Is this NAD for real?

dudeinaroom

Every time I see the word NAD it makes me want to find a sculptor and have him Make a NAD look like a nad. Then I could tell people about my custom NAD and have them come see it. When they finally do get to see it I will have some of that Nad's hair removal cream from the infomercials and tell them that I have to use it on my NAD, or else there is too much heat build up.

Kex

organ wrote: »

... This is a sub $1000 cdp from NAD. Sounding just like a 6.5k cdp?
Anybody heard this one yet?

I like the NAD gear that I own. It performs better than it should, IMO, in most cases, with more useful features, truly genuine power abilities, and fewer bells or bling than most other stuff out there within $1,000 (although I do have a crappy CD caroussel that is not up to much). That said, that review leaves me totally cold. I just don't find it credible. It reminds me of an Audioholics review for Emotiva or something. Too much hyperbole and not enough factual information for my taste.

In any case, it's available refurbished from Spearit Sound for $599.

http://www.spearitsound.com/nad/C565BEE.asp

LuSh

Yes they are real. In fact their main office is in the same town I was born. I've seen the building and they are in fact real.

organ

Kex,
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Even though I love their gear and have a complete NAD set up running LSi's, I would never compare them to something MUCH more expensive.
My NAD C541 is good sounding ($700 when new), but other cdp's I used in my rig that were in the $1k range were much better.
IMO, They compete very well with other gear in their price range.

What Hi-Fi did a review of the 565BEE and they weren't as excited about it. They gave it 4 stars.