NAD C370 Volume

Hi all!

My NAD C370 shows the same effect. But I'm not
annoyed by that. But what makes me angry is the
fact that by turning the volume control from the
very low to higher position the left channel comes
first and at a certain volume the right channel
follows. This happens at _very_ low volume but it
is not possible to listen very quite at the same
level on both channels - especially listening to
the CD-Player NAD C521, which plays very loud
itself.

Does anybody have similar problems on a NAD
amplifier or other products?

The NAD service told me this is quite normal.
I can't believe that. What do you propose?
Testing another C370 at my dealer?

Thanks in advance & cheers

    Armin

"Christian Sulser" <hadd @sulser.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag

"Aaron N. Tubbs" <aaronk @hotmail.com> wrote in message < >...



Hello
We now have three examples, my C340 does the same.

dysel

Hi
Your problem with the difference in volume probably comes from the
volume control. Its a variable resistor, and probably of lesser
quality. The difference is always heard ofcourse at low volume level.
You can try to connect directly to the poweramp using a soundsource
that has a built in in volume adjustment, some cd players do. You
will notice the difference. I use a volume control kit , consisting
of a rotary switch with different damping setttings for each step.
This gives a much better result and sound quality than the variable
resistors. But you can also try to find better quality variable
resistors for your volume control, only thing is that the ones in
most amplifiers are custom made and hard to replace without some
difficulty.

Hope you solve it.

It's quite normal, and even very expensive amps which use conventional
volume pots do not track well at low volumes. A different sample may
have less variation, but it's not a fault per se, just normal
variation.

--

Stewart Pinkerton  |  Music is art, audio is engineering

* Christian Sulser <hadd @sulser.de>:

I Don't know about the C370, but my 314 Integrated does produce sound
with higher-level sources.  While most sources aren't sufficient, the
512 CD manages to be enough to get some sound out of the amp at the
lowest volumes; this hasn't particularly changed during the life of the
amp, and has never been too much of a hindrance to me.  So, it's hardly
enough to say that ALL NAD amps do this, but now we know of at least
two.

On the other hand, I suppose I would prefer having more gradation for
volume levels, and not maxing out at about 1/3 turn.  :)

Aaron

Hi Christian,

My NAD 370 does the same. The output is _very_ low when the volume is
turned right down, but it _is_ there. I can only assume it's normal
for this amp. I'm personally not worried about it.

Hope this helps.

Dave.

Christian Sulser <hadd @sulser.de> wrote in article
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My C320 does the opposite: pressing the MUTE on de RC, yields in a
very low, but audible soundlevel.
Under normal condition (mute off), turning the volume pot CCW,
results in no sound at all.

later, Folkert