The NAD is dead! Long live the Marantz!

Well it’s official. My very fancy, very expensive NAD M2 is officially dead and unrepairable.

After oh, about 7 years, a fault on the main board has consigned my M2 to the recycling bin. The board was no longer available from NAD and the complexity and surface mount nature of the board means a component level repair was impossible.

This has been a salient lesson for me in the potential issues of pure digital amps.

I’m am making myself feel better by enjoying sounds on a Marantz PM-11S1 which
I picked up in minty condition for a very fair price.

It’s big, heavy, analog and makes the reassuring sound of clicking relays when I press buttons.

Going forward, DAC duties will be handled by something which won’t render me amp-less and crying over a massive financial loss if it goes tits-up.

If ever there was proof to me that something can be too clever for its own good, this was it.

Despite all that, it is good to be back chaps!

Do you want me to change that title to Marantz?

Good grief! Yes please! (thanks)

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Originally Posted by twelvebears

Well it’s official. My very fancy, very expensive NAD M2 is officially dead and unrepairable.

After oh, about 7 years, a fault on the main board has consigned my M2 to the recycling bin. The board was no longer available from NAD and the complexity and surface mount nature of the board means a component level repair was impossible.

This has been a salient lesson for me in the potential issues of pure digital amps.

I’m am making myself feel better by enjoying sounds on a Marantz PM-11S1 which
I picked up in minty condition for a very fair price.

It’s big, heavy, analog and makes the reassuring sound of clicking relays when I press buttons.

Going forward, DAC duties will be handled by something which won’t render me amp-less and crying over a massive financial loss if it goes tits-up.

If ever there was proof to me that something can be too clever for its own good, this was it.

Despite all that, it is good to be back chaps!

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I heard the NAD M2 a few years back and thought is sounded great. What a shame this has happened. Sometimes old technology comes up trumps.

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Originally Posted by twelvebears

Good grief! Yes please! (thanks)

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No sooner said than done! :)

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Originally Posted by twelvebears

Well it’s official. My very fancy, very expensive NAD M2 is officially dead and unrepairable.

After oh, about 7 years, a fault on the main board has consigned my M2 to the recycling bin. The board was no longer available from NAD and the complexity and surface mount nature of the board means a component level repair was impossible.

This has been a salient lesson for me in the potential issues of pure digital amps.

I’m am making myself feel better by enjoying sounds on a Marantz PM-11S1 which
I picked up in minty condition for a very fair price.

It’s big, heavy, analog and makes the reassuring sound of clicking relays when I press buttons.

Going forward, DAC duties will be handled by something which won’t render me amp-less and crying over a massive financial loss if it goes tits-up.

If ever there was proof to me that something can be too clever for its own good, this was it.

Despite all that, it is good to be back chaps!

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7years old and unrepairable :( that's rubbish and no mistake

The Marantz PM-11S1 looks like a pretty serious amplifier. https://www.audioholics.com/amplifie...nnections.html

You expect kettles and toasters to be disposable, but not a high end component from a company that ought to know better. NAD should have sorted you as a goodwill gesture.

When the Valhalla packed up on an LP12 I'd bought secondhand, Linn replaced it FOC, even though I wasn't the original purchaser, and the deck was waaay out of warranty.

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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

You expect kettles and toasters to be disposable, but not a high end component from a company that ought to know better. NAD should have sorted you as a goodwill gesture.

When the Valhalla packed up on an LP12 I'd bought secondhand, Linn replaced it FOC, even though I wasn't the original purchaser, and the deck was waaay out of warranty.

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Yep it’s very disappointing. I have written to the Lenbrook Group CEO expressing my feelings that flagship product is beyond repair after just 7 years of introduction.... I’m not holding my breath.

In the meantime the PM-11 is a bulletproof beauty which sounds great playing The B-52s - The B-52s on vinyl.

Oh well, I'll keep my fingers crossed. You never know.