Very smooth sounding

There really are none, just minor ergonomic things and I would like to have had a sleep timer.

I have been researching various products for my listening pleasure for my home office. I have a Marantz SR8000 and quite frankly the 5.1 sound does not compare to that of a solid 2 channel system. I also happen to like radio, so the convieniece of a tuner and an amp was nice - otherwise an integrated amp would be the way to go, but I did not want to spend that much money. I was debating between, NAD, YAMAHA, ROTEL, and DENON. They were all around the same price (except for the ROTEL) The sound wass very smooth and eventually won me over. By the way... as I was shopping for the NAD C-740 the cheapest I found it was $395 on the internet, but according to NAD, unless you buy it from an authorized dealer, the warranty is null and void. I have bought enough equipment in my time to appreciate the value of a local dealer who can handle an issues that may occur. the $60 difference in price wasn't worth purchasing on the internet.

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Yamaha RX-777, Marantz SR8000

Only strong models mentioned above.

By deductive reasoning, you can weed-out the weak models.

I own and repair NAD stuff, for 23 years. From a sound quality/longevity/ease-of-repair viewpoint, here are my favorite models: 3020, 3020A, 3020B, 3120. 3220PE,3225PE. 3400. 1600,1700.7220PE,7225PE. 7000,7400.502,512. 5000,5440.My system is NAD 7000, PSB Stratus Goldi, Marantz CD63SE. Other setups I've owned are different but not better. The PSBs are just stunning; this said by a former AR employee who had such lovely speakers, as AR90,AR58.Please enjoy your music, don't be swayed by advertising. Boston is blessed with lots of high-quality FM stations; get a good tuner, like NAD 4130, 4155, 4300. Good day

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Various Marantz, Rotel, Integra, Creek.

Sound for money, design, endurance (almost 20 years with my 7155 receiver) ATTENTION: The price mentioned (745) is the price in Euro's in the Netherlands

€ 92 for a NAD phono pre-amp yet to buy.

Was looking for a replacement for my near 20 yo NAD 7155 receiver. The volumecontrol of it, when turned, made more music than the music itself and both tuner and other sources became mono only. I was trickered by special offer of a C521I + C730. Whithout listening I took the set home, and disappointed I was. The C730 had no power at all. Like in a previous review here, which I hadnt read yet ofcourse, almost nothing happens when you turn the the volumecontrol from 9 o'clock to 12 o'clock. The sound was clean enough, which I like, but I had the feeling only the upper third of my speakers where working. I have floorstanding 3-way Accoustic Research. After searching through some reviews I took the C730 back to the dealer and had him hook up the C730 and the C740 in the listeningroom and started to compair. I brought thee CD's: Baroq harpsichord, a light single instrument work, 5th of Mahler, very massive orchestral music with large peaks and vocal pop music (Fleedwood Mac). Harpsicord was equal fine on both the C730 and C740, clean, refined sound as if the instrument was in the room with you. Fleedwoord Mac was a much bigger difference, it was much richer on the C740 and it came out of the speakers, how can I say: with much more ease. Mahler showed the biggest difference, the C730 just didnt cut it at all! I missed complete instrument sections in it. The C740 did a very nice job indeed, it could handle the enormous peaks in this musicpeace, especially on lower, or normal listening volumes, yet it had power enough handle the music at greater volumes. I must say that the C740 is powerwise about the same as my old 7155. Maybe Ill hook up both the C740 and the 7155 someday and start mixing them. Feeding the pre-amp signal of the one to the other and vica versa. Other remarks on the C740 and NAD in general: Great looks, keep it simple. Great tuner, always had. Bad marketing for mainstream public, hehe, keep it that way. Im a happy listener again!

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NAD 7155 (20 yo receiver) NAD C521I (bought at the same time)

Value Value Value! More power than meets the spec sheet

Remote No light on volume knob to indicate how high the volume really is when using said remote No pre-amped phono (I like my vinyl)

WOW!! I'm very pleased with the sound quality from the "small" output of the NAD C740. I demo'd the amp using a Denon CD player (Model Unknown)to choose the speakers to replace my aging Paradigm Phantom (old ones, not the new floor standing) Anyway, the amp out preformed amps in the demo room that had 3 to 4 times the power output and cost 2 to 3 times as much. The amp currently powers a pair of Mission 773E's and provides signal via the pre-outs to an energy EXLS-10 sub (whicb, by the way, is a tad slow for the 5 1/4" Mission's) The sound is amazing. All I can say is, if you want a music system while saving money, look at the C740.

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Yamaha, Denon, Marantz, Sony, JVC

Tonal quality Bass response Clarity Runs cool

None I can think of If there are any I haven''t found them

I bought this receiver on the reviews on Audioreview.com and I could not be happier. This was a replacement for my Marantz SR400 reciever. The bass response in the Marantz just was not there even going through the sub output. I hooked this NAD from the pre-amp main out to the main in of the sub and then back in to NAD. All of the sudden the was bass and more so, clarity! I am using a set of Home Theater Direct Level 3 speakers from HomeTheaterDirect.com and listen to all types of music from Classical to Jazz to Disco. This receiver really makes the sound come alive. The sound stage is more pronounced than other receivers.

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Marantz SR400 Pioneer Onkyo mini system

Clean, clear, powerful sound. No nonsense controls. Superb stereo imaging.

No select memory for functions...ie, must push cd button each time you turn power off/on. No phono pre-amp!

I listen to a variety of types of music for HOURS a day, and when I set out to replace my twenty-something year old receiver, I wasn't looking for all the bells and whistles most modern receivers carry. I wanted a solid, reliable system that could produce a clear, clean stereo image. From the second I heard to the C-740 in the listening room, I knew it was special. (I'd been comparing it to a Yamaha and and Onkyo in a similar price range, don't recall the models.)I was, at first, taken aback by the low power rating, but the Yamaha I was comparing it to was rated at twice the power of the NAD, and the NAD blew its socks off. (If a receiver could have socks!) When I got home and wired the system up (which, by the way, was a cinch) I could not believe the improvement in sound over my old Kenwood which I revered. (I had paid $350. for it in 197?) Although the Kenwood was rated at (I think) 80 watts, the NAD had much more punch, and brought out midrange I had never heard in some recordings. In the past month of ownership, listening to my 100s of cds and lps has been a complete joy. (It feels like BB King, Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Bono, Gilian Welch, Natalie Nerchant, and Richard Thompson have moved right in!) The tuner, though used much less often, is also first class, picking up stations I just couldn't get with the Kenwood. I love the .25 increments, which makes all the difference in receiving some stations. The blend function, which is a combo of stereo and mono, is also great on fringe stations. I would advise anyone who uses their receiver primarily for music listening to go listen to an NAD C-740.

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Old Kenwood receiver.

This is an extremely silent, natural, and warm toned receiver that may be a bit too laid back for those who like treble pizzaz in their music. This receiver replaced an ailing mid 80's 100 watt JVC integrated amp and out of the box I immediately noticed that the C740 ran cooler, was extremely silent (no hiss at all unless the volume is set to unrealistic levels), and highly detailed particulary the bass! If I didn't know about the power ratings, I would have thought it to be more powerful than 100 watts. The tuner is excellent. Some collegues of mine actually mistook the FM sound for CD. The remote is truely creative being of asymmetric shape with geometrified buttons.
The ISC circuitry and low speaker impedence handling is great, letting you get creative with your setups. Such as in with a sub-sat pair where you can connect the sub-woofer and satellite in parrellel to get a lower impedence that the receiver will adjust to allowing you have get more power and improved sound by not running the satellite through the sub's crossover.

After breaking it in from regular daily usage of about a month and tweaking it by shorting any unused inputs and replacing the cheezy u-plug from pre-out to main-in on the back, the treble began to become more forward and I ended up enjoying the first step to audiophilia. From a college budget, at a price of $400 it get's a 4. Could have gotten a five if it had a torroid transformer and RDS.

outstanding dynamic range, very linear amplification, very clean sound, two tape loops, great tuner

no phono stage (not a issue for me), remote is not universal

IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING A NICE STEREO AMP FOR MUSIC ONLY THIS IS IT!!!

This receiver offers sound quality of $1000 worth of (tuner+preamp+amp) One of my friends (heart surgeon $$$$) has a Krell system with Vandy speakers that cost 6 times as much as my system. He was astounded with the sound quality paired with my B&W 601s2 speakers.

I had an old pioneer amp in my back room that was over 15 years old. Back in the old days (80s) there was the cheap stuff and the very good stuff and no inbetween. So being a poor college student I could only afford a old pair of mission speakers and pioneer amp. This amp has a crude remote and it is not time to replace it. (I already have a Home theater room with sony ES and NHT).

Any way I have spent some time listening to the usual suspects and here are my impressions:

-Onkyo 8211/8511 outstanding value, very good sound for very cheap money. spring clips speaker terminals are cheap but also the build quality is not that great (what do you expect for $200) If you only have 2 hundred bucks buy it BUT if you can save a little more buy the NAD c740.

-HK 3470 disapointed me, looks prettier than the onkyo, has binding posts (whopy do), programable remote. But the sound is a severe downgrade from the Onkyo you can hear the difference in lower dynamic range.

- Denon 775rd lousy value, sound is as good as the onkyo but also as plain looking, limited audio inputs, I do not trust denon quality anymore. But for the price of this animal you can buy the NAD c740...no brainer go with the nad

My system:
NAD c740
Pioneer elite 301 cd changer
Pioneer 739 dual cd recorder
Pioneer elite dual tape deck
B&W 601s2 speakers
12ga, twisted pair, belden 8718 cable
Terk amplified FM ant

Just remember NAD C-740 fantastic sound, great tuner, two speaker sets, 2 tape loops (one for your tape deck and one for your CD-R). OHH by the way the 40W per channel is 40W of pure beautiful music and will blow away cheap 100W sonys, Jvcs or kenwoods.

Shop around on the net you can find the NAD C740 for under $400 nowdays.

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onkyo 8511, HK 3470 and denon 775rd

Great sound

None

I replaced all of my old components, one at at a time, starting with the C740 receiver. Right away, the difference in sound was startling. Highs were high, bass was deep. Vocals and midrange are natural.

Don't let the low power specs deter you. C740 seems to have more power than my old Kenwood amp that was rated at 120 w x 2. This thing rocks. I'm rediscovering my old CDs that previously sounded flat and unlistenable on my old amp. I was planning to spend a lot more money on a receiver, but I think the NAD C740 is better than receivers costing a whole lot more.

I want to clarify that my comments on the better sound are based on simply upgrading to the C740 receiver. Adding in the other NAD components and Paradigm speakers made another big leap in sound quality.

C740 FM reception is good, too, especially if you have a powered FM antenna.

My new system is:
NAD C740 receiver
NAD C541 CD player
NAD T550 DVD player
Paradigm Reference Studio 20 speakers
Paradigm PDR-10 subwoofer

Next, I'm going to get a turntable but you need to buy a separate phono stage.

C740 is a good receiver compared to others at any price. NAD components are the way to go. If you want a great 2 channel stereo receiver instead of 2 channel stereo separate components (amp/preamp/tuner), C740 is the receiver to buy.

Clean, much clarity, depth

Remote?!?!

Out of the box - very impressed. Purchased Mission 701's last year to replace aging Yamaha NS-670's being driven by NAD 7225PE receiver. Not impressed - so picked up Mission 774's. (Want to guess where son number two works?). Better - but missing clarity, still muddy.

Decided to upgrade receiver to NAD 740 after reading many reviews - (Live in expert strongly recommended Denon DRA-685.) Must say I'm really impressed with 740. Both 701's and 774's crystal clear, with terrific depth and increase in mid-range voices - but value in upgrade to 744's now truely appreciated.

Simple "industrial" styling appeals to me - the Denon just looked at little too "consumer".

However, what where these guys thinking with the remote!? My Palm Pilot makes a better remote!! Not a big deal though, and I knew about it before I bought - thanks to other reviews.

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Yamaha, NAD 7225