Ooooh, Tasty

not keen on the name :green:

 

Is it the S300 redux, and will it sound as good? Lovely piece of equipment anyway.

 

Yes indeedy - the M series is the Silverline replacement. There's a universal disc player and surround amps and things too.

 

Looking at the rest of the pics on avland it looks quite different internally to the S300. There's a lot more stuff in there and on the back panel. Pre-outs are new. Interesting... Would like to hear one!

 

What does 'dual mono' mean (as opposed to stereo)? Is it an extra power transformer?

 

My understanding is you have two separate amps, with separate PSUs, in one box.

 

Looks very smart. Wouldn't mind a listen to one myself.

 

I'm sure it sounds great, but I'm not too sure about the looks.

I can't decide if I like/dislike the styling. A bit Kitchen appliance maybe.

Maybe it'd look better in the "flesh".

Any prices/specs etc?

 

It looks like a bose wave radio.

Still being nad I expect it sounds.

 

It's listed on the avland website - but no price yet.

It's not yet on the NAD website http://www.nadelectronics.com/

Specs (from http://www.avland.co.uk/nad/m3/m3.htm) are

NAD M3
2x 180W, 10Hz – 20kHz, with <0.03% THD, both channels driven into 8 or 4Ω.
Dynamic power of 220 watts at 8Ω, 400 watts at 4Ω, and 540 watts at 2Ω.
PowerDriveâ„¢
Dual stage high current/high voltage power supply
Dual Mono topology
Twin NAD Custom Made Holmgren transformers with proprietary shielding to eliminate EMF leakage
Ultra precise multi-stage electronic volume control using discreet resistors
7 inputs, including 1 balanced XLR
Tape/Zone 2 output (independent source selection, no volume control)
Speakers A + B with custom 5 way binding posts
Biamp mode with selectable 40, 60, 80, 100 Hz crossover frequency on Pre Out 1
Pre Out 2 allows for additional amplification or powered subwoofer
Main Amp input
Remote Bass and Treble controls with Spectral Tilt option
Remote Balance control with 0.5dB steps
Selectable Mono, Left, Right, and Stereo options
RS-232 interface for advanced custom installations
12V Trigger for advanced control options, 1 Out
3.5mm IR Control jacks, 1 In and 2 Out
Detachable AC cord
M3 System Remote Control
ZR 3 second zone remote

 

It's expected to hit the US market at USD 2999 list. The back panel says "Designed in Canada and made in China".

This site

http://www.audtek.com/whatsnew.htm#The new NAD Masters

has links to the spec sheets (.pdf) of all four Masters line components.

 

NAD have been manufacturing their gear in China for some years now. Certainly the C540 CDP was made there and the C320BEE/C521BEE are both made there. In fact, I'm sure some versions of the original 3020 were made in Taiwan.

 

Yes, but the Silver line was made in the US or Denmark

 

Didn't realise that. I recall reading and seeing some pics somewhere that the Silverline series had some commonalities with some gear manufactured by a Chinese company. Can't remember where I saw this, so unfortunately can't provide a link.

 

AMC. Out of this factory it was all the same except the front badge, puts nad into perspective a bit really, comet walla.

 

nsherin - the item you're thinking of was the similarity between the S300 and the Gryphon tabu century, which is the subject of a long thread of a while back on this forum (search for it). Gryphon are danish, however.

Manufacturing in china is no big deal these days. If you don't, you are unlikely to be competitive.

 

Garyi - a quick Google search turned this up - definately some similarities there

Thanks, Isaac - that's jogged my memory! I knew I'd read about it somewhere!

 

my S300 was made in Denmark, would like to hear the new one.

 

Unless you happen to have lost your job because of it!