The recent review on the NAD 7050 misses the point completely!!!
The whole point of this design is based on a pure digital concept (much like a power dac) where the optimimum sound is based around connecting digital alone in the purist sense.
You downgrade the NAD 7050 because it does not accept analogue devices - well this is entirely the point of the design!! No analogue can be accomodated in a design stripped down purely for digital music to be played at its very best! It does its amplification purely in the digital domain so cannot accept analogue in the conventional way - that was not its purpose! This device is "race tuned" for digital music only and NOT meant to accommodate analogue in the process of doing so!!! What are you guys like??
In addition you mention that you opened the box and see Class D amplification inside - I believe there is no Class D amplification whatsoever, being pure digital in concept.
Only the 3020 is class D - and compromises digital by being flexible and accepting analogue - the 7050 is stripped down for action in the digital domain only and I admire them for doing so!
The 3020 and 7050 are two different animals altogether so should not be compared side by side even though they may look similar - under the skin they are not!
This really was a poor review chaps - with no thought behind the 7050 concept whatsoever!!!
The whole point of this design is based on a pure digital concept (much like a power dac) where the optimimum sound is based around connecting digital alone in the purist sense.
You downgrade the NAD 7050 because it does not accept analogue devices - well this is entirely the point of the design!! No analogue can be accomodated in a design stripped down purely for digital music to be played at its very best! It does its amplification purely in the digital domain so cannot accept analogue in the conventional way - that was not its purpose! This device is "race tuned" for digital music only and NOT meant to accommodate analogue in the process of doing so!!! What are you guys like??
In addition you mention that you opened the box and see Class D amplification inside - I believe there is no Class D amplification whatsoever, being pure digital in concept.
Only the 3020 is class D - and compromises digital by being flexible and accepting analogue - the 7050 is stripped down for action in the digital domain only and I admire them for doing so!
The 3020 and 7050 are two different animals altogether so should not be compared side by side even though they may look similar - under the skin they are not!
This really was a poor review chaps - with no thought behind the 7050 concept whatsoever!!!