Simple to operate & powerful clean and smooth sound

Price compare to the Japanese

I have stayed away from purchasing any home entertainment for the last 5 years. I was always aware of the development of DVD,however DVD & DVD players prices were still on the high side in Thailand. This was until I purchased a new TV that I had my first opportunity to audition a HT system. I knew that I had purchase a HT system for my bedroom.
What I needed as the heart of the system was a Dolby Digital/DTS receiver which would be good for both movies & music. My choice was the NAD T760 because the power rating is conservative and it has a simple plain jane design,easy to operate. Result: The sound is pure and natural.Other Japanese receivers are cluttered with different modes which I don't need. The more I run this receiver the sound gets better & better.

My HT setup

Pioneer DV-525
NAD T760 Receiver
Klipsch Quintet Micro Surrounds & Center speakers
Klipsch KSW 10 subwoofer
IXOS 105 coaxial cable
Monster Interlink 400 subwoofer cable
Monster XP speaker cables.

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Great sound, very clean with warm bass.

Constant hiss, even with the volume level right down low. Constant hum is also irritating.

Thia receiver is excellent value for money. It sounds brilliant when cranked right up, and unlike a lot of home theater receivers this amp kicks when playing audio CDs, as well as when playing movies. So if you want quality audio, as well as quality home theater then this is a good amp at an affordable price.

My only complaint is the hissing and humming, as stated previously in other reviews. As soon as there's a quiet part in the movie/CD my ears automatically focus on the hissing, and it is annoying. If you're not listening for it it's no so bad.

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NAD 705 -a pretty good receiver but no Dolby Digital.

Excellent stero sound, under-rated power

No subwoofer output in stereo mode.
All memory pre-sets zapped when changing settings.

I bought the receiver from a great dealer (yawaaudio.com) in December and instantly fell in love with its sound. The audio processing for Dolby Digital and DTS was also excellent, but it was clearly the stereo performance that made me buy the T760 rather than its competitors from Yamaha or Denon. I had some odd problems with the FM radio station
memory settings however, which culminated in the exchange of my receiver for a brand new one this past month. All was well for a few days, but then, my radio station presets started to disappear again!

After a couple calls to NAD/Lynbrook tech support, I was able to identify a reproducible problem with the memory settings on the T760. It appears that changing any of the sound settings in dolby digital or pro-logic mode, e.g. adjusting the relative speaker volume levels, or setting the delay time for the rear channels, will result in total loss of all memory settings--FM radio and home theater settings-- the next time the receiver has the power cycled.

This is probably a design issue with the T760, and the response from NAD tech support was somewhat anemic. Rather than stating that they would work with me to fix the problem in a maintenance upgrade, I was told that I should return the receiver to my dealer and consider another exchange. The likelihood that I have had two brand-new receivers suffer from the same random problem is small; I suspect that this is an intrinsic design flaw in the supposedly non-volatile RAM of the T760.

I would appreciate any other user feedback on this issue. Have I really been unlucky in getting two "lemon" receivers, while the rest of the T760's in production are perfectly fine? Or is this an intrinsic bug that NAD is trying to ignore? Please e-mail any responses to pshahn@bellatlantic.net, along with any other suggestions for alternative receivers in the same price range ($800-1000), that sound as good as the NAD. (In spite of the memory preset problems, I am still compelled to give this receiver at least 4 stars!)

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Simply PERFECT Imaging!! A music listener's dream!! Simple, elegant appearance.

I hear the Brits don't like Subs... It's obvious by the design... If you want the SUB to operate in Stereo mode, you going to have to deal with a little hassle....

I can't believe how much value and performance are packed into such a great find!!

Once I received the T760 and hooked it up to my beloved PSB Stratus Silver Series speakers, I fell in love with the simplicity of how easy and precise music sounds... As always, NAD did their homework with this model... What a great way to have high-end electronics at mid-end prices!!!

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very strong FM performance. better than the separate I own - the NAD 412 by the same company

unfair for me to say at this moment. not yet broken in.

just got my receiver today. first out of the box and doing an A/B comparison with my mentioned equipment, the NAD did not sound very good even when I used its pre-out to drive my RMB-100s. the rhythm is totally off. slow and thuddy would best describe it. i have expected some kind of degradation going from separates to a receiver but not by so much. however the tuner is suprisingly good, even better than my separate tuner from the same company! The sound seems to improve with time and i am keeping my fingers crossed. even so i don't think the bass performance will ever match that of my AMC processor. 3 stars for performance (with room for improvement as the breaking in takes place) and 5 stars for value (i got it for s$870 or about us$510). overall a 4-star rating.

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i also listen to the AMC HT81 THX processor with 5 x Rotel RMB-100.

As a followup to my review in June 2000. I replaced my Pioneer 525 DVD player and Klipsch Quintet HT Speakers with NAD T 550 DVD/CD Player and Energy Encores respectively using the T 760 as the heart.
The improvement is very dramatic,especially music production & DVD Concerts. I highly recommend this setup.

Beautiful, warm, detailed, *balanced* music/DTS/DD playback through Polk RT25i's and PW350 sub (I am in love).
My girlfriend acutally asks me to play more music now, rather than 'turn it down' or 'turn it off'. What more can I say?

Simplicity - NAD gave all that I asked for, and nothing more (I feel satisfied, not tempted).
Good tuner - picked up twice as many stations than with similar Yamaha/Sony tuners.
Small size (fits into normal size A/V furniture).

Can't leave my apartment because I'm listening to my entire CD collection again.
Remote transmit strength a little weak.

After two months of auditioning receivers and driving dealers up the wall with returns, I have settled on the NAD T760.

Bravo NAD, I am a new devotee of your products and design philosophy. Please keep up the good work, and I'll keep buying (and promoting) your stuff.

The only quibble I have with this unit is the weak remote transmit strength - even in soft ambient light, and with fresh batteries, I sometimes have difficulty controlling the unit. I'll probably get a learning remote to replace it anyway.

Also, I might like an adjustable crossover point for configuring the 'subwoofer with small main speaker' preset.

After all the shopping, here's my 'Goldie-Locks and the Three Bears' summary:

Sony ES - nice features, somewhat soft/unaggresive sound (yet relaxing and pleasant). Would have kept it if it didn't have so many reliability problems (I went through two units!).

Yamaha RX-V's: nicely built, conservative power rating, no quirky bugs in software. But 596 sounded like a ghetto-blaster to me; RX-V1000 was smoother, but still thin in the mid-range and excessively bright through RT25i's w/ sub. RXV-1000 is future proof with 6.1 decoder.

NAD T760: This one is just right, (see the Strengths section above).

Note that the T760 supports RDS on FM. Anybody in North America get more than 3 stations supporting this feature? If so, please let me know. I'm gonna haggle my local broadcasters with letters and petitions, I think this is a feature with great potential that goes generally unused by FM broadcasters here.

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Good sound.

Terrible setting options.

I bought this receiver on a sale. The salesman claimed that this receiver was much better than Denon 2801.
I've had really good experience with Denon before, so am not so sure.(?)
But anyway, according to the manual I could set the speaker size (for fronts, rear and center) either to three presets OR a self designed setup. This was not the case!
All I could use was those three darn presets, and possibly disable the center, rear and sub. I think that sucks!
(There are also a number of misspellings in the manual (swedish), which is quite annoying.)

And the remote is REALLY UGLY (and bad)! I think it's the ugliest remote i've ever seen. Can't imagine why they'd design the remote this way?

Well I guess good sound is most important anyway, and it sounds ok...

But if anyone thinks of buying this unit, I would recommend checking out the Yamaha 598 (is it?) and Denon 2801 or something.

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Sound, clarity

Remote does not have learning capability. Not a major concern for me.
Could use additional digital inputs ... came with 3

I purchased the system after a month investigating various receivers and reviewing various comments/feedbacks from this web site.
I am extremely happy with the decision and will have no doubt recommending this receiver to anyone. I am not into "bells and whistles" which numerous receivers in the marketplace offers but simple and clean desigh and sound.

Do not get discourage by their advertisement of 60W X 5 because I have yet reach the half way point on the volume control even when in home theatre mode.

My brother had also purchased a similar system based on my recommendation.

I have the following configuration that worked well:

NAD T760 Receiver
NAD 514 CD
Toshiba SD1200 DVD
Sony Cassette deck
Sony VHS VCR
Luxman Turntable
PSB T5 tower speakers
PSB 9c center speaker
PSB 10s surround speakers
PSB Subsonic 6 subs

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Huge soundstage, crunching quick low bass, detailed midrange.

Different (european) sound many americans may have trouble getting used to after being taken over by the japanese.

Acutally I have one on back order and should get one in less than two weeks. Review of sound is based on owning some NAD separates. I will update later on this particular unit, but I am 99% sure it will have a very similar sound.

Frederik in Sweden, How did you find such a low price? The one I'm getting is refurbished. We are brainwashed that everything costs triple US prices in europe. Do you work for Saab aerospace?

Also, I am disappointed to learn that the subwoofer out doesn't work in stereo mode. I have been using a sub-sat system since 1983 and I don't intend to do without now. One way to get around it which is the route I will go is to send the pre-out signal to another AV receiver that does have a subwoofer pre out and use it to drive the fronts and sub. I think I might rather use the rear preouts, but I will have to experiment to see if that will provide a decent subwoofer signal.

I echo the comments about the Hall, stadium, pavilion... ad nauseum surround modes. They sound awful, are very cheap to implement by adding varying amounts of reverb and playing with the phase, and are totally useless. I never use them because they ruin the sound.

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