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Ever so often a product enters our lab that absolutely blows us away and redefines a category. The NAD M23 is such a product as you can see in my test report. This type of Class D design marks the end of an era of inefficient linear amplifiers. The NAD M23 is a 200wpc stereo amp that utilizes...

It's very unlikely anyone could hear 0.018% THD+N with real program material in a room with speakers and NOT headphones. It's why I'm not a fan of the SINAD gospel of people chasing a #. I strongly believe based on my years of testing and designing highly sensitive audio communication systems...

Dude you rock. PM me if you want to write articles for us.

You can't turn amps off any AV receivers AFAIK. You can only do a preamp disconnect which decouples the amp section from the preamp to avoid ingress of noise and distortion from unloaded amps clipping when you exceed the max preamp voltage drive...

The model# is so confusing. They had a 7CH AV amp back in 2008 called the AVC-A1HDA: https://www.denon.com/en-au/shop/avreceiver/avca1hda

We recently covered the breaking news that Mobile Fidelity wasn't being truthful about their analog mastering process for recording to vinyl. Did we miss something in the story? Editorial writer Jerry Del Colliano explains what we skipped in our original expose and how these 3 issues affect the...

You can take a couple of days off to self reflect now.

Yea it was designed for higher sensitivity and it plays really loud and clean.xmated with good dual subs. The F328be will have the advantage. As standalone 2CH, no subs, Salon2 for the win.

Impossible since I don't have access to Salon 2s. I know for a fact the Salon2 have superior bass extension and output though. The F328Be are a bit weak in bass for a speaker of that size and price.

Nobody ever claims 2 voltage sources were in series. It's a push/pull scenario with the load in series between the two voltage sources. There are BTLs and parallel amp options which allows for doubling the current. I believe some Class D modules allow the designer to implement both BTL and...

I think we are all on the same page here. BTL theoretically doubles voltage which should quadruple power but it rarely ever does due to current limiting. I usually measure 2X the power with a BTL in most products. Virtually EVERY manufacturer that does BTL in consumer audio states the load...

It's all good and thanks for understanding.

That's unfortunate they didn't respond to you and hopefully lessons were learned by them from this whole ordeal. The 8CH version looks like a really good value as well. Looking forward to hearing feedback from users on these new amps.

Most AVRs and processors downs ample to 48khz either for room correction or bass management. It's a non issue.

I wasn't shielding anyone. This site was being attacked by Amir and his disciples about our preview article because they couldn't figure out it wasn't a review despite the fact that the article said a review was forthcoming. Again I'm done rehashing the AMIR and ASR stuff and this thread needs...

Thet we held back a test report bc the results were unflattering. We held the report back until we could either test another sample or verify the results with the manufacturer. I really can't believe this continues on a loop for almost a year.