I'd rather have 25 vintage NAD watts than 100 of today's "watts"... Those were really nice receivers.

@ivanshinoda

2 жыл бұрын

Actually I bought one of these last day for 35dlls, and I was shocked what 25w can do, it sounds loud and clear.

Hi, I just discover your chanel, I love it merci from Québec, Canada

very nice.. they have a nice sound to them

What a nice unit. Have always been a fan of NAD, ever since having discovered the gear often used in studio and in radio stations for monitoring the transmitter. Love the external heat sink, the display and the no-nonsense design. I also spy a Picquic screw driver. Love those things! I have a couple here at the house and a couple at work.

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

Yes used as air check monitors in many radio stations. They are turned on, and left on 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

I have a 7125 receiver, and also an old 3140 amplifier. Both are still going strong.

Beautiful little receiver!

A nice clean, scratch free record can give CDs a run for their money sound quality wise, unfortunately most records you come across nowadays have been through the wringer.

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

The only time a vinyl can come close to a CD is the first time it is played. Every play changes the sound slightly. Only those in denial won't admit that.

@simtitan1

4 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids Me personally, I don't play records for the sound quality. I play them because at least for me, its fun, and to go around various thrift and flea markets finding and discovering new music for me to try out. I never would have developed an interest in classical music if it weren't for the fact that one particular store I go to is flooded with them for $1 each.

@jimb032

4 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids slightly but not noticeably. But a well mastered cd can sound better than a record. And a well mastered record can sound better than the same cd.

@skip1835

4 жыл бұрын

geeze, hate to jump into that same old controversy - - just can't resist - - CD vs Vinyl - - on reference quality playback gear, one can expect near equal "sonic" results, yep, there's differences alright, but it's closer than most listeners and even some audiophile types are aware of - most, if not all listeners and engineering types that want to argue that point simply don't have daily access to true reference playback equipment - - the problem for vinyl, beside the investment in cost in order to equal whatever level of digital playback a person is using, is what everyone already knows, it's a delicate medium, stupidly delicate compared to CD's - hell, even the same "pressing" run can produce varying sonic qualities. Personally, I really like both digital and vinyl playback, wouldn't want to give up either and yes, I have RIDICULOUS money invested in vinyl playback vs my digital gear so I wouldn't argue that digital easily wins in the cost category, no contest at all. WAY more bang for whatever the given buck. Given all that, the primary key to good or great vinyl sound is the quality of that "delicate" record itself.

@pvb9964

4 жыл бұрын

@@skip1835 I have bought vinyl LPs and 45s for years, and there is an audible difference in the audiophile pressing, and the normal LP. Play both on the same Hi-iFi system the first time each, (i record them immediately) and the difference in dynamic range is obvious, (for young enough ears). The audiophile has quieter quiet parts and more distinct "louder" passages. Could I confirm that they were better than CDs, no because CDs were not around when my ears could perhaps have discerned the difference. But I suspect yes, the audiophile vinyl LP would sound nicer, clearer and better than a "normal" CD. (not sure if they issued audiophile CDs, as they were already supposed to be the "ultimate" in sound. I do know my cassettes recorded from those LPs still sound mighty fine to these older ears.

An older friend of mine's watch beeps all the time and he can't hear it, something to look forward to you young wiper snappers.

if you ever get a nad 310, check the isolation washer on the power transistors, they get squished by factory and its getting hot causing it to short out. ive had or still have nad's that all had to be repaired. 4x 2200PE, 1240, 3240, 3045 and the 310. their serviceability and quality is just about right for me.

Have you got a video of your speakers?

"NO STAIRWAY!"

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

If you hum that one they will hit you with copyright. Same as if you whistle hotel california.

That's a neat unit like it

Wonder if you could add a Meduci module, for AM stereo.

Watching this video again a week later, has made me want to hear more Focus, I already knew Hocus Pocus and Sylvia. So I downloaded Moving Waves in 24bit FLAC, as I don't want to be listening to the "snap, crackle and pop" of LP records. ...Wow, it's awesome.

(johnh10000) Yeah I always like NAD kit, a bit surprised no am ant built in, but hey ho. When I was in Canada admittedly on the East coast, Thunder Bay, the skip in the night, got all sorts of fab stations. Back then, where I was staying (family) they had a car with an AM receiver with an 8 track cart, memories good ones, from the '80s

@MrsZambezi

4 жыл бұрын

A ferrite rod antenna doesn't work in a metal case.

I already like the trafo on it, just by looking at some of the parts it says this is good quality product. Clean rated power. You can always put bigger caps for some dynamics. Damn popcorn machine, the NAD is more than adequate in RIAA.

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

They sound great

Nice!

Those NAD's were pricey units and great quality.... Way back in the early 80's and up to the 90's I think they would send me a catalog every 3 month's or so..... If ti wasn't NAD then I am at a loss... It was a catalog with high quality equipment.....

Nice video. Could you kindly tell me the name of the song that plays between 1:57 and 3:39. Thanks a lot!

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

Star walk by musicbakery.com. it's a royalty free track composed by jack waldenmaier

@venusurendran6669

4 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids Thank you!

Get a second one. Then you can have a pair of nads

@AlexMitchell-sj4sb

2 ай бұрын

😅

External cooling fins is always nice. Don't know why so many units have the internal ones, they just dissipates heat, that shorten the life of the electronics inside the cabinet.

These things were build to last and keep. Back in the day it was a selling point to have relieable components and these were build to be repaired as well. Today: Pump out unserviceable junk that dies after 2 years because of greed.

@tenmillionvolts

4 жыл бұрын

Nad went that way also. He mentioned that this was one of the Japanese models. They started building them in China in the 90s and the quality dropped. I was forever replacing junk resistors in them and resoldering bad connections

anyone have experience or knowledge about how to fix a NAD 7125 which losses its station presets? When power is turned off, and then turned back on all the station presets are lost. Assuming this is something to do with the non-volatile memory either being bad, or perhaps a capacitor that needs replacement. However I can't figure out where to look, etc. Thanks in advance! It is a cool old radio though.

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

If memory serves correct those ones have a super capacitor it's generally located on the board somewhere I don't remember exactly because they're all different but it's a really large value. Typically 1 farrad at 5 volts or less. I have done one if you look you will find a video search my channel for super cap replacement because I did one I forget what model it was but they typically have a super capacitor either that or lithium battery. Here is the link to the bad 7155 I did the supercap on. kzread.info/dash/bejne/pKN61stsddK4mKw.html

@sssaroff

2 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids Thank you!

I fuckin love NAD products... This one sounds great through my rinky-dink KZread speakers... Wow, you have a great mic sound in your video..

Hi what is the name of the 1st track on the lp yet again another interesting video Mike

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

Hocus pocus. The band is focus.

Wow sounds good! I can hear the improved bass response and the larger pipe sound of an A/B amplifier. Stacked up against the little digital amps you've reviewed, no comparison even with camera audio. The depth is excellent! And yeah, vinyl SUCKS!!! I don't care what anyone says!

You should have tinkered around with the 4ohm 8ohm switch to see if that was an issue. Nice free score.

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think there was anything wrong with it. The guy that gave it to me has too much stuff.

Nad were known for being boring to look at because the money went on the inside. That one has really lasted well, no horrible amplifier module to crap out. I have repaired a nad amplifier, just dodgy speaker switches, bugger all really.

Where is the AM stereo? well there is still hope my current project is a AM Stereo / FM Stereo receiver, that will hold it's own alongside the NAD.

Your vinyl may snap crackle and pop and suck, but mine does not. ;). If you clean it with sandpaper, what do you want. :D I have albums from my grandmother that have been payed hard with barely a crackle. To your point though, some was made really crappy, including new stuff we are paying a premium for.

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

The records in my collection are in pretty close to MINT condition. The ones I use out in the shop for testing are records that would never be played on my Technics SLM1 or Thorens TD165. Records I still have from when I was a kid are pretty beat up. My old Beatle records have seen better days, because I got most of them when I was 5 years old and had one of those sebreeze flip down record players with the BSR changer and tone arm that weighed 15 grams. When I started buying my own records as a teen, those ones are like new. The ones I use out in the work shop on turntables of unknown quality are all old ones that I was given from the TV station I worked at for a few years when they cleaned house and tossed their old production music records.Most have 2 or 3 records stuck into one sleeve because that is how they were treated in the production truck. I have only shown a couple of my records. One was the comparison video where I compared a Mobile Fedility to a commercial pressing. My records are in mint condition because I never play them. Any of them. They sit in a cabinet. The last time I played them was when I digitized all of them.

"Snap,Crackle,Pop"...that album has not been clean since the day it was pressed,So, yeah,...Vinyl sucks and Always will for those too lazy to clean and maintain their "Vinyls"** Goof!

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

This came from TV station I worked at. They chucked it. It has been abused for years. Vinyl sounded like garbage then, and still does.

@spahr001

4 жыл бұрын

I listen almost exclusively to vinyl, but I do put a good bit of effort into keeping them clean. You do not need one of those overpriced cleaning machines.

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

@@spahr001 My good records are clean, and they have not been played since the 80's They are all in a box. Vinyl is just too much work. 200 disks in the CD changer, and a single disk player for the 1 off disks I want to listen to. That's the way I do it. I don't even have my Thorens connected. It is sitting there, but not connected. Vinyl is just too much of a hassle. I have big speakers that shake the windows and everything else, and well, shake the stand that the turntable sits on causing feedback or worse, skipping. Never have that problem with CD or MP3 files.

@johnh10000

4 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids I wonder where your daughter gets it from ?? ;)

@paulb4661

4 жыл бұрын

Mobile Fidelity re-masters played on modified Pioneer D9MkII (0.1% metal film resistors & Muses01 op-amps in the output stage, ultra low noise regulators, additional heatsinking & screening) have truly restored my faith in digital media to be honest. Classical Pentatone issues sound really special as well. There should be as much emphasis placed on the quality of the content as on the intrinsic properties of the media itself, I think.

NAD, New Acoustic Dimension.

@simtitan1

4 жыл бұрын

Nearly Always Defective, at least in my area.

@michaelturner4457

4 жыл бұрын

@@simtitan1 there's also NAD, Nearly Always Distorted. :D

NAD did make good stuff, do they still exist as a company?

@TheEmbeddedHobbyist

4 жыл бұрын

I've got an old NAD amplifier which I love to bit's. the two founders have passed away, but it would seem that they still exist and are based in Canada

@pliedtka

4 жыл бұрын

The new big NAD amps use Hypex Class D modules, at least the one I read about. Many companies switched to Class D and some do sound really good.

The brand new vinyl did not sound like that years of wear cause the crackle

5 memory I have 32 on my Sony amp.

Done properly 5 watts can fill a room.

25 watts per channel isn't bad at all for such a little receiver, and at least you know that's honest. It may even be underrated and capable of sustaining a higher output. It's obnoxious to see an amp that isn't built nearly as well as that NAD that's rated at a much higher wattage than you know is realistic.

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

Oh it is under rated for sure. The transistors can handle 100. They rate 25, but that is continuous both channels driven all day long without breaking a sweat. It can probably do 50 to 60 IPP for a cycle or 2, but a power cap upgrade would increase that.

@Watcher3223

4 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids And I'll bet the rating is for an output of the entire audible spectrum, too.

@slotec

4 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids is that rating at 4 or 8 ohms? or doesn't that matter?

Vinyl "sucks" only if you fail to care for it. Otherwise, another great video - thanks for posting!

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

BS. Every play a vinyl wears slightly. Nothing can prevent that. The tip of the stylus is heated to several hundred degrees just from the friction of being dragged through the groove. The changes are very slight between each play but they do wear. CD doesn't wear, and a good CD player, with a properly mastered digital copy will run circles around any vinyl. Unfortunately many have been hood wined into believing that vinyl sounds better, and spend thousands trying to achieve that perfect sound that they will never get.

@tazmaniachill

4 жыл бұрын

12voltvids agree vinyl is a drag, clicks and pop on albums that were from new, I still have around 200 or so but got rid of my technics SL1210’s years ago and replaced my collection with shiny CD’s with their alleged lifetime of service, I didn’t bank on “cd rot” ruining a good proportion of the cd’s where the aluminium has turned black from the outside edge in (different pressing technics I believe) The real irony is I still have the ones I lost to cd rot on vinyl 😂 which I’m sure will still play, NAD were big in the day in the UK had one myself.

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

@@tazmaniachill I have over 1000 cd. 500 or so pressed CD and the rest are cd-R. They have all been perfect. None have failed and 200 CD-R are in my Sony changer and they all play perfect. When I made my compilation disks for the jukebox I recorded them right to the limit of the disk. The only cdr disks that failed was a cheap spindle of disks called "that's cdr" that I bought at Costco. Those disks all failed very quickly, many didn't even record. My first cdr drive was an hp drive back in 1995 I think. Cost a fortune back then but those disks recorded way back then still play.

@tazmaniachill

4 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids just as an aside mine were all commercially release discs and stored in flight boxes, was quite a common thing over here, but great yours all survived Love the channel btw 👍

@johnbedell2376

4 жыл бұрын

You sound pretty passionate about this . While I have never measured the temperature of the stylus after playing a record, I do have thousands of vinyl records that I think still look and sound great. And no, I did not spend thousands of dollars on my stereo equipment. I guess we will have to agree to disagree.

nice unit, except it's not brushed aluminum silver faceplate

Never heard of NAD before. Maybe they didn't sell them in the US?

@sonotdown998

4 жыл бұрын

@aenoymotors They do. Never owned any of their stuff but have always appreciated their minimalist design aesthetic.

@will89687

4 жыл бұрын

They are sold by stereo specialist shops. You won't find them at Best Buy or the like.

@Budro4764

4 жыл бұрын

@aenoymotors Those NAD's were pricey units and great quality.... Way back in the early 80's and up to the 90's I think they would send me a catalog every 3 month's or so..... If ti wasn't NAD then I am at a loss... It was a catalog with high quality equipment.....

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

Only in high end stereo shops. Same as here in Canada.

@pliedtka

4 жыл бұрын

Most 50 year olds know NAD, originally British company very well known for their amplifiers. NAD was the entry level into real Hi-end audio, most of the time being better sounding than most Japanese Hi-Fi.

Those are so famous for bad wave soldering !

He probably traded up for a Adcom, they have a better output circuit

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

The guy that gave me this never has stuff long enough. He picks stuff up, fixes it up then sells it. I serviced his Mcintosh CD player a few months back and he informed me he sold it for 1300.00 US to some ebay buyer.

@toddt6730

4 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids oh wow, so likes to keep it moving, I remember I had a McIntosh BX1 tape deck ,loved the quality and sound

You don't like Wham!?

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

I don't like any of that pop crap from the 80s. I listen to hard rock, classic rock, metal, blues jazz and fusion.

Before the STK garbage of the 90's came out.

@pvb9964

4 жыл бұрын

STKs go back to the late '70s

Gotta learn how to clean a record properly.

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

Ya use them as a Frisbee

@jimb032

4 жыл бұрын

That one is past cleaning

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

@@jimb032 Seriously

Nad Used to make decent amps now they switched to class d. class d amps sound like shit.

@ngtflyer

4 жыл бұрын

You really don't understand how any of this works. With the newest stuff, NAD is using Hypex output stages with hybrid filtering. Both in measurements and in listening, they have proven to be great, natural sounding amps. Yes old NAD stuff is excellent. Great sound and I love the simple no-nonsense design. This is why you'd often see a NAD receiver at radio stations, being used to monitor the transmitter. I myself have an NAD C368 integrated amp, which uses the Hypex output stage. Sounds incredible, and I have picky ears. As things progress, never just label things bad because of whatever technology is used.

Really crappy build quality. Reminds me of the cheap 1990's junk that came out.

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