NAD has launched its new generation of A/V receivers, the T 765, T 775 and T 785 (pictured). As is customary for the brand, they've taken their own approach to feature implementation. Case in point: while most companies tout 1080P upconversion, NAD is performing a simple transcode of video signals to the HDMI 1.3 ports. As we mentioned on
this week's podcast, this approach counts on your display's internal scaler being up to snuff. So if you're considering one of these units, get a demo with your specific display (or scaler) to evaluate the results. All three models have
Audyssey Auto Set-Up and MultEQ to ease the process of getting your settings dialed in, and have
TI's Aureus DSP for decoding. There's a raft of other features, but rest assured that NAD has stayed true to its "Music First" approach, emphasizing audio quality over pure specs. In time for the holidays, you can pick these up now: $1999, $2499 and $2999 for the T 765, T 775 and T 785, respectively.
posted Nov 15th 2007 5:32PM
call it a cheap joke to an expensive product. but whenever i hear NAD, i think of Beavis.
Whenever I hear NAD I snicker like butthead. You beat me to that comment!
NAD Makes some great sounding products. I see these have 1.3 HDMI. Great.
My dad got a NAD and I really hate the sound of it. I'll stick with Denon.
I think my dad has 2 nads. I know I do.
New Audio Dimensions people.
I own the predecessor to one of these models, the T-763 which is similar sans the HDMI and Audyssey EQ. Let me tell you that these things are built like brick shithouses and the equivalent Denon units aren't worth the nut salts that trickle off these NADs in terms of sound quality and real world wattage.
hdmi 1.3 VIDEO ONLY, no hdmi 1.3 sound!!!
"....NAD has stayed true to its "Music First" approach, emphasizing audio quality over pure specs....."
thats just a laugh!!!
You are wrong. The 775 and 85 both decode LPCM from blu ray and HD DVD.