Shivam
Well-Known Member
I got delivery of a NAD C565 BEE cd player yesterday. It's a demo piece and looks like new. Being a demo piece no running in period was needed and so I immediately got down to enjoying this gem.
I started with Madonna's La Isla Bonita on a universal remastered cd. The first impression was a very detailed, varied and tight mid bass. Not over-bloated, loose or overly tight but exactly as it should be. As the song played on, I was able to visualize a vast soundstage spreading in three dimensions and dead spaces in between some of the instruments.
After hearing this I thought of enjoying more of these capabilities of the C565. I took out a 2L sampler cd containing some very good masterpieces. The low bass region too was very engaging and cellos and low piano notes were excellent. Next was Cowboy Junkies' The Trinity Session disc and the track was 'We are miners'. This album was recorded in the Trinity church and the cd player presented a very good soundstage. The acoustics of the church could be heard and the famous rumble of the air-conditioners from the church also filled my room. C565 got full points in my books for this.
Next I played a XRCD of Bob Marley and I got so lost in the music that I forgot to appreciate the finer points. This itself is a good point in favour of C565. I used to get the same musical experience from a Musical Fidelity A3.5 player and a M1 Clic's DAC.
I have not tried the DAC capabilities of this player which is one of the biggest value additions to this model by NAD.
I tried this with NAD C375BEE integrated amp and Wharfedale 10.7 speakers. Power cords by Supra, Zephyr power conditioner, Interconnects by QED, Monster speaker cable and an acoustically nice room with a really large mug of beer !!! (the last part came in after I had started the Bob Marley disc and maybe one of the reasons why I lost track of details
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I started with Madonna's La Isla Bonita on a universal remastered cd. The first impression was a very detailed, varied and tight mid bass. Not over-bloated, loose or overly tight but exactly as it should be. As the song played on, I was able to visualize a vast soundstage spreading in three dimensions and dead spaces in between some of the instruments.
After hearing this I thought of enjoying more of these capabilities of the C565. I took out a 2L sampler cd containing some very good masterpieces. The low bass region too was very engaging and cellos and low piano notes were excellent. Next was Cowboy Junkies' The Trinity Session disc and the track was 'We are miners'. This album was recorded in the Trinity church and the cd player presented a very good soundstage. The acoustics of the church could be heard and the famous rumble of the air-conditioners from the church also filled my room. C565 got full points in my books for this.
Next I played a XRCD of Bob Marley and I got so lost in the music that I forgot to appreciate the finer points. This itself is a good point in favour of C565. I used to get the same musical experience from a Musical Fidelity A3.5 player and a M1 Clic's DAC.
I have not tried the DAC capabilities of this player which is one of the biggest value additions to this model by NAD.
I tried this with NAD C375BEE integrated amp and Wharfedale 10.7 speakers. Power cords by Supra, Zephyr power conditioner, Interconnects by QED, Monster speaker cable and an acoustically nice room with a really large mug of beer !!! (the last part came in after I had started the Bob Marley disc and maybe one of the reasons why I lost track of details
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