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    Nord NC500 Monoblock Power Amplifiers

    Thanks for that post, Coll. Actually I'm old enough to remember not just the introduction of CD but the introduction of stereo - but not the time when everyone thought the earth was flat!
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    Nord NC500 Monoblock Power Amplifiers

    No, I'm not making an assumption about whether the Atsah or the Nord (in alphabetical order) is better. In post 32 I included the words "or not" to try to avoid suggesting that a particular one might be better. In my post above I've suggested that the small differences might add up but I...
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    Nord NC500 Monoblock Power Amplifiers

    Even if the components are the same, not everything else is - case, feet, wiring, inputs, speaker outputs, internal layout, they'll all make a small difference and in total it may amount to a bigger one. Reminds me of the very early days of CD, when all players were said to sound the same, and...
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    Nord NC500 Monoblock Power Amplifiers

    Coll, it must have been infuriating hoping to listen to the amps over last weekend and finding they were touring the country! It would be really interesting to know how the sound of the Nords compares with the Atsahs and other class D amps of various kinds in this sort of price-range - but...