How can you tell if equipment has "fully balanced circuitry" as opposed to "just" XLR outputs? I'd like to know if NAD's M5 is fully balanced. (It has XLR outputs). Also, can anyone comment--based on experience or word of mouth--on the NAD player? Thanks.

I am looking for a fully balanced SACD player for under $2,000.

Interested to see what some folks might think about this decision?

As a newbie to this site I have no biase whatever, however, DUP has provided me with superb links to some of the more obscure sites I could ever think about...equally the comments in some of the posts I have read are just so stupid that DUP probably does some typing whilst testing wine (or something equally brain killing...) and lets it go with both triggers when the mood takes...

I have reached a bit of a plateau in the 2-ch side of my system. Without making major expenditures in new/different equipment, I have decided to optimize what I currently have. So far, my source to speaker is: Cambridge 640 v1 CDp > SiverCat I/C

I visited a local dealership just a little while back and asked to lead an ear to the Rowland Concerto that was setup in the main room.

I looked forward to this as I had not heard a modern digital/switching amp. I had developed some expectations based upon the comments of a friend whose sonic impression I generally trust. Basically my friends' report was on his exposure to one of the Nuforce amplifiers and it was characterized as having real "get up and go", a report that could easily be mistaken for the description of a Naim amp (not that I've heard one of those either).

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I have an NAD 7150 integrated amp (circa 1983) feeding Boston Acoustics A150 speakers (same age). The amp has a phono output, but there is no phono connected. When the "listen" knob on the amp is turned to phono, I get a loud hum from the left speaker. Any idea what might be causing it?

Also, I get a bit of static-like noise when turning the volume knob (from both speakers). Again, any idea as to cause?

Thanks for your help.