NAD C350 2-Channel Amplifier

Pros: Excellent sound; powerful (55 amps powerful)
Cons: Ugly - you like grey?

Replacing the old C3 40, this new and shorter C350 from NAD comes ...

Pros: Very detailed, large dynamic range, nice layout.
Cons: Ugly, can be bright, no phono stage.

Following the company's tradition of excellent bargain integrated amplifiers, most notably the 3020BEE, the NAD C350 is an excellent deal on the used market (Its successor is the new C352). The first thing that must be described is the layout of the ...

Pros: You can't beat NAD for value.
Cons: Buttons are too small and letter is too hard to read.

I have had my NAD 350 amp for five years now. It replaced a Sony receiver that was rated at 80 watts per channel. My speakers are a pair of Polk LS 120 studio monitors, which are huge and require a lot of power. The Sony was never able to drive them ...

Pros: Low cost amp for top-end speakers.
Cons: Lacks phono preamp.

This is the first amp I've had (of about twenty, over 35 years) that has no perceptible noise or distortion.
I think it looks quite elegant, avoiding the many garish visual effects found on current equipment. The control labels are just visible, and are simple to understand. The back panel is well designed, and the binding posts are good both for cheap wire and expensive cable. The amp drives my original Quad ESL speakers, which few affordable amps can do without failure (I tried two others amps that died, an old Pioneer and an old Hitachi). The NAD C350 also sounds decent with my Quad ESL, which few amps do. It unfortunately lacks a phono preamp.