Revo rocket reviews9/17/2023 ![]() Rather wilful font aside, it’s an excellent interface that covers every eventuality in some style, from integrating your favourite music streaming service(s) and internet radio stations to setting volume limits and other minutiae. The NAD is part of the BluOS ecosystem, and so is compatible with the almost entirely admirable BluOS control app. On the front panel, meanwhile, there’s a 6.3mm socket for use with headphones. All digital inputs, whether wired or wireless, lead to a 24-bit/192kHz DAC, with support for numerous file types including FLAC and MQA. Wireless connectivity is possible via Bluetooth (5.0 with up to aptX HD codec compatibility) and Wi-Fi – the NAD’s rear panel is fairly bristling with wireless antennae. There is a pre-out for a subwoofer and another pair for use with a power amplifier. ![]() Beyond the two sets of loudspeaker cable binding posts, physical connectivity consists of a moving-magnet phono stage, a line-level analogue input, optical and coaxial digital inputs, an Ethernet input, a USB slot and an HDMI eARC socket. The suite of connectivity that’s on offer here makes the case for the C3050 LE as a paradigm of modernity even more forcefully. It’s able to drive two pairs of speakers simultaneously if you so desire – a rotary dial on the fascia takes care of business. NAD is quoting a power output of 100 watts here, into both 4 and 8ohm loads. At this stage of the game, Class D has nothing to prove. There was a time Class D was derided as a triumph of affordability and space-efficiency over audio performance – but that was back in the day. It might try its hardest to look like a throwback, but its specification is ideal for Q1 of the 21st century.įor starters, this is a Class D amplifier – none of your last-century Class A inefficiency. When it comes to features, the NAD C3050 LE’s subterfuge doesn’t last. ![]() Numerous inputs, from phono stage to HDMI eARC.As long as you don’t look too closely at some of the functions of the fascia buttons, though, and you don’t look at the back panel at all… Features So the C3050 LE looks just the ticket if you want to set your watch back 50 years. It’s a shame the remote control that accompanies the amplifier isn’t a similar sort of throwback – but given that a) this amp isn’t built in any kind of quantity, and b) most of the handset’s functions can be taken care of by the BluOS control app, I guess it wouldn’t have made a whole lot of economic sense to design a ‘back in the day’ remote control too. It may be loudspeakers that are at the forefront of the current trend for ‘modern retro’ hi-fi, but these numerous vintage touches elevate the C3050 LE well beyond mere pastiche. Image Credit (Trusted Reviews)Īs well as illuminated VU meters, the fascia also also features more buttons and rotary dials than have graced the front of an integrated amplifier for many years – and the words ‘New Acoustic Dimension’ and stereophonic also feature. And where it’s not wood, it’s partially VU meters – another nod to ‘The Old Times’ and exactly the sort of feature I’m ready to see make a proper comeback. So the C3050 LE features an awful lot of actual, genuine wood in its casework. ![]() Before then, NAD did what an awful lot of hi-fi companies used to do: try to disguise its boxes of electronics as furniture. That design decision wasn’t taken until later in the 70s and only became ubiquitous with the 1979 launch of the legendary 3020 integrated amplifier. ![]() Features of Abu Garcia Revo Rocket Spinning Reel, 30, 7.Despite what you may have thought (and it’s certainly contrary to what I used to think until very recently), NAD products weren’t always battleship grey in colour. ![]()
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