Nad 7100 for its phono capability?

scottyboy76

Anybody have experiece with these for phono use mainly, im looking at one, the guy is asking 150, it looks nice, he says its been rarely used, and it comes with the weird, oem angled remote.

Will eventually be getting an amp, but for now it will use its 50 watt amp section, or i will hook it up to my denon avr330, or yammy rxv2500.

Any thoughts or opinions are appreciated

scottyboy76

I appreciate it z, I will hold off till then.

That is pretty much the budget, 150-200

agfrost

You could certainly do worse. I believe that receiver has essentially the 1600/1700 preamp makeup, which is considered (by myself and others) to acquit itself pretty well, including its phonostage. I'm using a 1600 in my bedroom system and am plenty happy with the job it does with my turntable. Actually, I've got the NAD 2100 amp in that system as well, and I believe the 7100 is supposed to be, essentially, the 1600/2100 in one box.

If you do a search for "NAD 1600 phono" or similar, you'll be able to see what others think, I imagine.

NAD's still got spec sheets/manuals up for it, if you haven't seen them: LINK

The remote by itself sells on ebay for 50-75 bucks, so I think you're not in danger of losing much money if & when you decide to go a different direction. As you can tell, I'm a bit of a fan.

Jay

scottyboy76

Thanks guys, to be clearer, it will be a 2 channel pre, mainly for phono use.

I always try to look up info, but it seems like everyone who goes to the effort to review their gear loves their gear, unless it breaks or is just awful, so it can be somewhat difficult to really get a clear picture.

You guys have been very helpful, still waiting for a reply from the guy.

scottyboy76

Dcm tf400s,

infinity kappa 5s

APL prizm 500s

Mirage OM10s

Mirage OM12s.

not all at the same time
Gonna email the guy again right now.

thanks all