NAD Introduces Integrated DVD/CD Surround Sound Receiver

Compact Home Theatre System For Smaller Spaces Offers NAD Audio And Video Quality In One Simple And Stylish Component

3-Feb-03

NAD, the highly regarded manufacturer of high-performance audio components, introduced the L 70 DVD/CD Surround Sound Receiver, offering the same level of performance associated with their full-size separates in an elegant, compact design. The L 70 supports playback of DVD-Video, VCD, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, and MP3. The integrated MP3 decoder is capable of delivering more than ten hours of music from a single MP3-encoded CD-R.Designed to complement today's advanced video displays, its Titanium finish and elegant proportions make a sophisticated design statement. Unlike the home-theatre-in-a-box systems that include speakers (usually of questionable quality), the NAD L 70 allows complete freedom to choose speakers that fit your decor and suite your taste in sound. The L 70 automatically detects and decodes DTSÆ or DolbyÆ Digital bit streams. Besides these modes, Stereo Enhanced (all-channel stereo), Dolby Pro LogicÆ II, and EARS (an NAD exclusive) are available. The EARS (Enhanced Ambience Recovery System) circuitry uses DSP technology to extract the natural ambience in a stereo recording and redirect it to the surround channels, creating a warm, natural, reverberant effect without any artificiality.As the new surround sound formats allow for the same wide bandwidth and large dynamic range for the rear channels as for the front channels, all five channels are capable of putting out an equal and substantial amount of power. The L 70 delivers 45 watts per channel of continuous power, with all five channels driven simultaneously into 8 ohms. Dynamic power is rated at 82 watts into 8 ohms. When running the L 70 in stereo mode, the power output is rated at 60 watts per channel. As usual with NAD, the L 70 uses only discrete output stages, including the surround channels. While most products in this category use digital IC amplifier modules, NAD's discrete output design allows them to achieve their exceptional specification with regard to noise (-105 dB signal-to-noise ratio) and distortion (0.08% THD). Moreover, despite its physical size, the L 70 is more than powerful enough to provide a satisfying cinematic or musical performance.As one would expect from NAD, only high-quality components have been used, such as high-resolution ADCs (analog-to-digital converters) and DACs (digital-to-analog converters) from Crystal, to obtain the best-possible performance.Like the most sophisticated surround receivers, the L 70 provides a line-level output for connection to a powered subwoofer. It is quite flexible, offering three additional video sources, one of which is front panel-accessible for easy connection of cameras and game consoles. In addition to the integrated tuner and DVD/CD player, an extra six-channel source can be connected, allowing for a total of six possible sources. Two of the video sources are supplied with S-video inputs. The L70 is provided with component video, S-video, and composite video outputs for hooking up the L 70 to the video display of your choice. There are also two digital inputs (one optical, one coaxial). For a digital connection to a CD recorder or other digital recording device, the L 70 sports an optical digital output. Taking the L 70 a step further than many other compact designs, it is equipped with high-quality loudspeaker binding posts. The L 70 is simple and straightforward to set up and operate with a wide range of features such as Multi-Angle, Multi-Sound, Multi-Subtitle, Frame, Zoom, and Repeat. The Frame Advance feature advances the picture one frame at a time, and the six-step Zoom function highlights and enlarges a particular area of the frame.The AM/FM tuner includes 30 favorite station presets that can be custom-named, or if the station supports the Radio Data System (RDS), an automatic stream of information about the station and music being played is displayed.All features are easily accessed with the supplied HTR-2 learning remote. It can operate your TV, VCR, satellite, or cable tuner, and almost any other IR remote-controlled device. The HTR-2 has the ability to learn the remote commands of up to eight different devices. The NAD L 70 DVD/CD Surround Sound Receiver is currently shipping and selling for a suggested retail price of $999.For more information about NAD Electronics International, visit www.nadelectronics.com.

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