technology comes our way. One thing this receiver does not have is an ethernet jack or any network audio features. For those step up to the even brawnier T 777 ($2999) and T 787 ($3999). Note that these list prices are lower than historical ones because NAD is aggressively courting a smaller but more committed dealer base. As a result, receiver sales have doubled, and just may triple. Clearly a lot of home theater buffs are willing to pay for great surround sound even at the expense of frilly features.
CES 2012
NAD Ships Three New AVRs
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 12, 2012
NAD is now shipping three receivers introduced at CEDIA 2011. They include the T 787 ($4000), T 777 ($3000), T 757 ($1600), and T 748 ($900). All but the bottom model have modular construction to allow a variety of updates in the top two models and video updates in the third. The top model has dual transformers which should do a lot to juice dynamics. This receiver would beat up your receiver and take its lunch money if it didn't have such a dreamy, poetic hi-fi personality.
CES 2013
NAD Shows Cans While PSB Ships Desktoppers
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 09, 2013
Paul Barton of NAD's sister brand PSB designed NAD's entry into the headphone category. The HP50 ($279) uses much the same driver and other technologies as PSB's acclaimed headphones, and is also an over-the-ear model, but comes in a slightly different form factor. PSB's PS1 active desktop speaker system, which we've blogged at a previous show, is now shipping for $300.
CES 2009
NAD Speaks for the First Time
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 09, 2009
Why, it's NAD's first speaker line, the Viso Thirty bookshelf and center channel models. They've got titanium tweeters, four-inch polypropylene woofers, and a $699 pricetag (we need to clarify if that's per speaker).
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CEDIA 2015
NAD Streams, Bluesound Goes Gen 2
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 16, 2015
NAD is filling a rack with streaming joy.

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AV Receiver Reviews
NAD T 747 A/V Receiver
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 03, 2010
Price: $1,299 At A Glance: An A/V receiver for the audiophile on a budget • Faroudja DCDi video processing • Essential features only, no fad features

Ready for Takeoff

Paring life down to the essentials is a fine art. You should aim to reduce the quantity of stuff in your life and increase the quality of what remains. This may take some work. You may need to sit down with the entire contents of your sock drawer and discard all the ones with rather large holes. But then you experience the joy of buying (and wearing) beautiful new socks. And the daily need to find two good ones that match will become less onerous.

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AV Receiver Reviews
NAD T 753 A/V Receiver
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 18, 2005  |  Published: Jan 19, 2005
Practicality trumps mystique.

Years ago, I crossed swords with the editor-in-chief of a magazine that covered tech only in passing. His deputy editor took me aside, and a reflective look came into his eyes as he explained why his distinguished boss hated my work: "There's a kind of hardheaded practicality to him, and the whizbang stuff you write just leaves him cold. High-end cars he understands, but not high-end audio, and he wants you to convince him that this stuff is really worth paying good money for." Ever since then, I've tried to recognize that hardheaded practicality when I run across it—especially in readers.

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AV Receiver Reviews
NAD T758 V3 A/V Receiver Review
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 04, 2018

Audio Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $1,300

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Modularity allows upgrades
Dirac room correction
BluOS audio streaming
Atmos 7.1.4 capable with external amplification
Minus
Only three HDMI inputs
No DTS:X (yet)
Dirac execution more complex than most auto room EQ

THE VERDICT
NAD’s modular-upgrade strategy endows V3 of the T758 with bleeding-edge room correction and audio streaming without impairing its excellent sound.

Why on earth would a magazine devoted to the latest and greatest in surround sound review a receiver that made its debut in 2011? Seven years in receiver years is—well, a lot of years. But the NAD T758 V3 is not some old wheezer on its way out. The company’s Modular Design Construction allows the addition or swapping of slide-in modules offering new connections or features. “Instead of planned obsolescence,” the company says, “we have planned evolution.”

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