- Belt Driven Turntable 33/45.
- 10mm Glass Plater with Felt Pad.
- Precision AC Motor.
- Isolated AC Power Supply with Universal Voltage.
- 9” Tonearm with Fixed Head Shell.
NAD has an enviable reputation for creating great sounding
products at very affordable prices and nowhere is this more
evident than in NAD’s CD Players. NAD’s veteran engineers know
exactly where to spend just a little extra money for a better
quality part, in order to extract the very best sound from the
Compact Disc. CD Players use mechanical, digital, and analog
technology to produce sound, and all three forms of engineering
greatly affect the end result and require careful design and
engineering. A solid mechanical foundation is para in
reducing external vibration and providing precise location of the
CD drive mechanism. This allows smooth operation and a minimum of
tracking errors. Heavy gauge steel and non-resonant plastic
moldings are carefully engineered to provide optimum results. The
transport is ed on reinforced steel rails and over 30
fasteners are used to lock the assembly together and maintain
precise dimensional integrity. Precise clocking of the digital
data stream allows the Wolfson 24 bit DAC to provide accurate
linearity for the PCM data conversion to analog waveform. Audio
OP Amps buffer the output without adding noise or distortion to
the music. Multi-layer PCBs using surface components allow
for an enhanced circuit layout with very short signal paths.
Powering these elements is a custom designed active power supply
that provides multiple regulated voltages to the transport,
digital circuits, analog circuits, and the control and display
circuits. The result of this careful engineering is a sound that
is at once both detailed and natural, with dramatic dynamic
contrasts. The NAD C 538 includes many desirable features that
enhance listening pleasure. Front panel controls are duplicated
on the hand held remote allowing Play, Pause, Skip, and Scan
functions. In addition, many more features are available from the
remote handset, such as RANDOM: Tracks/files are played at random
mode, PROGRAM: Enter or exit program mode, REPEAT: Track, file,
folder or whole disc is repeated, RPT A-B: Playback sequence is
repeated. The dimmable dot matrix display shows tracks, total
playing time. Track time, disc time, and remaining time are all
available. The C 538 also can play CD-R/CD-RW discs allowing you
to burn songs from your computer for playback on your CD Playing
system. Because these songs are encoded in MP3 or WMA format, you
can fit up to 10 hours of music on a single disc which is great
for party mixes and ambient listening. There are also both
optical and coaxial digital outputs that allow connection to an
external DAC or digital component (like an AVR) to provide the
most efficient and best sounding system setups. Although music
downloads and streaming continue to grow in popularity, CDs are
still the primary listening source for millions of people around
the world. NAD continues to innovate and improve its CD Players
to get improved performance while keeping prices low. Whether you
are creating your first home system, or upgrading your current CD
Player, you should consider NAD’s 45 year record of excellence,
and its commitment to music lovers everywhere, when selecting a
new player.