Hi all,
My first post so please be gentle!
Have bought the 2 above mentioned amps, i. e. NAD C352 & Rotel RA-04SE. Have hooked them into my CDP (Arcam Alpha 7SE) and speakers (Acoustic Energy 3) and tried to compare. Spent last night listening to several different CDs - I'd listen to say 30secs of a song using the NAD then quickly swap wires over and listen to same piece again on Rotel amp and listen for similarities/differences. Trouble is I couldn't hear a difference, although I was expecting to, e.g. thought Rotel would be brighter but it wasn't. Am I missing somewthing, or are they actually that well matched? I thought perhaps the CDP might be limiting the differences - would a different CDP reveal some differences?
So, anyone else listened to/compared these 2 amps. What do you think? Which would you keep, should I keep? The NAD has a remote and more power - does that swing it?
Any thoughts suggestions greatly appreciated - cheers!
My first post so please be gentle!
Have bought the 2 above mentioned amps, i. e. NAD C352 & Rotel RA-04SE. Have hooked them into my CDP (Arcam Alpha 7SE) and speakers (Acoustic Energy 3) and tried to compare. Spent last night listening to several different CDs - I'd listen to say 30secs of a song using the NAD then quickly swap wires over and listen to same piece again on Rotel amp and listen for similarities/differences. Trouble is I couldn't hear a difference, although I was expecting to, e.g. thought Rotel would be brighter but it wasn't. Am I missing somewthing, or are they actually that well matched? I thought perhaps the CDP might be limiting the differences - would a different CDP reveal some differences?
So, anyone else listened to/compared these 2 amps. What do you think? Which would you keep, should I keep? The NAD has a remote and more power - does that swing it?
Any thoughts suggestions greatly appreciated - cheers!