Nad t747

[k2208]

I strongly encourage anyone in the market for a new AV receiver to check out the NAD T747. It is on sale at Crutchfield for $599 from its regular price of $1299. I got mine on Wednesday and I am blown away by this thing. The power rating of 60/wpc is vey modest to say the least. That is with all 7 channels driven at 0.1% thd.

I am replacing a Pioneer Elite VSX-80TXV which is a fine receiver in its own right, the NAD is just on another level!

If anyone has any questions feel free to fire away, I will do my best to answer them.

[MrBoylan]

I strongly encourage anyone in the market for a new AV receiver to check out the NAD T747. It is on sale at Crutchfield for $599 from its regular price of $1299. I got mine on Wednesday and I am blown away by this thing. The power rating of 60/wpc is vey modest to say the least. That is with all 7 channels driven at 0.1% thd.

I am replacing a Pioneer Elite VSX-80TXV which is a fine receiver in its own right, the NAD is just on another level!

If anyone has any questions feel free to fire away, I will do my best to answer them.

I've always liked the NAD gear. The only potential issue with the T747 is since its HDMI inputs are version 1.3a, it does not support 3D passthrough, and it cannot be upgraded to do so. If you want to use this receiver in a 3D-enabled home theater system, you'll need to get a Blu-ray 3D player with dual HDMI outputs (there are a couple of Samsung and Panasonic models with this feature) so you can use one HDMI cable for audio and the other (directly connected to the display) for 3D video. Similar if you want to route a cable or satellite box through this receiver and watch any 3D content, you'll need to use fiberoptic or coax digital audio cables for the sound and plug the set top box directly into your TV. The NAD can't pass-through the 3D EDID codes during the HDMI handshake so it will not allow a 3D source component to enter 3D mode if the T747 is in the middle.

If you don't care about 3D, then I'm sure this is an excellent receiver.

-CB

[k2208]

Chris,

I am not a fan of 3D at all, so this works out for me no problem. I was thinking about getting a HDMI splitter soon so the NAD does not touch video at all, one HDMI to my TV and one to the NAD for sound. Currently I only have my Blu-ray through it and it works just fine, but there is a little issue with switching between 24hz and 60hz. 24hz works great for my Blu-ray, but does not play well in the sandbox with my Sat and Apple TV. So I just connected those 2 via optical for now. Unfortunately you can only tell the receiver 24 or 60 and that goes for all video components that are connected, not able to set it for each HDMI connection.

The sound quality trumps those issues though. If you are looking for a AV receiver to pump out the sound, and are not in need of all the latest and greatest features, this receiver is a perfect fit. For $599 shipped it is tough to beat!

Kirk