Hi Richard, I can tell you my first impresions with NAD 542 cd player. Conected with Rotel rx-1052, kef-iq-5,qed intercon.,& qed silv. ann.bi-wired cables. This is excellent sounding cd player,with good price,quality. Was thinking about Musical Fidelity A-5, Naim, but decided to buy 542. Much more resonable price for hi-end component, recomended. Good luck!!!
Currently own C542 cd with NAD C352 amp and epos m12.2 speakers. Have had no problems with the c542 and would happily recommend it to anyone looking for a new cd player.
well i did a a-b test with the nad c521 BEE and the marantz cd5400 the nad won but you need to know that both of them have a colored sound nice stage for the price in the nad a bit skippy on bad cd's the marantz nice low mid but eq'ed on the high's in a bad way hope this helps in any way
Nad amp C352 - C572 links from pre out to speaker inputs - Found these links to be poor conductors. Change with good inter connects and let us know if you notice the differance?.