NAD C320BEE Integrated
Amplifier: GoodSound!’s Product of the Year for 2005
 Budget-minded audiophiles
all over the world know about the NAD C320BEE integrated amplifier -- it’s the
worst-kept secret in affordable audio. Rated conservatively at 50Wpc and retailing for
$399 USD, the C320BEE easily competes with other units rated at twice that power output
and costing a whole lot more.
Though the C320BEE’s styling is plain and its frills
are few, it’s an integrated amplifier anyone could love -- for its dependability, its
consistency, and its continual eagerness to please. In my November 2005 review, I
concluded that "The C320BEE epitomizes the entry-level audiophile component: Unlike
with Honda’s Civic, there is no equivalent of Toyota’s Corolla to compete with
it in its category. The NAD’s level of performance for $399 makes it one of a
kind."
Buy the BEE with pride. Whatever features NAD may have
omitted will soon be forgotten in favor of what this amplifier delivers to its owner:
pure, unadulterated fun. And that makes it a perfect choice for GoodSound!’s
Product of the Year for 2005.
Read
the full review.
…Jeff Stockton
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