NAD C715 and TEAC CR-H227i-B Same thing??

[nordhaven]

I'm looking for a CD receiver. The group were talking about here seem to be the best bang for the buck. Thats nice to hear about the strong power. Thanks Joe! I think I would go for the best deal/price between the three brands. I have looked around a bit and the prices are as follows NAD-$500-$600, TEAC-$300-$400, Onkyo-$200-$400. I would love to find the TEAC for $200 somewhere in the US but no luck. I'll do some more checking around tonight. Thanks for the input guys!

 

[Seth=L]

I'm looking for a CD receiver. The group were talking about here seem to be the best bang for the buck. Thats nice to hear about the strong power. Thanks Joe! I think I would go for the best deal/price between the three brands. I have looked around a bit and the prices are as follows NAD-$500-$600, TEAC-$300-$400, Onkyo-$200-$400. I would love to find the TEAC for $200 somewhere in the US but no luck. I'll do some more checking around tonight. Thanks for the input guys!

LOL, I got my Teac for $70 on ebay. They pop up every now and again. They are typically refurbs, but I have had zero problems with mine.

 

[Joe Schmoe]

LOL, I got my Teac for $70 on ebay. They pop up every now and again. They are typically refurbs, but I have had zero problems with mine.

It was enough of a stretch for me to buy mine open-box. The only way I will buy used is if the item is not available any other way (as is the case, for example, with the Carver CD player I will be receiving this week.)

 

[Joe Schmoe]

My carver CD player has been delivered. Tonight, I will be A/Bing it combined with my Carver amp against the Onkyo unit. Should be interesting. (One negative: the CDP is missing the remote, which is quite inconvenient. A replacement would cost almost as much as I paid for the player itself.)

 

[Seth=L]

It was enough of a stretch for me to buy mine open-box. The only way I will buy used is if the item is not available any other way (as is the case, for example, with the Carver CD player I will be receiving this week.)

Well for me, the refurb was the only thing I had found like that, and it came with speakers (the sucked, but I got $20 out of them). After doing some research I found there where newer revisions to mine that added USB and iPod docking features. They also don't have the wood panel sides like mine. And most importantly, they where much more expensive than mine. The lowest price I have ever seen on one of these was above $300 other than the one I purchased, and there is no way I would buy one at that price.

 

[Seth=L]

My carver CD player has been delivered. Tonight, I will be A/Bing it combined with my Carver amp against the Onkyo unit. Should be interesting. (One negative: the CDP is missing the remote, which is quite inconvenient. A replacement would cost almost as much as I paid for the player itself.)

A universal remote control might work.

 

[Joe Schmoe]

A universal remote control might work.

It might if I could get codes for it. Carver corp. is gone, and it was made in 1986. Remote.com is happy to sell me one, but not to provide the codes for free.

 

[Seth=L]

It might if I could get codes for it. Carver corp. is gone, and it was made in 1986. Remote.com is happy to sell me one, but not to provide the codes for free.

My Sony remote commander was able to control my 86' Carver CD player. Unfortunately that CD player had some problems, so I sold it for cheap.

 

[Joe Schmoe]

My Sony remote commander was able to control my 86' Carver CD player. Unfortunately that CD player had some problems, so I sold it for cheap.

It is only if I hear an improvement compared to the Onkyo that it will matter anyway, and I will be pleasantly surprised if that is the case.
More likely, I will be re-selling both Carver components on ebay. (Or here.)

 

[wire]

It is only if I hear an improvement compared to the Onkyo that it will matter anyway, and I will be pleasantly surprised if that is the case.
More likely, I will be re-selling both Carver components on ebay. (Or here.)

Carver CD players where nothing special , except for the Tube players . If i remember , they where built by aother company .

 

[Seth=L]

It is only if I hear an improvement compared to the Onkyo that it will matter anyway, and I will be pleasantly surprised if that is the case.
More likely, I will be re-selling both Carver components on ebay. (Or here.)

Carver audio gear resells very well on eBay, usually for at least half what they retailed for. The CD player may be the exeption, old CD players in general don't hold value very well. The Carver CD player I had was neat to look at and the it was quiet in operation. It had some severe tracking issues though.

 

[Joe Schmoe]

I tried the Carver CDP, and the ****ing drawer wouldn't open! I decided to try repairing it, but couldn't identify the problem. I reassembled it this morning, and now, for some mysterious reason, it works. Out of curiosity, I will try listening to it tonight, but now I can never trust it enough to make it my primary source regardless of how good it sounds.
I suppose I could return it and demand a refund, but the seller would probably claim it got broken in transit (which might be true.)

 

[Seth=L]

I tried the Carver CDP, and the ****ing drawer wouldn't open! I decided to try repairing it, but couldn't identify the problem. I reassembled it this morning, and now, for some mysterious reason, it works. Out of curiosity, I will try listening to it tonight, but now I can never trust it enough to make it my primary source regardless of how good it sounds.
I suppose I could return it and demand a refund, but the seller would probably claim it got broken in transit (which might be true.)

Was it insured?

I was just blasting with the Teac. That thing never gets hot, it never has with anything I have connected to it. It's shocking, honestly, how clean it sounds when taken to higher levels.

 

[Joe Schmoe]

Was it insured?

I was just blasting with the Teac. That thing never gets hot, it never has with anything I have connected to it. It's shocking, honestly, how clean it sounds when taken to higher levels.

Yes, it was insured. I may have voided any claim when I decided to open it for repairs, however. Not sure it is worth worrying about for the $130 total (including shipping) that I paid. In any event, I am happy enough with the micro-Onk that I may use it as my primary source (that or go back to the Onkyo changer + Carver amp combo I was using before.)

 

[Joe Schmoe]

Listened to the micro Onk + Mirage again last night. I conluded that the incredible imaging makes up for the minor deficiencies in bass and dynamics compared to the Athenas. As a bonus, the system is exquisitely beautiful, with the speakers being modern sculpture worthy of Brancusi.

 

[magicref]

Difference between NAD C715 and TEAC CR-H227

In trying to decide which to buy, the main difference that I noticed was the USB capabilities of each unit.

The NAD provides a USB port for connecting to MP3 players, hard drives, flash drives and you can play MP3 from those. It also allows you to record from any source to MP3, though the rates are: 192K Max for MP3, and 128K Max for WMA recording. Okay for recording a radio show, though.

The TEAC includes an iPod dock, and includes remote control functionality for that. There is no USB support or recording capability (at least not that I can tell - the manual is available at the TEAC website).

So, with the NAD you can use any MP3 player (as long as it shows up as a hard drive, I would expect), but if you have an iPod you won't have iPod specific remote control capability. You can also record to a USB drive.

The TEAC gives you an iPod specific docking station that is probably more handy than the USB interface if you have an Apple iPod.

Current prices here in the USA seem to have the TEAC at about $150 less new ($500 NAD vs. $350 TEAC), or if a refurb NAD is okay, some can be found for about $400.

I haven't yet quite decided which one I prefer...My wife has an iPod, but we have several other MP3 players in the house as well...

 

[wire]

It looks like the TEAC http://www.teac.com/consumer_electronics/CR-H227i.html And the NAD http://nadelectronics.com/products/hifi-receivers/C715-Compact-Music-Systems/specs Are the same thing. Look at the specs and dimensions. I have not checked prices yet though I would bet the TEAC is less $.

You know that 80 to 85 % of your supermarket goods in your Safeway or any supermarket in the US or Canada is owned by Proctor and Gamble , so im sure the rest of our world works the same .

 

[Seth=L]

You know that 80 to 85 % of your supermarket goods in your Safeway or any supermarket in the US or Canada is owned by Proctor and Gamble , so im sure the rest of our world works the same .

Probably not to the same ratio.

The Teac and NAD units are the same other than you need to purchase a seperate iPod dock for the NAD. They both feature USB with the recording feature. They also won't recognize beyond a certain amount of Gigabytes of storage on a mass storage USB device (I don't recal the limitations of recognition). Keep that in mind if you are thinking it will run like a music server, and just as well it won't be quite as intuitive as an actual music server. You would have to browse your music catalogue in the order it appears on the storage device.

The Teac is clearly the better deal. There is simply no reason to purchase the NAD other than brand loyalty, which is sort of a double edged sword if you think about it.

 

[wire]

Probably not to the same ratio.

The Teac and NAD units are the same other than you need to purchase a seperate iPod dock for the NAD. They both feature USB with the recording feature. They also won't recognize beyond a certain amount of Gigabytes of storage on a mass storage USB device (I don't recal the limitations of recognition). Keep that in mind if you are thinking it will run like a music server, and just as well it won't be quite as intuitive as an actual music server. You would have to browse your music catalogue in the order it appears on the storage device.

The Teac is clearly the better deal. There is simply no reason to purchase the NAD other than brand loyalty, which is sort of a double edged sword if you think about it.

I'm not sure about the ratio in electronics , but i do know in Grocery . I'm old enough to know if one is like that , you can bet most of our world works at most the same ratio .

 

[Seth=L]

I'm not sure about the ratio in electronics , but i do know in Grocery . I'm old enough to know if one is like that , you can bet most of our world works at most the same ratio .

Ok, thank you for sharing that information.