Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater New toy.....Part 2 (NAD T-773)

neverhappy, you mentioned you have had quite a few receivers. Care to list them?

Nice price!

Shane D

I'm sure you will enjoy the 773. NAD has an excellent reputation for sound quality. It is really simple to work the menu, where as it's closest competition, the HK 7300 has a complicated menu to work through. Tonnes of current to satisfy the db hungry. Just ensure it is the version 2 with the latest upgrades. My thoughts are if this is not enough for an individual, the next up the list is Rotel and or seperates. Both a fair bit more expensive. I added a 3 channel MCA3 amp to run the fronts and center. The main reason is that I use the L/R front 773 channels to run my Monitor Audio S8's in the zone 2. That way the wife can listen to music playing off the CD player while I watch a movie using 7.1 surround in the recroom. The MCA3 does boost the stereo listening pleasure of the M80's to a higher level but not everyone likes to crank it that loud.

winter: can you post a link to the MCA3 amp?

TIA!

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neverhappy, you mentioned you have had quite a few receivers. Care to list them?

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You must be new here!

I don't think I could. To be honest I have gone through a lot of stuff in my quest. Some of my recent stuff has been the Denon 3805, Yamaha 2500, Harman Kardon 635 etc. But honestly that is three out of about 15 that have gone through my house in the last 2 years.

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Just ensure it is the version 2 with the latest upgrades.

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If you need the upgrade, yes then get it done but the 2.0 upgrade comes with a price. More then one person has reported that the update is increasing the noise floor rather substantially. There are a lot of people out there who are not getting it done as a result.

I couldnt stand it...I hooked up my new NAD 773 to my old (16 yrs) Onkyo floor standing speakers and crappy center channel speaker to listen to while I wait for my Axioms. I cant believe how much better they sound than they did with my old JVC receiver (which they sounded really bad with). I cant imagine how much better the Axioms will sound. Now I am really chomping at the bit to get my new speakers in. This receiver is awesome!!!!!

neverhappy.

Can you compare the sound of the nad to the 3805? which one was brighter?

I'm not sure the term "Brighter" is the one I would use but the NAD is "Warmer" sounding if that matters. If you want something that I find is "Brighter" or "Accurate" whatever term you want to use, get a Yamaha. If you want something on the warmer side, get a NAD, HK or a B&K if money is no object.

if that is the case, I may have the wrong amp on the way.
Oh well, it'll only cost me 30 bucks or so to try it and see.

I like really clear detailed highs, I don't want to miss anything. I like to hear every single thing a source puts out whether good or bad, but
i want to hear it. The sound of the pick hitting the guitar strings, the breath of the vocalist as the breath between words. A cymbal when you hear it in person is harsh and sharp, and that's how I want to hear it on my stereo. That is what I consider natuarl. I spent a lot of time around bands over the years, and that is how I want to hear my music at home, almost live like.