Posted by draggcj (66.66.60.104) on January 01, 2004 at 12:48:51:
$275 plus shipping, double boxed-remore-manual
GREAT match for smaller Maggies in a smaller room.
i believe its 90 watts per channel into 4 ohms
detailed specs found below, from NAD website
email me with questions
Features:
The C350 is fully remote controlled and comes supplied with the NAD C Series system remote control. Because the C350 also has NAD Link, its remote control also will operate many other NAD products such as CD players, tuners, and cassette decks.
Flexibility is another strong point. The C350 has 7 line inputs (including 2 tape in/outputs with dubbing facility) and the pre-amplifier section can be separated from the power amplifier for easy upgrades or adding ancillary equipment. So the C350 can be expanded to meet future system needs. The C350 sports 2 pre-amp outputs: Many systems benefit from the use of multiple power amplifiers for "Bi-Amping" (using separate power amplifiers to drive the bass and treble section of a loudspeaker). With the second Pre-out facility, an extra power amplifier, such as our C270, which has identical gain for convenient biamping, is easy to connect.
For remote on/off switching of ancillary components in a system, such as power amplifiers or active speakers, the C350 is equipped with a 12V-trigger system. When switching the amplifier on, the 12V-trigger output is also activated which in turn can activate a 12V-trigger input and switch on the remote devices. Besides the 12V-trigger, the C350 also has an AC switched outlet (North American version only) so you can easily switch your entire system on or off with the remote control or from the front panel.
It is fashionable to omit tone controls nowadays, but provided that they are properly designed, they can be really useful tools in making improvements to the overall sound. The C350 tone controls only work at the frequency extremes leaving the critical mid-band essentially unaltered. The tone control circuits can be completely bypassed by using the tone defeat switch. The C350 also incorporates NAD's acclaimed switchable "Soft Clipping" circuit, which significantly reduces the risk of damage to loudspeakers due to prolonged high power operation.
Design: Impedance Sensing Circuit (ISC):
The C350 also benefits from NAD's proprietary Impedance Sensing Circuit (ISC) topology, now well established and used throughout the NAD product range notably in the highly reviewed models such as the C320 and C340. The ISC topology allows the C350 to deliver maximum performance under virtually any circumstance, independent of the loudspeakers it is driving. The circuitry automatically recognises the impedance characteristics of the loud-speaker and will then adjust its power supply settings to best cope with that specific load. This also gives it an unusual characteristic compared to traditional amplifiers when measuring its continuous output power; the RMS output power remains the same at 60 Watts with either an eight or four ohms load. This is not unusual for NAD however.
We have always taken exception to mindless "brochure power" specifications, which don't give a realistic indication of an amplifier's true capabilities. Instead, the ISC topology is a practical approach to enable an amplifier to easily deal with dynamics and difficult loads. More meaningful are the C350's dynamic capabilities; up to 240 Watts into 2 ohms and up to 55 amps peak current capability!
Other design features include relay input switching (located right behind the input sockets for short signal paths) and the large Toroidal transformer (less mechanical hum and stray magnetic field). The generous power supply and over-specified output devices further lead to low noise and low distortion for the entire amplifier. Like all the other in- and output sockets, the Pre-out/ Main-in sockets are gold plated for long-term contact reliability. The headphone socket will drive virtually any non-electrostatic headphone.
The C350, with its solid power, sparkling clarity and musical detail, and unusual flexibility, is a satisfying choice for anyone interested in a top performance-to-price ratio.
C350 Specs
Continuous average power output into 8 ohms 1 60W (17.8dBW)
Rated distortion (THD 20Hz-20kHz) 0.03%
Clipping power (maximum continuous power per channel): 70W(18.5dBW)
IHF dynamic headroom at 8 ohms 3.5dB
IHF dynamic power (max short term power/channel)
8 ohms 135W (21.3dBW)
4 ohms 190W (22.8dBW)
2 ohms 240W (23.8dBW)
Damping factor (ref 8 ohms 50 Hz) >150
Voltage gain 29dB
Frequency response 20Hz-20kHz ±0.3dB
3Hz/70kHz -3dB
Signal/noise ratio A weighted ref. 1W >96dB
A weighted ref. rated power >/114dB
Overall, Line In, Speaker out:
Sensitivity; max vol. re. rated power 250mV
Signal/Noise ratio; ref 1W >96dB
Signal/Noise ratio; ref rated power >114dB
THD from 0.25W to rated power <0.03%