I bought the NAD T760 from an up-market hi-fi/home cinema shop which had taken it as part-ex for a Harmen Kardon receiver. For stereo it replaces a combination aof NAD 100 pre-amp and Sony TAN 55ES power amp (100 W+/channel). The main speakers are KEF C45 with SW2000 subwoofers (passive; one per channel) giving -3 dB at 40 Hz. On 'speakers 2' without a powered sub-woofer the NAD T760 still shakes the floor and is a delight. The centre is a new KEF 'egg', the surround speakers old KEF Coda IIIs.
The result in home cieman is wonderful. On stereo for music there is wonderful clarity and spatial resultion of instruments across the sound stage. The receiver is a delight. After a reboot of the firmware (accidental and not recommended: attach to TV etc without diconnecting form mains supply) the volume goes up to indicated +18 bD as per spec. For some reason it was limited to +8 dB when I bought it. Now there is tons of power and the result is much louder volumes and more clarity than with the previous 2 x 100 W Sony power amp, even with the difficult-to-drive amin speakers.
The NAD T 762 is heir to many generations of award winning NAD designs. NAD's 'Music First' philosophy dictates that we endow our Audio Video products with. RDS FM/AM Tuner with 30 direct access preset and HTR-2 Remote Control.
The NAD T760 is a delight and I recommend it. I bought the NAD T760 from an up-market hi-fi/home cinema shop which had taken it as part-ex for a Harmen Kardon receiver. For stereo it replaces a combination aof NAD 100 pre-amp and Sony TAN 55ES power amp (100 W+/channel).
The main speakers are KEF C45 with SW2000 subwoofers (passive; one per channel) giving -3 dB at 40 Hz. On 'speakers 2' without a powered sub-woofer the NAD T760 still shakes the floor and is a delight. The centre is a new KEF 'egg', the surround speakers old KEF Coda IIIs. The result in home cieman is wonderful.
On stereo for music there is wonderful clarity and spatial resultion of instruments across the sound stage. The receiver is a delight. After a reboot of the firmware (accidental and not recommended: attach to TV etc without diconnecting form mains supply) the volume goes up to indicated +18 bD as per spec. For some reason it was limited to +8 dB when I bought it. Now there is tons of power and the result is much louder volumes and more clarity than with the previous 2 x 100 W Sony power amp, even with the difficult-to-drive amin speakers. The NAD T760 is a delight and I recommend it. The NAD T750 has proven to be a wise purchase for my system.
Its chief virtue lies in clarity across the audio band, with a sound that is weighted a touch more to the cool and analytical than to the warm. I use it to drive the satellites of the Energy Take 5.2 speaker system, and I am pleased with its performance both in cinema and 2-channel modes.
The receiver sends a clean signal to the Energy subwoofer, and it took little effort to set the rear channel delays and dial in a nicely balanced system sound. For the most part, I leave it set in NAD's EARS mode, as this works well for movies on digital cable television channels and also for digital cable music channels. The receiver will detect and automatically switch to Dolby Digital or DTS when presented with those signals. I've no complaints about its performance in those modes.The NAD T750 is not a powerhouse AV receiver for those who insist on crash and thunder, and it will work best in small to medium-sized rooms. It's a very good 'set it and forget it' product. Look elsewhere if you want a lot of bells, whistles, tweaks, and adjustable features.
The NAD T750 has proven to be a wise purchase for my system. Its chief virtue lies in clarity across the audio band, with a sound that is weighted a touch more to the cool and analytical than to the warm. I use it to drive the satellites of the Energy Take 5.2 speaker system, and I am pleased with its performance both in cinema and 2-channel modes. The receiver sends a clean signal to the Energy subwoofer, and it took little effort to set the rear channel delays and dial in a nicely balanced system sound. For the most part, I leave it set in NAD's EARS mode, as this works well for movies on digital cable television channels and also for digital cable music channels.
The receiver will detect and automatically switch to Dolby Digital or DTS when presented with those signals. I've no complaints about its performance in those modes.The NAD T750 is not a powerhouse AV receiver for those who insist on crash and thunder, and it will work best in small to medium-sized rooms.
It's a very good 'set it and forget it' product. Look elsewhere if you want a lot of bells, whistles, tweaks, and adjustable features. Previously I was using Yamaha Rx420V receiver and found it inadequate musically. The midrange lacks body and attack, i know this when i went to my friends house and listened to my favourite classical piece on his dedicated cd and amplifier system. Since I am using my a/v system 90% for music and 10% for movies, I decided I got to upgrade my receiver, striving for the movie cum HiFi sound.
After reading through reviews in the mags, i left home to get the marantz but returned home with the NAD T760. Yes the marantz sounded good with movies but when 2 channel stereo was compared, the difference was immediately obvious. What previously sounded like a bland souless piece of music on the marantz was insightful and enjoyable on the NAD. Believe me it was difficult to change my mindset at that time after being so convince that the marantz was a good buy but after I brought the NAD home, there was no regrets! My A/V system transformed from just a A/V system to an audio system as well! Coupled with my KEF KHT2005 babylicious outerspace pods, the music just shines!!!
My friends who come quite often started commenting on how beautifully the singer sang. How sad the music was etc.I did not regret getting the NAD T760 instead of the T761 cos from the reviews, it seems that T761 seems to be plague by quality control problems? Also sonically i don't think there is much difference in the sound except for the power rating.ALso cos i am using the subwoofer and 'small'satellite speaker system, theres seems not much problem with the bass since the subwoofer comes on both in surround as well as in stereo.With movies, it sounds awesome as well with the bass sounding thunderous and the pan effects accurate and discrete! Previously I was using Yamaha Rx420V receiver and found it inadequate musically. The midrange lacks body and attack, i know this when i went to my friends house and listened to my favourite classical piece on his dedicated cd and amplifier system.
Since I am using my a/v system 90% for music and 10% for movies, I decided I got to upgrade my receiver, striving for the movie cum HiFi sound. After reading through reviews in the mags, i left home to get the marantz but returned home with the NAD T760. Yes the marantz sounded good with movies but when 2 channel stereo was compared, the difference was immediately obvious. What previously sounded like a bland souless piece of music on the marantz was insightful and enjoyable on the NAD. Believe me it was difficult to change my mindset at that time after being so convince that the marantz was a good buy but after I brought the NAD home, there was no regrets! My A/V system transformed from just a A/V system to an audio system as well! Coupled with my KEF KHT2005 babylicious outerspace pods, the music just shines!!!
My friends who come quite often started commenting on how beautifully the singer sang. How sad the music was etc.I did not regret getting the NAD T760 instead of the T761 cos from the reviews, it seems that T761 seems to be plague by quality control problems? Also sonically i don't think there is much difference in the sound except for the power rating.ALso cos i am using the subwoofer and 'small'satellite speaker system, theres seems not much problem with the bass since the subwoofer comes on both in surround as well as in stereo.With movies, it sounds awesome as well with the bass sounding thunderous and the pan effects accurate and discrete! Strength:its awesome. But if you must know the sud preout bass is its best strenght its like at the movies. I have m&k 750 thx sets of 5.1 speakers witch are better than the nad760 and i have found out that the only problem is with the rear speakers. It just dosent envellope me as it does at the theatres.
The problem is also with the vertical sound it dosent envelope vertically as it does horizontally i dunno why. So i i stand up for example bang less the surround sound. Maybe when nad comes up with a thx receiver in bout 5 years that might fix the problem.
You see boys and girls its no longer a problem of sound quality but how much sourround and positionning and images you actually get outa your receiver. With nad receivers you get a bit of all of them. But more surround than positionning. Sound positionning is very expensive. It takes the nads170 to get you there and that guy cost a woudle of money.
And thats only the preamp. But in 5 years it'll all be there for us. The sound is better if i lower the front speakers and put the rear ones at max output. Thats for listening to movies. As for listening to cd well i turn of the center speaker and listen to music in 4.1 instead of 5.1 and v.
And the good news is in 5 to 10 years receivers will be so performant it wont matter no more to compare it to anything else. So the nad760 is the perfect buy for the next 5 years of your life. The most important thing is the clarity of the sound i think.
And nad 760 well its close. But each receiver and each different technologies has its own different configuration. If you take the sound of running water for example in a little river the closer you get to it the more you get envellope by the sound. Thats very hard to reproduce perfectly. And a speaker is artificial sound is it not? So wtf its gonna take a while before we can no longer see the difference between the real thing and the sound coming from a speaker.
But in the meanwhile the nad760 is as close as your gonna get to it without having to morgage your house to get a good sound system (lol lol lol lol). Strength:its awesome. But if you must know the sud preout bass is its best strenght its like at the movies.
I have m&k 750 thx sets of 5.1 speakers witch are better than the nad760 and i have found out that the only problem is with the rear speakers. It just dosent envellope me as it does at the theatres. The problem is also with the vertical sound it dosent envelope vertically as it does horizontally i dunno why. So i i stand up for example bang less the surround sound. Maybe when nad comes up with a thx receiver in bout 5 years that might fix the problem. You see boys and girls its no longer a problem of sound quality but how much sourround and positionning and images you actually get outa your receiver.
With nad receivers you get a bit of all of them. But more surround than positionning. Sound positionning is very expensive.
It takes the nads170 to get you there and that guy cost a woudle of money. And thats only the preamp. But in 5 years it'll all be there for us. The sound is better if i lower the front speakers and put the rear ones at max output. Thats for listening to movies. As for listening to cd well i turn of the center speaker and listen to music in 4.1 instead of 5.1 and v.
And the good news is in 5 to 10 years receivers will be so performant it wont matter no more to compare it to anything else. So the nad760 is the perfect buy for the next 5 years of your life. The most important thing is the clarity of the sound i think. And nad 760 well its close. But each receiver and each different technologies has its own different configuration. If you take the sound of running water for example in a little river the closer you get to it the more you get envellope by the sound.
Thats very hard to reproduce perfectly. And a speaker is artificial sound is it not?
So wtf its gonna take a while before we can no longer see the difference between the real thing and the sound coming from a speaker. But in the meanwhile the nad760 is as close as your gonna get to it without having to morgage your house to get a good sound system (lol lol lol lol). All NAD receivers and amplifiers are very good to hear in mid frequencies (vocal). You can hear all colour of voice.Before this receiver I had amplifier t750 and I was very happy eith it. Now I have T760 with DTS.
Listening DTS or dolby digital 5.1 is like see sun or night (for me).This I hear in DVD-s of Eagles,Divas live, Bee Gees.Some my friends told me that onkyo 676 sound much better that NAD T760. I do not believe.Please, if someone read my rewiew, answere me about this:is onkyo receiver 676 (with dolby digital and DTS)better than NAD T760.The price is very close each other. All NAD receivers and amplifiers are very good to hear in mid frequencies (vocal). You can hear all colour of voice.Before this receiver I had amplifier t750 and I was very happy eith it. Now I have T760 with DTS.
Listening DTS or dolby digital 5.1 is like see sun or night (for me).This I hear in DVD-s of Eagles,Divas live, Bee Gees.Some my friends told me that onkyo 676 sound much better that NAD T760. I do not believe.Please, if someone read my rewiew, answere me about this:is onkyo receiver 676 (with dolby digital and DTS)better than NAD T760.The price is very close each other. I had heard a lot of good things about this reciever, but was a bit put off by the looks.
I decided to audition it after testing the Denon(read review), and I didn't regret it. It simply blew me away.
The depth, imaging and sound stage were many times better than my old integrated amp, a Denon PMA-915R. It was also a lot better than the AVR-2800 (which is almost $200 more here). Dolby Digital and dts was very good too. I could easily follow bullets flying across the room etc. Very detailed. Initially I was a bit worried about the power rating, as my integrated amp is rated at 80W in 8 ohms. However there was nothing to worry about.
The T760 had more than enough power to make my room fall apart, without sounding stressed.Conclusion: An incredible A/V reciever.Try it out!Equipment:CD-player: Denon DCD-1015 connected using Audioquest Turqoise.DVD: Denon DVD-2500 and NAD T550Front speakers: Dali 450 biwired with Audioquest Crystal 2cables.Center speaker: Dali SC7Rear speakers: Dali 202Center and rear speakers were connected using Tara Labs Klara SC cables. I had heard a lot of good things about this reciever, but was a bit put off by the looks. I decided to audition it after testing the Denon(read review), and I didn't regret it. It simply blew me away. The depth, imaging and sound stage were many times better than my old integrated amp, a Denon PMA-915R. It was also a lot better than the AVR-2800 (which is almost $200 more here).
Dolby Digital and dts was very good too. I could easily follow bullets flying across the room etc. Very detailed. Initially I was a bit worried about the power rating, as my integrated amp is rated at 80W in 8 ohms.
However there was nothing to worry about. The T760 had more than enough power to make my room fall apart, without sounding stressed.Conclusion: An incredible A/V reciever.Try it out!Equipment:CD-player: Denon DCD-1015 connected using Audioquest Turqoise.DVD: Denon DVD-2500 and NAD T550Front speakers: Dali 450 biwired with Audioquest Crystal 2cables.Center speaker: Dali SC7Rear speakers: Dali 202Center and rear speakers were connected using Tara Labs Klara SC cables.