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Frustrated T762 owner

In Reply to: $1000 receiver dilemma: Marantz, NAD, Denon posted by pcalvin on January 21, 2003 at 21:25:19:

I have been a previous NAD 7100/2100 owner and was very plaesed with the quality of these components. They are still going strong after 10+ years.
Last year I started looking for a home theater receiver to replace my Yamaha DSP-E300. The logical choice for me was the (back then) soon to be released T762. It would keep me at about the same power levels and had all the new digital decoding. Well.....roughly six months later, I took delivery of one of the first in the batch to hit North America. After bringing it home and hooking it up - the noise emanating from it was more than my 10+ year old system (mostly digital type noise - clock noise). I took it back and was lucky enough to take the last one home from the dealer. The noise was less, but when a Dolby Digital track was playing, during a quieter passage, you could hear a whine and to a lesser degree, more clock noise. After confirming this on the dealer's T762, we set out to isolate the problem. Decoding in the DVD player and using the T762 7.1 input, it sounded fine. Although this was not the most scientific of tests, we determined that the DSP section had the problem. Also, the line outputs of both my Rotel cd and my T532 DVD/cd had a better sound through the unit than going straight digital into the T762. My email to NAD (the only one on their website) went unacknowledged. My dealer talked to his Rep. and is waiting on an answer. Although I am trying to give NAD the benefit of the doubt for now, anyone waiting for a T762 may want to wait or steer clear of this unit for now. I'm hoping that these issues get addressed. I hope I don't regret spending $1300 for the same noise levels I could have got for $500 at circuit city. I thought I was buying a quality receiver as good as the 7100. Get your act together NAD - don't disappoint me!
I don't have much experience with the others, but if Marantz is french, I wouldn't even consider it due to the current political situation. It's your money though.

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Topic - $1000 receiver dilemma: Marantz, NAD, Denon - pcalvin 21:25:19 01/21/03 (11)

Re: $1300 receiver dilemma: NAD - Frustrated T762 owner 06:17:52 03/03/03 (0)

Re: $1000 receiver dilemma: Marantz, NAD, Denon - Easy Listner 09:26:40 02/02/03 (0)

Re: $1000 receiver dilemma: Marantz, NAD, Denon - Easy Listner 08:49:23 01/26/03 (3)

Consider the Denon 3803 - Peter K 11:04:28 01/26/03 (2)

Re: Consider the Denon 3803 - Easy Listner 11:37:04 01/26/03 (1)

Re: Consider the Denon 3803 - carlton 17:30:59 02/03/03 (0)

Re: $1000 receiver dilemma: Marantz, NAD, Denon - emfoods 07:05:44 01/24/03 (0)

Re: $1000 receiver dilemma: Marantz, NAD, Denon - Peter K 10:28:43 01/23/03 (2)

Re: $1000 receiver dilemma: Marantz, NAD, Denon - Easy Listner 15:13:03 01/25/03 (1)

Re: $1000 receiver dilemma: Marantz, NAD, Denon - Peter K 08:04:30 01/26/03 (0)

Here's my $0.02 - bondmanp 12:03:24 01/22/03 (0)

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