Essentially, the new NAD C 700 delivers a "best-value" experience, similar to the Masters Series M10 BluOS Music Streaming Amplifier, designed for the streaming age. Housed in a compact and modern design, the C 700 was designed with a listener in mind who seeks an uncompromised listening experience with a focus on value. Inside the solid aluminum housing is a powerful HybridDigital UcD amplifier and BluOS Enabled network streamer. Using the intuitive BluOS app, the ability to cue music from a digital library, or stream from Internet radio and online services like Spotify, Amazon Music HD, Tidal, and Qobuz could not be easier.
Thanks to its elegant, minimalist design and premium materials, the C 700 will engage the most demanding of listeners — audibly as well as visually. The C 700 is housed in a solid aluminum case, with a smooth glass front panel and 5” high-definition color display that shows album artwork, track status, and system settings. Via the same color display, users are able to quickly adjust amplifier settings with the added benefit of having the ability to learn commands from any pre-existing remote control.
“The C 700 creates exceptional value for those seeking a modern and easy-to-use standalone music system,” comments Cas Oostvogel, NAD’s Product Manager. “Ever since NAD introduced the legendary 3020 integrated amplifier in 1978, the NAD brand has been renowned for value, performance, and innovation. With the C 700 BluOS Streaming Amplifier, NAD has completely updated that tradition for the streaming era.”
The highly efficient Hypex UcD amplifier design is renowned for ultra-low noise and distortion through the entire frequency range, regardless of the loudspeaker load. Employing NAD’s proven HybridDigital UcD amplifier technology, the C 700 can deliver 2x80 watts of continuous power and 2x120 watts of instantaneous power, for effortless music reproduction.
Like the M10, the C 700 has everything needed to play music, by just adding speakers. The BluOS app creates an intuitive way to select music from dozens of different streaming services, Internet radio, or to play music stored on an external drive connected to the C 700’s USB port. In addition to the audiophile grade speaker outputs, the C 700 has a subwoofer output jack, allowing users to setup a 2.1 or home theater speaker system. Convenient low and high-pass crossover settings in the BluOS app provide a seamless blend between the subwoofer and main speakers.
The C 700 has two pairs of RCA analog inputs, as well as coaxial and optical digital inputs, for connecting disc players, game consoles, media adapters, and other components. USB and digital inputs offer support for high-resolution audio up to 24-bit/192kHz sources. Talking about high-resolution audio, the C 700 is able to perform MQA decoding and rendering, and supports lossless and high-resolution streaming from Amazon Music HD, Deezer, Idagio, Qobuz, and Tidal. And two-way aptX HD Bluetooth provides a convenient way to listen to music through wireless headphones, and stream audio from any smart device. Not that they need to, since the C 700 offers support for Apple AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect, and Tidal Connect (all using Wi-Fi).
There’s also an HDMI eARC port for connecting a HDTV with HDMI ARC support. This allows the C 700’s volume setting to be adjusted from the TV’s remote. Through the intuitive BluOS Controller app for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows, users are able to configure and explore all the possibilities in smart home integration, making the C700 part of an extended BluOS multi-room streaming (up to 63 zones). Voice control also works via Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, and Google Assistant.
And NAD offers software tools that allow the C 700 to be integrated into smart home control systems from Control4, Crestron, Elan, RTI, and others. This allows control of music playback, along with other home systems like lighting, shades, HVAC, and security.
Important to remember that NAD introduced its updated Masters M10 V2 BluOS Streaming Amplifier in August 2021, which at US $2,749 features 100 watts per channel of nCore amplification and a 32-bit/384kHz ESS Sabre DAC, adds the capability to expand with Dolby Digital Surround decoding, and updated gain algorithms. In comparison, the C 700 suggested retail price is $1499 USD / €1499 EUR (there is also no Dirac Live room correction, like in the M10) and will ship globally in late October 2021.
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