NAD T752 AV Review

Overall Rating

Unbelievable Sound for the price. I auditioned 5 other receivers in this price range, and it finished on top.

The only bad thing i can say is that i heard that the first batch of these receivers had a bit of a nosey fan. But they have been fixed since then because mine is fine.

NAD has a long history of providing audiophile components at great prices. Back in the late 70's they came out with a hi-fi amp called the 3020. It went on to sell more then 1 million units. So when I took a listen to the new batch that NAD had to offer I was pleasantly surprised that NAD had not missed a step in 30 years.

The NAD T 752 is right in the middle of their receiver price range. There is also a 742 and a 762. I listened to all of them in my learning process, as well as a Denon and a Pioneer.

There is not too much different in detail of sound in the three NAD's. But there is a big difference in watt's the 742 has 50w, the 752 has 80 watts and the 762 has 100w. The 762 was a bit out of my price range, and besides the only real difference is that it has 20w more power can decode 6.1 and it is multi zone capable. three things that I really don't need.

So 4 left standing.

The T742 was a bit under powered and lacked some extras that come on the T752 that I wanted.

3 left

Now when I looked at the statistics of the Denon Pioneer and the NAD side by side the pioneer won out on power, but in real life I found that the Denon and the NAD had cleaner sound.

2 left

Now these two units (the NAD T 752 and the Denon
AVR-1603) don't put a foot wrong. So now it's really up to personal preference.

As you know I choose the NAD receiver. Why? well It has a few more features and that I liked over the Denon (but it is really apples and oranges). First the up front power ratings. The NAD like I said was rated at 80w per channel. but it sounded more like 100-120 per channel if you ask me. At these hi volumes most other receivers (including the Denon) start distorting, but thanks to NAD "Soft clipping" tech. it was as constant and steady as the rotation of the earth. It also has a neat technology built in called Powerdrive. Now as I understand it, an amp with Powerdrive automatically adjusts the power going to each speaker depending on the load. this gives you a much more constant solid sound. ( that's why when you look at the power ratings of most NAD amps, they are rated the same at 8omhs as they are at 4omhs)

I hope if you are in the market for a top performing AV receiver you'll give the NAD T752 a try, I know ill never regret it.