On 18/09/2014 3:16 PM, Phil Allison wrote:
Trevor Wilson wrote:



**Back in the 1980s, NAD was manufactured by Fulet Electronic in
Taiwan.


** NAD stands for "New Acoustic Dimension" a British brand and the
early circuit designs were by a Scandanavian gent( see Wiki).

The early models were full of BC, BD and MJ prefix devices - which
was wacky for an obviously Asian made amp.



Whilst performance of the product was decent enough, the
mechanical

quality was crap.


** Saw one example of a NAD 3020 that had steel washers installed
BTEWEEN the 2NJ3055/MJ2955 output devices and the heatsink !!

Plastic front panel, cheapest possible hardware and electros -
yuck.


**OTOH, here is a NAD model I worked on a couple of years back (it blew
me away, quality-wise):

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=n...ved=0CBwQ sAQ

http://www.stereophile.com/integrate...nad/index.html





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Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au