Nad 160 amp

[karma67]

As some of you know i blew my sony 700es amp up b running 2 pair of ditton 44's through it,i dropped it ff today to be fixed.(fingers crossed).
In the meantime ive bought an old nad 160 as a stop gap,it comes from a time when they went by their full name,New Acoustic Dimensions,im picking it up in an hour so will post pics then.
Here's the same model on ebay,i paid £30 for mine,i think this sellers living in la la land!

[karma67]

hmm ive been listening to the for last 3 hrs and to be fair it sounds rather nice,given the age.

[karma67]

gave the switches and terminals a good clean last night.
http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj548/jamiecreig123/20150816_112551_zpswh69gnth.jpg

[Xapito]

Been lurking for this series for a long time - I was the original winning bidder for that unit but the seller refused to post it. I was realy pissed but I'm now at least glad it went to a fellow member! :)

[Macca]

A very classy lokking bit of kit, that. I take it that it doesn't give your Sony any sleepless nights?

[karma67]

It's not bad at all,i love the wooden surround,very well made and veneered in walnut.can't wait to get the Sony back though as it's no where near it Martin.

[karma67]

Been lurking for this series for a long time - I was the original winning bidder for that unit but the seller refused to post it. I was realy pissed but I'm now at least glad it went to a fellow member! :)

I'll let you know when I'm done with it,perhaps we can sort something out. :)

[Xapito]

Cheers, ta. :eyebrows:

[Idlewithnodrive]

I'll let you know when I'm done with it,perhaps we can sort something out. :)

Quality :)

[DSJR]

Great old amp I remember. Not a huge amount of bass control but makes up for it with boundless enthusiasm by the bucketload and a lovely 'musical' quality that at the time was most refreshing after the tight-arsed, over feedbacked and sterile sounding Jap amps of the period post 1975 IMO. lovely :)

I could be very wrong, but I have an idea that the Model 60 integrated sort-of morphed into the 3030, another well liked amp in traditional coal-black NAD livery, which pre-dated the famous 3020 and 3140 models. I'm afraid I don't know if the tuner section evolved into the equally good matching tuner (4020?). UK distribution changed a bit in the late 70's IIRC so dealers changed too.

[karma67]

i nearly bought the 3030 from the same lady owner,lovely vu meters but missed the end of the auction,she then offered me the 160.

[Xapito]

Yes I remember the 3030 aswell!