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One may wonder though why so many users are so happy with the listening results of their NAD T758 V3 with a 0,23% distortion at appx.2 Vrms output and 0,003% THD+N at appx.1 Vrms while other units may measure better.
While these comparisons are correct in comparing apples to apples it happens that in our real world we listen thanks to a fruit salad composed of several "fruits" that include the speakers and the room itself.
Now when looking at non linear distortions those from the speakers are many times higher than the above values, usually many points per cent.. it's worth noting that (with a few exceptions) speaker manufacturers do not mention THD nor reviewers measure it (again with a few exceptions)
Intermodulation distortion value, as far as I know, is never present in speaker manufacturers specifications.
A thread about distortion in loudspeakers with interesting links has been posted in this forum:
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/f...speakers.1297/
In a few words I think that NAD may have put the money where it really matters and, in my admittedly biased opinion, I agree with this Amir's statement in this review:
"The NAD T758 comes with Dirac Lite room equalization which if it works right, should make it audibly perform better than many AVRs that use lesser systems.
Despite my complaints here and there, my overall impression of the NAD T578 was a positive one. It definitely sets its apart from mass-market brand AVRs"
My two cents, Flavio
While these comparisons are correct in comparing apples to apples it happens that in our real world we listen thanks to a fruit salad composed of several "fruits" that include the speakers and the room itself.
Now when looking at non linear distortions those from the speakers are many times higher than the above values, usually many points per cent.. it's worth noting that (with a few exceptions) speaker manufacturers do not mention THD nor reviewers measure it (again with a few exceptions)
Intermodulation distortion value, as far as I know, is never present in speaker manufacturers specifications.
A thread about distortion in loudspeakers with interesting links has been posted in this forum:
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/f...speakers.1297/
In a few words I think that NAD may have put the money where it really matters and, in my admittedly biased opinion, I agree with this Amir's statement in this review:
"The NAD T758 comes with Dirac Lite room equalization which if it works right, should make it audibly perform better than many AVRs that use lesser systems.
Despite my complaints here and there, my overall impression of the NAD T578 was a positive one. It definitely sets its apart from mass-market brand AVRs"
My two cents, Flavio