The NAD is the winner for my ears and my soul. Thanks for the comparison.

Thank you. I have always respected NAD.

I like the C316 (the last class AB amp from NAD, as far as I know) a lot more than the comparable class D amps from NAD (C328/338).

NAD for sure!

The NAD is great for what it is. But like others have said, I think if you have large rooms, you're going to need more power to avoid cranking the amp and distorting/clipping it. Can I request for you to compare some Emotiva integrateds? Thanks

Could someone comment on the character of the Kefs? Sound is very laid back through the cambridge. I'm trying to find an amp to pair with a couple floorstanding klipsch and wondering if the trebel will sound this rolled off as they do with the kef.

Cambridge is deeper, Nad has more weight.

The NAD has more forward midrange, but overall the Cambridge has more punch and dynamics, detail, clarity, and transparency, as well as being fuller and more spacious, while the NAD is thin, small, and edgy in comparison, IMO

@Panslapper

5 күн бұрын

I heard that in the last track. The AXR just sounded far more organic, less mechanical, brittle. I can see the Nad being a little tiring after a while, just too edgy like brand new electronics and if that sound doesn’t ease off it will be hard to live with.

I don't know how you could even want to choose the Cambridge audio. I mean the NAD basically just has this richer fuller sound that really seems to fill out LS50. Where the Cambridge just sounds thinner and lacking on the LS50s especially in the mid-range. Oh and by the way I've had both amplifiers and currently use the NAD as a backup amp, and The nad is something that I can listen to time and time again and over and over and never grow tired, but the novelty of Cambridge audio kind of wore off pretty quick for me. Plus let's not forget build quality. Now I know NAD has had their moments but look around the internet plus my personal experience is I've never had a Cambridge audio piece that actually lasted longer than a year, hell a couple of years ago I had bought a Cambridge audio CD player and I swear to you I went through two without even using them . The first one I pulled out of the box and it wouldn't power on , and the second one they sent me I turned it on and it just wouldn't read discs at all . Whereby my NAD 316 is still going strong after 5 years.

Review the Arcam SA10 Integrated Amp, I just ordered it...

Axr100d for the rock. Just sounds more real, vocals are more human, less brittle.

I recall comparing a PSB Image T6 with a CA Topaz SR-20 to my NAD 316. The CA amp was all over the place, while the NAD kept everything together.

@Audiorevue

11 ай бұрын

Yeah those damn Cambridge audio amps just won't sit still, they're all over the place

@-x21-

3 ай бұрын

​@@AudiorevueIt was sloppy. It lost control of the speakers. The NAD didn’t.

🤔🎧🎶🎶🎶🎶Track1 AXR 100 Track2 V2✌🏻👍👍👍✌🏻🇵🇱

I wish you would play the same part of the song with each amp. Apples to apples

Can you add another song or two.. ?

The NAD is the winner for me, a very good soundstage and a warm sound, for the AXR100 it as more power and somme digital connection but to little brigthy for me

@lovehorses2669

2 жыл бұрын

Did you use headphones for listening?

Cambridge is better

I much prefer the NAD

Nad 100% better!

NAD hands down

I own an axr-85 and a NAD 3020. In this comparison the NAD is the clear winner. I prefer my 3020 over my 85 also. Vocals thru the cambridges just sound hollow. Not that it’s bad but just a flavor I’m not a fan of.

@rft2001

Жыл бұрын

That could be a function of your speakers. I have the AXR100 and the vocals are very clear and warm, almost like vinyl but it could be my KLH speakers from 1970.

@Carl-bd1rf

Жыл бұрын

@@rft2001 Could be the interaction between speakers and amp for sure. I don’t think the Cambridge likes the 4ohm load my original Forte speakers from 1986 give it.

@rft2001

Жыл бұрын

@@Carl-bd1rf Oh yeah, 4 ohm speakers can change things a lot. Even my Boston Acoustics 6 ohm have a different sound from my 8 ohm Boston's.

@Carl-bd1rf

Жыл бұрын

@@rft2001 That’s very interesting. I was kinda figuring that maybe the 4ohm was a challenge for the Cambridge, I expected it sound so much better than it does.

IMHO the CA will probably have better highs and a bit better midrange, because it is intended for European audio enthusiasts, who tend to listen to more classical music which generally generally needs those frequencies compared to pop and rock music.

😊

Nad 100 %

Nad sounds more natural, but cambridge sounds more artificial with reverb effect and not in a bad way..

Cambridge artificial highs => phase distorsion => artificial open sound

@lovehorses2669

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds more musical here, thru Jabra headphones!!!!

I like CA better for having blacker backdrop (not talking about noise here)

Yes... definitely yes. More power to handle those peaks and low frequencies when needed. More power is always welcomed, I would rather use a 1000 watts amp to power a 100 watts speaker than to use a 30 watts amp to power the same speaker. Also, overpowering a speaker is less prone to destruction than underpowering it

@MacNifty

2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir. With the amplifier barely working as well the amplifier lasts longer too. You can count on having deep depths. Resolution never starving. Always in cruise, rather than heavy haul.

A is pushing more +db

Soundstage is wider on the Cambridge.

nad win

Output levels not matched.

try something other than kef's-

Cambridge for the win !

The Cambridge is less forward in the mids and sounds richer and more balanced to me. The Cambridge sounds closer to my NAD seperates than the NAD. Since you changed from the Focals in the backround to the LS50's we know wich amp is the recent demo recording even when you block it...and I still think all your newer demos sound slightly different than the earlier ones. 🙄

@MacNifty

2 жыл бұрын

I actually feel like the cambrige in the mid-range vocals and instrument seem to sound kind of like a frog in the throat, slur to it, on a pullback to the frequencies. It sounds like around, 1.97 kilohertz has a U in the spectrum analyzed and if shown in a visual. The NAD is full frontal flat across full push. Is it screamy? Or isnit the small drivers with combo functions with woofer and tweeter for the Co-Axial Kraco performance? I would say on the second song that I like the cambrige better. But that's because the equalisation effect that I hear help benefit his vocals. But if I was to listen to a brighter sounding artist, it would hurt them.

Nad kills the Cambridge