NAD C355 Stereo Integrated Amplifier

NAD C355 Stereo Integrated Amplifier

The C355BEE is the latest in NAD’s range of affordable, yet very high performance Integrated Amplifiers. Building on the strengths of our highly acclaimed C352 (winner of What Hi-Fi Amplifier-of-the-Year and the Hi-Fi Choice Gold Award among many others), the C355BEE boasts many upgrades and refinements taken directly from the highly acclaimed NAD Masters Series M3 Amplifier. These include the application of Bjorn Erik Edvardsen’s innovative and patented Distortion Canceling Circuit in the output stage and BEE Clamp in the power supply. An improved tone control circuit and revised PCB layout has reduced distortion and noise to unprecedented levels. Taken together, these improvements mark a sharp upturn in performance that simply must be heard, to be fully appreciated!

80W x 2 Continuous Power into 8 ohms

140W, 220W, 270W IHF Dynamic power into 8, 4 and 2 ohms, respectively

PowerDrive™ circuit

NAD SR 5 Full System Remote control

Headphone socket

Front panel Media Player (MP) input for attaching portable Music Player

Relay Input Switching

Holmgren Toroidal Power transformer

7 Line inputs, including two tape in/outs

All discrete circuitry

Short signal path from input to output

All sockets Gold plated

Tone controls defeat switch

Main-amp input & 2 pre-amp outputs

Speaker A + B Outputs

Soft Clipping™

IR Input/Output

12 volt trigger output

RS-232 Interface

Detachable IEC Power Cable

specifications

Line Level Inputs (CD, Video, Tuner, Tape1, Tape2, Aux)

Input impedance (R and C) 220kohm / 100pF

Input sensitivity ref. 0.5V 300mV at Rated power

Signal/Noise ratio, A weighted ref 0.5V 110dB ref. 500mV - preamp out

Frequency response (-3dB 3Hz - 70kHz) ±0.3dB (20Hz - 20kHz)

Line Level Outputs

Output impedance Pre Out 80 Ohms

Tape Source Z + 1kOhm

Power Amp

Continuous average power output into 8ohms 80W (19dBW)

Rated distortion (THD 20Hz-20kHz) 0.02%

Clipping power (max cont. power/channel) 92W

IHF dynamic power 8 ohms 140W (21.5dBW)

4 ohms 220W (23.4dBW)

2 ohms 270W (24.3dBW)

Damping factor >160

Frequency response 20Hz-20kHz +/-0.1dB

Input impedance R and C 20kΩ/ 1nF

Input sensitivity (for rated output into 8 ohms) 940mV

Signal to noise ratio, A-weighted ref. 1W >-105dB

ref. rated power >-124dB

Physical Specification

Dimensions (W×H×D) Imperial 17 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 11 7/16”

Metric 435 x 116 x 292mm

Gross Dimensions (W×H×D) Imperial 17 1/8 x 5 x 13 1/8”

Metric 435 x 130 x 338mm

Net Weight Imperial 18.75 lbs

Metric 8.5kg

Shipping Weight Imperial 23 lbs

Metric 10.4kg