After comparing Denon's, Harman Kardon and Yamaha's top receivers on my B&W DM603 speakers the choice was obvious that I needed NAD's T770. My goal was to find a receiver that sounded great for music while being very neutral. If it did, it would be surely a good sounding home theather receiver. And it is. After 2 months of use I strongly recommend it for an audition. The remote control is very nice but I would have preferred if it was programmable. Great product !

This receiver is by far the best I have heard at this price point (it lists for $1600, but if you talk to your AV professional you can get it for less). Some have complained about the lack of digital inpiuts and the absence of DTS, but have these people REALLY listened to this receiver? It's remarkable, detailed and wonderful sound MORE THAN compensates for either of the aforementioned "flaws". If you're THAT hell-bent on DTS, you can grab a Millenium decoder (http://www.fivepoint1.com/millennium.html) for $399.00.
You'll never find a better receiver anywhere near this price point!

As for me it is NOT the fact that the NAD T770 does not have DTS which has swayed my decision not to seriously consider this great sounding receiver. My big complaint is that the main speakers cannot be set to small - what are you supposed to do if you have small monitors or sats??. Why didn't NAD give the option of large or small selection - how hard could that have been.??
5 stars for sound
3 for features
= rating of 4 overall

I own this receive for three months. It does sound great. Go to your nearest NAD Dealer and have a try. You will belive my words, also check out Home Theater Magazine's NAD T770 Review. http://www.hometheatermag.com/

I recently updated my stereo after owning the same equipment for 13 years. I must say that this site was very helpful. I read all the mags, but to hear first hand from people, not paid critics, was so useful. My old set-up was an Acustic Research receiver at 35wpc with a Magnovox cb650 and four Celestion dl 10s. I was always pleased with the sound, spending the most money on the speakers. I have since been educated about the heart and soul of an audio system. That is the reason I purchased the T770. ALL HEART AND SOUL. I will admit that features are sparse, so if you need gimmicks/features the Pioneer or any other main stream seller is for you. If sound and quality is the utmost, then it's got to be the T770. The rest of my new system is a Sony CX88ES cd carousel, DefTek 2000 main, DefTek CLR2000 center and DefTek BP2X rears. I purchased everything over a period of two weeks so my original system stayed set up while I acquired everything. The speakers arrived first so I set them up on the old receiver. They were impressive with just 35wpc, but I could hardly wait for the T770. The T770 and CX88ES showed up next. As soon as I hooked it up I was amazed. I loaded th cd carousel as quickly as I could and started to listen to music in earnest for the next four weeks. I started hearing things I had never heard before on my cds. I know this was a combination of new receiver and new cd player so I loaded my old CB650 just as a test. Yes there was a difference, but from my prior experience with just the new speakers, I knew it was largely due to the T770. The speakers were radiant at all volume levels; awe inspiring at low levels and thrilling at high levels of volume. I had heard these same speakers at the local audio store for approximately 2 1/2 hours hooked up to Yamaha's big boy, and also to the mega exspensive B&W receiver and was very happy with the sound quality so I bought the speakers, but could not pick a receiver. The Yamaha felt more like you should be experiencing it on a visual level; more looking at it than listening to it. It sounded fine. Just FINE. Not outstanding. The B&W was just too exspensive. At that kind of money I could start looking at seperates. After reading about the T770 I decided to gamble on a unit I hadn't even heard. The gamble paid off. I knew immediately that I had made the correct desision. As a last test I hooked the old Celestion DL10s up the the receiver and put a disk in my old CB650. I was almost sorry I had bought new speakers. Almost. The T770 performed biblicly; the miricle of resurection from what I thought was dead sounding equipment. I am going to keep my old celestions for my office, but add a new receiver by NAD.
The T770 and DefTeks are also my first experience in home theater. The DefTeks offer an advantage in the built in amp for the sub-woofer, and after watching a number of movies on tape I came to the conclusion that my movie going days are numbered. My next purchase will be a top notch DVD so I'll be back.

All I can say is WOW. A couple of months ago I started looking set up my first home theater. I'm a huge movie buff and when you like movies as much as I do, you want the best sound reproduction to go along with it. Enter the NAD T770. After listening for hours to various systems (Yamaha, Pioneer, Denon, Rotel, B&K), there was only one receiver that stood out above the rest, the NAD T770. Mind you the Yamaha's had a lot of bells and whistles that look impressive, but you never really use them. For that matter, the NAD isn't even DTS ready. Not that I care. I paired this receiver with the M&K 750THX speaker system and i was blown away. The system (and the speakers) pump out the sound effects so beautifully that you feel as if you're in the movie because the sound envelops you and you can't even tell where the sound is coming from. At first, the receiver might seem pricey. Especially when you start comparing the gadgets and gizmos that come included. If you want a lot of buttons to push that make no difference in sound quality, go with Yamaha or Pioneer. If you want crisp, clear sound that will envelop envelop you and make you part of the movie, the NAD T770 is the only way to go (that is unless you're budget for home theater runs you about $15,000).

This receiver is too hip for most of the room. For those of you who "get it", you know what I mean. For those of you who don't, enjoy your pioneer or sony while watching jerry springer. Quite simply - superior sound. Audition it.

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NAD is a toy and I am disappointed after just two weeks of use. I returned it for a Denon AVR3300 which simply blows this unit out of the water. The NAD can't compare with the simplistic classic design of the Denon. Older NAD's were good, but now they are just like Yamaha and Sony.... TOYS.

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Clarity, depth and sustained power at very high listening levels. EARS DSP very functional, unlike dippy ambiance synthesizers found on other HT receivers; result is very similar to QS or SQ analog quadraphonic decoding of the 1970s, but including a center channel. Gold tipped RCA in/outs. Near-audiophile 2-channel stereo performance. Near-Dolby Digital 5.1 performance on digital Pro-Logic surround sound processing on Pro-Logic encoded VHS tapes.

ONLY ONE COAXIAL RCA DIGITAL INPUT. Surround/5.1/stereo selection a little confusing for other members of the family. And it's ugly as sin.

Preceding review appears to be a troll. This unit has many fine features although appears to suffer from its being the first full-featured HT receiver from NAD. List is way overpriced at $1,699, should expect to pay $1,200 to $1,400 on the street.

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Denon AVR-1700, returned the next day. Rotel 965 HT receiver, returned after five days (clean sound but not as much OOOOMPH as the 770.

very clean sound,you don't have even to use the base/treble knob to adjuste the sound,and who ever find something not right about the sound ,first thing you do change your speakers,I use to have B&w DM630 and a cent. c. B&w same serie and DM601 for the surr.and I was not happy,until i change to TOTEM accoustic .

I think another person notice to that,when turning the volume cont. from the remote it make static sound, it worries me in the begenning .and somthing very important that if you are listenning to a regular music with the surronud off ,and the SUb On I FEEL THE MAIN SPEAKERS LOOSE A BIT THE BASE ,witch make them poor ,if anybody has the same problem please Email me on this address,many@netcom.ca

Ihave confidence for the nad770 and I love them,and Ilove my speakers also,because i believe it is kind of a team work.

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