NAD C325BEE Integrated Amplifiers

NAD C325BEE Integrated Amplifiers 

DESCRIPTION

We have only made subtle improvements to the original design over the past 30 years and the C325BEE is no exception. Here, we use the same solid platform as the C320, while adding an MP3-type socket to allow for related device connectivity. This feature along with our Patented PowerDrive and Soft Clipping technologies, combined with our rock solid amplifier section make for a performance which will rival any contender in its class. The end result is a machine that generates magic derived from MP3 compressed files.

C325 BEE Stereo Integrated Amplifier Features
2 x 50W Minimum Continuous Power into 4 / 8 ohms
110W, 160W, 210W, IHF Dynamic power into 8, 4 and 2 ohms, respectively
PowerDrive? amplifier technology
Headphones socket
High Current Holmgren? Toroidal Power Transformer
Relay Input Switching
7 Line inputs, including MP3-type input and two tape in/outs
All discrete circuitry
Short signal path from input to output
All sockets Gold Plated
Bass and Treble controls with Tone Defeat switch
Main-amp Input & Pre-amp Output
NAD Soft Clipping?
IR Input & Output
Full System Remote control including Stand-by/Off
12V Trigger Output

USER REVIEWS

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[Jun 26, 2023]
mayo72218


Strength:

I'm not familiar with this product. It really is amazing and helpful to me. Vampire Survivors

Weakness:

I'm not familiar with this product.

Price Paid:
211
Purchased:
Used  
Model Year:
2023
OVERALL
RATING
5
[Jun 23, 2023]
Breana


Strength:

I love this product! Thanks Roofers in Cincinnati

Weakness:

none so far

OVERALL
RATING
5
[May 03, 2023]
Jones


Strength:

This feature along with our Patented PowerDrive and Soft Clipping technologies, combined with our rock solid amplifier section make for a performance which will rival any contender in its class.

OVERALL
RATING
5
[Feb 06, 2023]
powerless277


Strength:

o doubt this is the no.1 deck. Everything matches, functional & electrical. Not overdone but just enough to keep the reel to reel fan satisfied. Teac uses a 4mm diecast frontpanel as mainfunction for the rest of the chassis. This seems to be more than enough instead of their former models. Nashville On-Site Truck Repair

Weakness:

None . .

Purchased:
New  
OVERALL
RATING
5
[Jan 04, 2023]
ampva301


Strength:

Excellent tiny amp. This is superior to the Gainclones I constructed. It's a fantastic musical! | concrete repair near me

Weakness:

none for now

Purchased:
New  
OVERALL
RATING
5
[Dec 27, 2022]
alexchiriac


Strength:

As for NAD tradition, sound before fancy looks or features. Paired with quality speakers you won't find nothing for less than 1K to sound like it. The bass is similar to my VTL IT-85, the soundstage is open and the midrange balance is sweet enough to make this amp a musicality king. One of the greatest bargains on the used market nowdays.

Weakness:

Midrange grain is could be better when compared to my TA-5650 V-Fet, but that would have make it the perfect amplifier.

Purchased:
Used  
OVERALL
RATING
5
[Dec 08, 2019]
Vintage audios


Strength:

High Points • For a compact and almost militaristic looking piece of kit the C325BEE is surprisingly robust and solid in its build and feel. Everything about it screams ready to go to work yet it's as easy to use as Kleenex.• The C325BEE's sound is smooth and very composed. This is an integrated amp that doesn't extol its own virtues; it lets the artist do the talking without imparting too much of its own bias on the performance. It's rich, full midrange isn't tubby or overly accentuated though it is very seductive and one of the C325BEE's many strengths. • The C325BEE is quite good at the frequency extremes possessing a nimble, though not crazy airy, treble countered by a very solid, authoritative bass response. • Dynamically and spatially you'll be hard pressed to beat the C325BEE this side of spending a grand.

Weakness:

Low Points • The only thing keeping the C325BEE from a complete full service audiophile integrated is its lack of a built-in phono stage. You have to go up a couple of models in the NAD integrated line before you get one of those with admission.

Price Paid:
13000 INR
Purchased:
Used  
Model Year:
2015
OVERALL
RATING
5
[Sep 06, 2018]
big Willy


Strength:

This amp is an Untouchable value for the money; I've heard nothing under $1000 that sounds better than the 325/326BEE, and a lot of things above $1000 that sound worse. Stunning, absolutely unreal sound quality. Effortless bass response, utterly transparent mids and highs; zero granularity or nonlinearities at any output level. Undetectable levels of distortion at all frequencies and any volume, right up to clipping. Preamplifier is very good indeed, if you need more power and bypass the amps.

Weakness:

High idle power draw, unless switched into standby. No phono preamp. Brutally transparent, absolutely precise sound will expose any and all weaknesses in your signal chain: if your speakers don't sound good with this amp, it's the speakers. Your favorite rock radio station? Turns out to have a nasty EQ curve that you'll no longer be able to tolerate without hitting the tone controls. Advertised as MP/iPod friendly, it's exactly the opposite. Don't bother play anything short of LAME VBR0, but you should be exclusively on high resolution lossless, since you'll still be picking apart the mastering no matter how high resolution the recording. Great, now I have to buy the ENTIRE Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab back catalog...

OVERALL
RATING
5
[Aug 25, 2015]
Dan
Audio Enthusiast

Bought this second hand, after disappointment with new NAD D 3020 which to me sounded thin and lifeless. I am playing from laptop through HRT Music Streamer II DAC. First hooked it up to JPW Gold Monitors, which are bright speakers and it sounded awful, harsh and far too much treble. Then replaced with Wharfedale Diamond 9.0 (I have a Wharfedale SW-150 subwoofer ready to take on the bass), and the difference was dramatic. The sound was wonderfully warm and clear, full of air and soul. Bass was fast and clear (haven't even hooked up the sub yet). Played reggae, house, acoustic, folk, it all sounds lovely. Lesson: partnering equipment can make a big difference!

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
5
[Jun 07, 2010]
jonskitch
Audio Enthusiast

Nad 325 is a quite a special amp. Its characteristics derives from high end tube amps which I particular fancy. The Bass is the tightest I have herd in this price range leading up to $1500. Mid is very clean and open and treble has brilliant clarity and good dynamics; immensely detailed without being strident. Presentation is huge and very spacious. This amplifier is rated at 50w per channel but nonetheless many amps quoted at 100w ran out of gas when driving complex load but this wasn't the case with Nad. You would have to pay 5 times as much to better this. A must buy!!

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
5
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