NAD C 542
Item Features
- Brand: NAD
- Model: C 542
- New price approx.: 600 euros, 2004
Features NAD C 542
- Burr-Brown 24 bit digital/ analogue converter
- HDCD decoder
- Stable toroidal transformer
- Separate voltage regulators for analog / digital sections.
- High quality metal film resistors, polypropylene capacitors
- Low output impedance
- Gold plated outputs
- Precise VFL display
- Electrically isolated coaxial digital output
- CD-R and CD-RW compatible drive
- Backlit LCD display with track calendar
- Remote control CD 6
NAD C 542 Technical Specifications
- Recording formats CD, CD-R, CD-RW
- CD formats 120 mm or 80 mm
- Program memory 20 tracks
- D/A converter 24 bit Sigma-Delta
- Digital filter 8x oversampling
- Analog Filter 4 Pole Filter
- Frequency response error +/- 0.5 dB, 5Hz to 20 kHz.
- De-emphasis error < 0.5 dB
- Total harmonic distortion (0 dB, 1kHz) 0,0035%
- Dynamic range 98 dB
- Linearity +/- 0.5 dB, 0 to -90 dB
- Signal to noise ratio (A) 108 dB
- Channel separation at 1 kHz > 110 dB
- Channel separation at 10 kHz > 80 dB
- Characteristic quartz accuracy
- Output impedance 150 Ohm
- Output level at 0 dB 2.2 V rms
- Digital output coaxial, optical
- Remote control CD 6
- Dimensions (width x height x depth) 435 x 70 x 285 mm
- Net weight 4.1 kg
- Transport weight 4.9 kg
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Test reports[edit]
- Stereo Heft 12/2004; single test: sound level: 48%; price/performance: "very good".
- "A safe bank in this price range and constantly refined is the respective NAD player of the 54X series. ...“
- HiFi Test: issue 3/2004; single test: Grade: 1+; Price/Performance: "excellent", "highlight".
- "Plus: appealing design; very good workmanship; excellent sound quality".
- Audio Heft 2/2004; 4 products tested: "outstanding" (reference class; 95 points); practical grade: "good
- stereoplay issue 1/2004; 2nd place out of 2: "good - very good" (74 points); sound: "top class" price/performance: "outstanding", "highlight".
- "Extremely low jitter player with tidy remote control..."