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ehrjohn

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  1. I would like to commit to buy one of these SACD ripper drawers when they become available.
  2. I was considering a conventional hybrid preamp/amp or a hybrid integrated amp system int the $3000 - $4000 price range, but I became intigued when I found out about about the C390DD. I own NAD gear (the 106 preamp & 2-208THX amps) and know about the quality of their products. So I purchased the C390DD with the two modules and received the amp this past Saturday. All I can say is, it is really musical, but nothing like a tube or even a hybrid amp. But the amp has improved my soundstaging so that I can hear wider and deeper into the music. The midrange is fine and I don't really notice all of that treble "hardness" everyone is discussing. The bass is ample and ready when the recording calls for it. The amp completely controls the Martin Logan speakers it is mated with. As for power cables, I'm using the stock cable supplied by NAD. Maybe I'll change it I don't know. For power conditioners I use Power Wedge 116. Tried a couple others some years ago but they actually muffled the music, so I returned them. The C390DD has two coaxial inputs so I have an Oppo 93 and a Samsung 1010 hooked in that way, and then also I have hooked them in via the HDMI inputs for SACD. The DAC inside the NAD is truly top quality. The SACDs especially sound fantastic coming out of the HDMI. I use coaxial for DVD-A (I burn some of my own DVD-A discs from high-res files with Wave-Lab). I have begun streaming my high-res audio files (24bit 48K/88K/96K/176K/192K) through the Oppo into the NAD. I almost forgot, CDs sound great also. Must be the 35bits and 108MHZ. I have two turntables, I admit I haven't hooked one of them up yet, but I will. I collect records and record them to CD if they aren't available on CD, which believe it or not, some aren't. The C390DD has a coaxial output! That means digital to digital! I'm breaking in the amp right now and don't reget a penny I spent on it. My only complaint is the speaker binding posts. They are cheap! After a few months of trouble-free operation I will take them to a dealer somewhere downhere inj Florida and have some real binding posts put on this amplifier.
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