Review and Measurements of NAD T758 V3 AVR

[Sal1950]

I tried two of these units with the exact same problems. Switched to Anthem & never looked back (though I do run a NAD power amp that is fine, but will never touch their AVR's or processors after the nightmare T758 experience.)

Amir's benching of this AVR tells the story.
Sad performance from a company that should know better.
Good thing there are objective measurements to refer to before purchase..
Do your homework whenever possible folks.

 

[xhattan]

I had a NAD 758 v3 and now own a Denon X4500H and I don't think there was any sound quality difference if room correction was not used.

Why would anyone be so silly as to buy a device with DIRAC and not use it?

 

[ddsn]

I'm really curious whether this degree of distortion will have an audible impact, because just looking at the distortion value, it is far lower than the distortion level of the speaker. Here, the second-hand price is only about half of that of the RZ50 (the brand-new RZ50 is $1,100, and the second-hand one is $1,000, which is already the most reasonably priced AVR that can meet the requirements).

 

[Theriverlethe]

I'm really curious whether this degree of distortion will have an audible impact, because just looking at the distortion value, it is far lower than the distortion level of the speaker. Here, the second-hand price is only about half of that of the RZ50 (the brand-new RZ50 is $1,100, and the second-hand one is $1,000, which is already the most reasonably priced AVR that can meet the requirements).

I still maintain the distortion level is likely inaudible, but after leaving this unit in my attic for a couple years, I found that the amplifier section is dead. I ended up getting a cheap Yamaha with eARC on eBay and manually tweaking PEQ.