NAD T763 AV-receiver

Many are not crazy about the design of NAD, but it inspires respect by its constancy. In the photos the devices of this company look like gray boxes, but in life - quite a different story. Smooth rows of buttons, a small but elegant display, extremely understandable control algorithm - all of these is a virtue on its own. You get used even to the most extraordinary component in the rack over time, and you enter into friendly relations with NAD from the very beginning.

NAD T763 receiver is already available in an updated version. It can not be reproached for the lack of a Dolby Pro Logic IIx decoder. A set of DSP modes and settings is very extensive. I will also note the high characteristics of the pre and end paths with the proprietary soft clipping system at too high output power. But the main feature of NAD T763 is the complete circuit separation of the listed blocks. By removing the jumpers on the rear panel, you actually make two components out of one component: a surround processor with a developed AV switch and a multi-channel amplifier with a load switch.

At the connection to a digital input, T763 sounds in the best traditions of NAD. But with a good source, connected directly to the analog, the result is also impressive. The receiver gives a very dynamic, exciting sound, but does not ignore the smallest acoustic nuances. The sound background is neatly spread in space, the atmosphere of recording is rich, and the middle is deprived of even a hint of color. If the sound in the mid-frequency band seems to be a bit veiled and bass - dissolved, then, according to our observations, the reason should be explained only by unsuccessful choice of loudspeakers. If you use loudspeakers with a strict and even somewhat dry (but necessarily open) sound, the result will be no worse than with an expensive Hi-Fi system. But there will be not two channels at your service, but six ones (by the way, this is another possibility of separate amplification of the bands).

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