It's pure uncomplicated sound. Many inputs. Very nice build inside electronics.
With a good matching speaker set a hell of a music maker.

Only 2 speaker terminals. (but it saving money to buy another speaker set) The softclipping switch is placed at the back panel. It must be on the front. The tone defeat switch is overdone. Lett it off and make it more pure.

My C350 is the heard of my stereo set.
For it's price you can't buy better. This C350 is devellopped for people who want clear and natural. A tipical sound that you hear at more expensive ampifiers.
I a reviuw i read about emotionless sound. That's right at a point of viuw. I called it a dead sound. But that is equalivalent of high end electronics. Hifi freaks want that sound. uncoulered and pure.
when i listened to my Marantz pm4200 i recognised a warm dynamic touch. After a while i get tired about Marantz and wishes to hear to my real big super NAD C350. Before i bought the C350 i listened in a shop to serveral brands. After all those expensive ones, the shop man plugged a little C320 to a set of speakers. And you can gess it,
it's was the match. After that session i know what i know for many years. I must buy NAD for my cd collection.

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Marantz pm4200, Pioneer A333, Sony ... bad thing amps. Marantz pm4200 not included. It's sound good with the JBL E30 Nordrigde series.

Almost everything, i don't t think there is better amp in same price range. Biggest strength natural sounding voices

None for its price range.

I bought this amp initially to replace my old Nad 302 and i was really suprised by it's performance; it sounds like a 100W amp, good tight bass, great mids (voices sound very natural) and solid highs. Now i use it in bi-amped combination with Nad 302 driving tweeters and c350 driving mid-bass units in my DIY Seas speakers. When connected to quality fast drivers directly (without passive crossover) sound is really amazing:). Also tested them with Rogers LS3A with great results.

More than enough power for small room Same NAD sound warm character

More aggressive than the classic NAD amplifiers Not the best style on the market

I have NAD C350 two years now and I feel it is time to comment about it. I must confess that I am a NAD enthusiasts, I started more than 20 years ago with NAD 7020 receiver. This small receiver was a real different from the consumer market receivers like, Akai, Onkyo, Tandberg and other stereo receivers available in those years. The NAD 7020 receiver delivered music warm and attracting, I could listen to it many hours without getting any listening fatigue. I listen mainly to classical music, I like variety of genres, from string quartets to grand operas, I like vocal and piano music, when I check a new component for my stereo I use piano, string quartet and vocals music to test it. My listening site is a small working room. After ten years I changed my 7020 to another NAD receiver, the NAD Monitor 7000. This is similar to the NAD 7020 but has everything more. More power, more scale, more dynamic, a better Phono stage somewhat more firm bass and a better tuner. It served me very well for more that ten years now. During these years I changed all my stereo gear: speakers, CD Players, added DVD, computer sound card and sent to retirement my turntable and tape deck. Only the NAD Monitor 7000 continued to be with me. In this world of Hi-end and audiophiles time had come for adding a real integrated amplifier. I tested several units like Audio Analouge Puccini, Anthem tube pre-power, and some more but noticed a little difference between these amplifiers and mine NAD Monitor 7000. Finally I decided to try the new NAD C350 that had so many good reviews. I bought the NAD C350 but did not sale the NAD Monitor 7000 and did a lot of listening tests side by side. To my surprise I discovered that I still prefer the NAD Monitor 7000. The C350 has more bass and more depths. It is a little more accurate but for long listening I had more enjoyment from the NAD 7000 Monitor receive, and it also has an excellent build in tuner. I wonder if some of the Audio review readers had similar experience. Anyhow, both amplifiers are excellent value and gave me many hours of listening satisfaction My stereo video set: NAD C541 CD player NAD C350 amplifier NAD Monitor 7000 stereo receiver Marantz DV 4200 DVD player SB Blaster Extigy sound card Mission 751f speakers

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Powerful, controlled sound. Quite neutral/no evident weak points(technically) Above everything, value.

Emotion.

Must've been using this amp for 1~2 years. I remeber how I was amazed with its power & poise when I first bought it. Yeah, it's a good amp, especially with its price in mind. Just for the level of qualities, I'm not sure if there are any other amps that can beat C350. (At least for the time when I bought them) But I'm growing a little tired of hearing the NAD C350. The music sounds very much like its own body; blocked up, dark grey coloured, very simple yet functional machinery-feeling with no emotions. May be it's that its power and control just whelm over music and just doesn't let it go free. However, I'm getting more and more hungry for that lacking emotion I want to feel from listening music. But provided the price, I guess this might be the right one you should try to not regret on. NAD products seem to be found easily, and buyers with this amount of money to spend might not have clear idea on the sound they really want. This might be the course, the step, that developing hi-fiers should. p.s.'s----------------------------------- (I have in my Korean home a better system with Meridian transport&DAC, Sonic Frontiers SFC-1 int. tube amp and Rogers speakers... sounding warm, smooth, nice and all, but kind of oppressing/irritating/boring that it cannot just 'open up' so freely) Oh, by the way, I really regret buying the IXOS cable I've bought thoughtlessly, costing around US$200. Emphasizing too much on dynamics and its details, it really kills the mids. This cable's also quite somewhat unemotional, stuffy & dry feeling(say, like a bag of sand). This and NAD equipments... seem to create a powerful synergy effect -_-

Price, musicality,

would like a better case but for the price, forget it. Remember, it's not a $5000 amp !!!

I have a new Nad 350 since one week and compared with an older nad 302: Better bass, mid more open, better focus, power with better control. My speakers are AE Aegis one.

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Graceful look, tuneful bass, clear smooth midband, sweet treble, detailed sound, real 60 Watts per channel, controlled sound, proper number of inputs, ready to participate in biamplifying, soft clipping switch, headphone output, tone controls accompanied with tone defeat switch, toroidal transformer, and universal remote control unit which is handy and inlcudes those useful functions. A perfect sounding amplifier in this class.

It's not fair to mention something.

This is Erfan Moharramy's opinion, a hard to please music and HiFi lover. NAD C 350 isn't a box designed to beautify your room, this is an amplifeir; And when you love HiFi you surely feel how beautiful it is. Thanks God and thanks to NAD designers for building such a system which looks and sounds in this way. Graceful C 350 produces rich sound which is as powerful as real 60 Watts per each stereo channel that remains almost undistorted . NAD proprietary's ISC needs to be realised and admired. This clean sounding grey box is one of the most valuable cubes for me all around the world and of my life. So this is the box that is beautiful when is turned off and enjoyable when turend on started with that lovely click sound.

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Harman Kardon HK 660, Yamaha, onkio, Audiolab, Kenwood.

Uncoloured sound, good features, solid sound - no distortions, good overall balance

Slightly flimsy build,

On the way to pick up a reserved NAD C350 I had a look in another store who sold it there for £340, so the £200 price at the Richer Sounds store in Newcastle was a great saving. My previous amp was £100, reduced from £250. My CD player was half price and my speakers were 33% of the price all at that same store. Got home and unwrapped the NAD and it seems a lot smaller than in its pictures. Its only a 30cm deep unit, which is handy since it will stand on top of the CD player. The front face is a little ugly, its not good looking, however it is well built. The casing could be stronger, but the features make up for it (and the price!). Must say, my Kenwood KAF3030 was a little better built than the NAD. I got some better Bi-Wire speaker cable to go with the NAD, even though it doesn't have twin speaker outputs - you can splice two wires together. I use Gale Banana plug adapters, with the two cables in one hole and bare wire connections on the speakers - sounds best this way. The NAD has 6 Line Level inputs with two tape loops, no phono stage, has Pre outputs (2) and a Pre In for its power section. The remote is bulky and uncomfortable to use which lets the usability down. There is a headphone socket, tone defeat switch (always on), and Soft Clipping. With Soft Clip on, it will go louder with less distortion. I have had it up to 50% volume, at that stage the speakers tend to get very unlistenable - distorted a little. Its got great power, driving my 3-6ohm speakers no problem. I find it sounds twice as good when its been on since the morning for a long time. The sounds is a lot different to my old Kenwood, a little less dynamic perhaps and not as bright sound. There is some lack of "excitement", its very flat, and can make poor recordings sound worse. Overall its a good amp, although good choice in speaker and CD players is crucial. I use a Sony CDP and Eltax speakers which sound great with most of my music collection. I like the C350, but it could be more exciting, especially at the high end. But I can't complain about the detail and stereo imaging - listening to old albums like Mwng (Super Furry Animals) or Parachutes (Coldplay), I hear all sorts of instruments arranged in front of me - its not a signle sound any more. I would still like to hear that Marantz, but doubt it could do bass like the NAD. I'm considering waiting until the C350 reduces in price and may get a Bi-Amp setup going (each channel driving treble and bass bi wired). Or perhaps a speaker upgrade...

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Clean, clear, no coloration and strong tight bass. Plenty of power. Good value for money.

Remote as always with NAD gear - but it's a remote...not the actual "sound" producer so I'm fine with that.

Clean and clear - no coloration of sound. A reviewer earlier said "where's the feeling"? That's it with this thing - it reproduces the absolute recorded sound. For me, that's the ideal. I tried Marantz 6010 - nice, but recordings were coloured and warmed up to sound artificial. I run the 350 through to B&W 602's via Wireworld Horizon (oldish now), source is either Onkyo t/table into NAD pre-amp, or NAD 541i CD player. Interconnects Kimber Tonik. I really like this amps transparent reproduction, tight bass, clear tops and sheer grunt. Workmanship is great. I never use the clipping switch, and always tone defeat.

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Sony amps, an old Sherwood, compared with Rotel, Marantz, and Denon - all at the $1100NZ mark (US$500).

Power, no frills looks, plenty of inputs, pre amp option. You cant get this quality and power for the price with any other amp.

320 bee has that little extra in regards of sound quality but its not much more sparkle.

I initially got the Nad c320bee and think that had a touch more sparkle but the thing with the Nadc350 is that it has more power a soft clipping swith and a slightly better remote. Most don't like the way Nads look, but I personally like the no frill's look. I think the 350 is okay but you need a really good pair of speakers to get the best out of them I bought Mission 773e's with this amp and the bass just didn't come through but when I swapped 'em for Mordaunt Short 906's they made a big difference and showed the true potential of the amp so much so that I'm thinking of buying the Nad 270 amp to power the 150 Watt speakers. Not saying that the Nad 350 isn't powerfull because it is very very powerfull I just wanna get the full potential out of the speakers.

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Plenty of power, two sets of pre-outs, main ins, lots of inputs, nice esthetics (gray faceplate instead of boring black), good speaker posts.

No universal remote, click on power up, defaults to CD input on power up, only way to switch from standby to on without remote is to power off completely and power on. Volume control is a bit fiddly.

As a newcomer to the world of audio, I can't make too many comments about the NAD C350 relative to other integrated amplifiers. However, I personally find comments from neophytes to be helpful, so I'll throw in my several electrons here. In searching for an amplifier to drive a small bookshelf system, I eventually decided that an integrated was the way to go over an AV receiver. The NAD fit the price range and seemed to be positively reviewed. My experiences: Sound. I don't have much to compare this unit to, but I can't complain about the sound. In auditioning the C350 with several speakers, I heard the gamut from what I'd call bright, "overly" detailed sound to warm, rich sound. I think that sonically, it's more important to find a good speaker match to the C350 than to obsess that the C350 is itself too bright or too warm. I would say the C350 provided sound quality at least on par with (if not sonically similar to) AV receivers such as the Marantz SR5200, Harman Kardon AV125, Onkyo SR500 and Denon AVR1603. Of course, an audition of the equipment is your best bet for determining if the sound is suitable for your needs. Note: with no input, there is no audible hiss from the speakers at any volume level, unlike with some amps. Power. The C350 is a 60WPC high-current unit with "PowerDrive", which I take to mean that it provides better response for transients than other amps. I'm not sure that my ears can discern what this means; I can say that with my speakers (JMLab Chorus 705), setting the volume control to 9 o'clock gives sound about as loud as I ever need it. The amp sounds clean at any volume I've used it at. It doesn't run too hot for me, although part of the top panel gets warm after prolonged use. Features and ergonomics. The C350 has more than enough inputs for my needs. There are two sets of pre-outs in the back, one of which is looped back to main in inputs using "horseshoe" connectors. The other set of pre-outs is free, which means that a line-level connection can easily be made to an amplified subwoofer. When the unit is turned on, there is a click heard through the speakers. The unit defaults to CD input on power-up, and this is non-defeatable. However, if you switch the unit to standby using the included remote (the power switch on the unit itself only goes between off and on), it will retain its input setting the next time the remote is used to power it on. The only way to power the unit on is through the "hard" switch on the unit, or by using the remote when the unit is in standby mode. Selecting different inputs results in an audible "click" in the unit itself, due to relay connections being made. The remote operates NAD equipment only, so you will need to look elsewhere for a universal remote. Adjusting the volume on the remote actually turns the motorized volume control on the unit, a weird touch! The motion is slightly audible. The volume control on the remote is somewhat sensitive; depending on how the unit's volume control is set, you may find the "steps" taken by the remote to be a bit large. However, once the volume control on the unit is adjusted, this is not too much of a problem. The remote works well; even with the remote pointed at almost 90 degrees to the amp, I can still turn it off and on with the remote. The C350 also has +/-6 dB bass and treble controls, which can be bypassed using the tone defeat control. I don't discern any real difference between setting the tone defeat off and using the 0 detents on the bass and treble. Though is some room for improvement, all in all, for the $500 Canadian I spent on the unit (approx. $330 US), I am quite satisfied!

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