20/08/2010 New Products from NAD & Yamaha

Tagged under Amplifiers, Blu-ray players, NAD, Yamaha
Posted by Geoff Forgie | No Comments

The new NAD C356BEE is not just a quick facelift job on the C355BEE, but introduces some radical new elements as well as continuing to fine-tune the already excellent performance.

The C356BEE is built to NAD’s Modular Design Construction (MDC) standard, enabling the modification of specific functional areas over time. For starters you can add the PP375 phono stage if you want to use a turntable. Improved speaker binding posts provide for two pairs of speakers – with remote switching.

Low distortion and good honest power ratings (80w x 2) as is usual with NAD ensure that you can extract the maximum musical quality from your system without spending an exorbitant amount of cash to do so. Standby power is a mere 0.5w, but when it’s fired up the perceived power output is way higher than the rating indicates. NAD’s Full Disclosure Power Ratings make sure they are conservative in this regard, unlike some!

A limited number have just come into stock (in black only) and they are selling for $899.

Yamaha have plugged the gap in their player lineup with the new BD-S667 Blu-ray player that gives a host of features and quality for a very reasonable price. It’s networked and DLNA compliant so you can bring video, photos and music files from elsewhere on your network to playback through this player. It also has a USB connection to assist in efficient use of the BD Live feature. You only have to download the BD Live material once, and the player can thereafter access it from the USB key.

The back panel sockets include HDMI, Component Video, Optical & Coaxial digital audio, stereo analogue audio, remote, USB and Ethernet.

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