NAD C370 + B&W 704

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I'm going to give the B&W speakers a listen this weekend. My amplifier is a NAD C370 (4+ years old). I'm wondering if I would be short changing the speakers by powering them with this amp. I think the amp has enough power at 120 watts but I'm slightly worried that a big set of floor standers such as these won't perform to their potential with it.

What do the experts think?

 

[Anonymous]

Dunno about the experts, but I had a pair of 704s for a while - running them off an Arcam A85. The B&Ws don't seem all that difficult to drive (the NAD should have no trouble) but I found that the combination was on the blunt side. There was a definite lack of sparkle and the bass, while plentiful, wasn't that well defined. I'd expect the C370 to tighten up the low end but you may find this combination will hammer music into submission rather than give it a leg-up.

 

[nads]

So what happened?

just interested as i went a bit further.