NAD C658 BLUOS Streaming PREAMP DAC Very Good Condition
- Condition: Used
- Price: 800.0 USD
- Status: 30T 22:24:30
- Item number: 126222786381
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- Item location: Coeur dAlene,ID,USA
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NAD C658 preamp. I purchased this about 8 months ago from Safe and Sound as a factory reconditioned unit. It works perfectly and is in like new condition. It includes all of the accessories and will ship in the factory box.This really is the swiss army knife of preamps. Dirac Live is amazing, and made a huge difference in my wife and sound challenged room. BluOs is really an audiophile friendly operating system. NAD Electronics C 658 BluOS Streaming DAC/Preamplifier FactoryRefurbishedThe NAD C 658 is a newkind of stereo component, one that at once changes preconceptions and opens newpossibilities for audio reproduction. You see, there has never before been acomponent offering such a rich palette of both new and proven technology. Boldstatements? Read on. Introducing the NAD C 658 Redefining the Architecture of Hi-Fi Playback As we move deeper intothe 21st Century the way music is distributed and enjoyed continues to evolveaway from physical media to streaming. It also has moved away from analogue todigital. The C 658 has incorporated these fundamental truths to create anentirely new type of component that combines a network streamer, a state-of-theart DAC, and many aspects of the traditional preamplifier into a single highlycost effective package. And thanks to NAD’s exclusive Modular DesignConstruction, it will keep pace with the latest technology, not yet introduced,but inevitably coming in the future. In fact, an optional HDMI 4K switchermodule is available now allowing the best sound from any of the many HDMIsources available (like game consoles and video STBs). While the C 658immediately replaces (or adds) your Streamer, DAC, and Preamp, it also addsmany new features you may not be aware of, like a Qualcomm aptX HD Bluetoothtransmitter to use with your wireless headphones. The highly flexible outputsallow for a true balanced connection to powered speakers or amplifiers.Single-ended connections for amplifiers and subwoofers are also provided andinclude an adjustable subwoofer crossover executed perfectly in the digitaldomain. A highly sophisticated MM Phono input is also included along with lineinputs for legacy analogue components. BluOS™ Enabled Also on board is BluOS,the most sophisticated high resolution streaming system available. BluOSnatively supports over 15 streaming music services and indexing of over 250,000tracks from local network sources. The C 658 becomes a node in the BluOSecosystem allowing high resolution network streaming to 64 zones and controloptions for iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac OS phones, tablets, and desk topdevices. BluOS also supports all major smart home controllers and is availablein a wide range of products making it easy to create a whole house audio systemwith the C 658 at its heart. Traditional NAD Performance and Value The C 658 is part of ourClassic Series of components which have an enviable reputation for giving musiclovers more enjoyment for less money. If you want a solid block of hand–craftedaluminum with gold plated accents you’ll need to look elsewhere. If you wantstate-of-the-art performance and features in a sturdy no-nonsense package thenyou have the right address. High Resolution in Every Detail Most NAD components havebeen High Res for 45 years with very wide bandwidth, low distortion, andultra-low noise. We just never had high resolution source material to play.With High Res digital recording and streaming, combined with advancedtechnology like MQA, record companies are opening their vaults and releasingStudio Master Quality recordings. MQA decoding is available on BluOS streamingcontent. The C 658 is pure high resolution from input to output and featuresthe latest generation ESS Sabre DAC, one of the best performing DACs on themarket today with its 115dB dynamic range and incredibly low jitter spec. Allpreamp functions are executed in the digital domain including the same widerange non-truncating digital volume control used in our Masters Seriescomponents. This offers an incredibly short analogue signal path that, ratheruniquely, is identical for all volume settings. Sophisticated active powersupplies provide super clean voltages to all circuits to keep noise anddistortion at the edge of measurability. Make the Speakers Disappear (It’s Not Magic) The C 658 is also thefirst NAD stereo component to feature Dirac Live room correction, the mostsophisticated and effective room correction available. Dirac corrects theimpulse response of your speakers, in addition to the frequency response ofyour room, for a truly transparent window into the musical performance. Whenthe room resonances are tamed and the transient response is corrected, theresult is magical. You have never heard your speakers sound this invisible orthis good! Master Quality Authenticated Master QualityAuthenticated (MQA) is a revolutionary end-to-end technology built into everyBluOS Enabled amplifier to capture and deliver MQA music to your speakers inthe purest quality. All BluOS Enabled players and systems include a powerfuldecoder and audio renderer for the millions of the MQA encoded songs, The MQAlogo shown in the BluOS app indicates that the unit is decoding and playing anMQA stream or file, and lets you know that you are hearing exactly what the artistrecorded and approved in the studio.
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