THE CURRENT STATE OF THE STATE OF THE ART.
The new NAD Monitor Series CD player combines the latest in state-of-the-art technology with an assortment of elegantly useful features you won't find on any other machine.
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To review the latest developments in compact disc technology, all you have to do is look at the new 5300 Monitor Series CD player from NAD. You'll find eleven regulated power supplies, four times oversampling, a three-beam laser pickup, 95 point digital filtering, dual 16-bit digital-to-analog converters . . . all the right numbers in all the right places.
But like many things in this non-digital world we live in, numbers are only part of the story. As with all our Monitor Series components, we've designed the 5300 to deliver the best possible audible performance under real-life circumstances. To do that we combined leading-edge technology and an assortment of "human engineering" features you won't find on any other machine.
The process took over three years, and involved a thousand thoughtful, careful and (we think) correct design decisions.
A very few examples . . .
The 5300 uses an accurate three-beam laser pickup and operates with four times oversampling and full 16-bit precision. A ninety-five point digital filtering system suppresses spurious sidebands, resulting in complete freedom from filter coloration.
Separate transformer windings are used to power the digital and analog sections of the 5300. Every supply is individually controlled, resulting in a total of eleven separately regulated power supplies (seven positive, four negative).
Two ultra high performance 16-bit digital-to-analog converters are used to completely eliminate inter-channel phase error.
Two disc error displays indicate the occurrence of correctable and non-correctable errors on your compact discs. This system allows users to evaluate technically flawed discs.
A unique processing circuit that controls the dynamic range is included for those times when you want to listen to compact discs as background music. The same circuit reduces the distortion caused by tape saturation when making cassette copies of CDs.
Many albums that have been re-issued on CD have a harsh, sterile sound. The 5300 has a special circuit that boosts the subdued ambience information in these recordings, thus producing a richer, easier, more three-dimensional sound.
Most wireless remotes control volume with an electronic system that adds audible
noise to the music. The 5300's high-performance remote actually controls a
small motor that changes the volume, without adding noise.
In short, what makes the 5300 CD player unique is a long story. If you'd like to read it, write for our Monitor Series brochure. Or visit your authorized NAD dealer-and hear the result of a thousand design decisions, correctly made.
The Monitor Series From NAD.
( Audio magazine, Feb. 1988)
Also see:
NAD 7130 Digital AM/FM Stereo Receiver (ad, May 1985)
NAD 6300 Monitor Series cassette deck (ad, Jan. 1988)
Onkyo DX-300 Compact Disc Player (Sept. 1984)
Revox B226 CD player (Apr. 1987)
NEC Compact Disc players (Jan. 1986)
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