NAD 3020 Vintage 20 Series Integrated Amplifier, Cleaned And Performance
Item History & Price
The NAD 3020 integrated amplifier, from New Acoustic Dimensions, is a modestly priced design for the audiophile with "champagne tastes on a beer budget." It offers clean sound, dynamic headroom provided by a gutsy power supply and discrete component circuitry, flexible inputs and outputs, and simple, understated styling. This specimen has received cleaning of controls with DeOxIt and tests with great sound quality performance. This unit has received replacement of base feet with ...original type since the photos were recorded. Finish flaws have been retouched with custom-mixed-to-match satin finish acrylic paint.
As evidence of the headroom provided by the power supply, this amplifier is conservatively marketed as a 20 watts per channel model, but it doesn't clip until 50% greater 30 watts output. The IHF short term dynamic headroom output (which relates best to most music signal content) is 40 watts per channel into 8 ohms, 58 watts into 4 ohms, and 72 watts into 2 ohms! The serious design provides jumpers between preamp and power amp stages, allowing for connection into a higher powered amplifier, or use of the power amp to drive speakers from a different preamp or mixer. The tape input/output loop was designed to accommodate vintage open reel and high end cassette decks with alternate DIN connector. The phono input stage has been highly regarded for its accurate, musical sound quality.
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As evidence of the headroom provided by the power supply, this amplifier is conservatively marketed as a 20 watts per channel model, but it doesn't clip until 50% greater 30 watts output. The IHF short term dynamic headroom output (which relates best to most music signal content) is 40 watts per channel into 8 ohms, 58 watts into 4 ohms, and 72 watts into 2 ohms! The serious design provides jumpers between preamp and power amp stages, allowing for connection into a higher powered amplifier, or use of the power amp to drive speakers from a different preamp or mixer. The tape input/output loop was designed to accommodate vintage open reel and high end cassette decks with alternate DIN connector. The phono input stage has been highly regarded for its accurate, musical sound quality.
Prompt, insured shipment will be provided by economical FedEx ground service, the cost calculated by ebay for your delivery address.
