NAD C 3050 SE MDC Ready Unboxed | The Listening Post | TLPCHC TLPWLG

Retro Styling Modern Tech. The #NAD #C3050 industrial design was inspired by the NAD 3030 Stereophonic Amplifier, a 1970s classic. Vintage styling elements include dual illuminated VU meters, push-button controls for source selection, a walnut-finished vinyl-clad cabinet, and a dark grey front panel with the original New Acoustic Dimension logo in its 1970s cursive typeface.
Thoroughly Modern #unboxed
Employing NAD’s renowned HybridDigital UcD amplifier technology, the C 3050 has a Full Disclosure Power rating of 100 watts per channel continuous and 135wpc instantaneous, for effortless reproduction of musical transients. Noise and distortion are virtually unmeasurable through the entire audioband. The result is neutral, inviting sound through any loudspeaker load-even at high listening levels. The
C 3050 will reproduce the music you love with wonderful detail, immersive three-dimensionality, and thrilling dynamics.
The digital section employs Texas Instruments’ PCM5242 high-resolution differential DAC, a design known for its excellent dynamic performance and immunity to clock jitter. This enables the C 3050 to deliver amazing musicality, stunning clarity, and pinpoint soundstaging from all your digital sources.
Future Friendly
The C 3050 features the latest generation of NAD’s Modular Design Construction future-proofing technology, MDC2, which lets users add new functions and features by inserting an add-on module into the MDC2 slot on the back panel. MDC2 is an all-new design that enables two-way communications between the expansion module and host component. The optional MDC2 BluOS-D module delivers two highly desirable capabilities: BluOS high-resolution music streaming and Dirac Live room correction.
A World of Music
Featuring dual-band Wi-Fi and Gigabit Ethernet, the MDC2 BluOS-D connects you to almost all the music ever recorded through BluOS, the award-winning wireless music-management system. Using the intuitive BluOS Controller app, listeners can access more than 20 popular streaming services, including several that offer lossless and high-resolution audio, such as Amazon Music Ultra HD, Deezer, Qobuz, and Tidal. BluOS supports high-resolution audio to 24-bit/192kHz, and has MQA decoding and rendering capability, for studio-quality streaming. The MDC2 BluOS-D also lets you play music from your personal library and thousands of internet radio stations through the C 3050 Stereophonic Amplifier.
The MDC2 BluOS-D supports Spotify Connect and Tidal Connect, so you can cue up music in the apps for those services, then transfer playback to the C 3050. Also supported is Apple AirPlay 2, so you can stream audio to the MDC2 BluOS-D from any app on an iPhone, iPad, or Macintosh computer. You can also control playback by voice using Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, or Apple Siri.
With the MDC2 BluOS-D installed, the C 3050 can be part of a whole-home music system with as many as 64 zones. You can have different music playing in different rooms, each with independent volume control, or play the same music in different rooms simultaneously. Thanks to MDC2’s bidirectional architecture, music from any source connected to the C 3050 can be streamed to BluOS-enabled components in other rooms.
Work the Room
The MDC2 BluOS-D lets C 3050 owners address the weakest link in most music systems-the listening environment. Connect the supplied microphone to the MDC2 BluOS-D’s USB port, and then follow instructions in the easy-to-use Dirac Live app. Dirac will play test tones through your sp
Specifications
Continuous output power into 8 ohms and 4 ohms 100W (ref. 20 Hz-20 kHz at rated THD, both channels driven)
THD (20 Hz - 20 kHz) 0.03% (250 mW to 100 W, 8 ohms and 4 ohms)
Signal-to-Noise Ratio 95dB (A-weighted, 500 mV input, ref. 1 W out in 8 ohms)
Clipping power 115 W (at 1 kHz 0.1 % THD)
IHF dynamic power 8 ohms: 180 W 4 ohms: 250W 2 ohms: 300 W
Peak output current 20A (in 1 ohm, 1 ms)
Frequency response ±0.3 dB (20 Hz - 20 kHz)
Channel separation 75dB (1 kHz) 70dB (10 kHz)
Input sensitivity (for 100 W in 8 ohms) 540 mV, Digital: -6dBFS
Power consumption - at Auto Standby ON and Network Standby OFF 0.5 W*
Power consumption - at Auto Standby ON and Network Standby ON 2.0 W**
Power consumption - OFF mode (Power switched OFF) 0.1 W
Frequency band 2.402G- 2.480G
Gross dimensions (W x H x D) 450 x 110 x 355mm, 17 1/4 x 4 3/8 x 14 inches
Net weight 10 kg (22 lbs)
Shipping weight 12.6 kg (27.8 lbs)
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[@AudioElectronicsChicago]

The retro look is coming back

[@TLPCHC]

Yes - It is a nice "on display" piece

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Lovely. Seasonal greetings from a wet, windy and thoroughly miserable NE England. Best wishes for 2024 and beyond.

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Merry Christmas from New Zealand. I hope your weather improves in time for New Years Eve. (PS it is set to be 30deg C here in CHC today)

[@JR-ho5qm]

Thanks for the content! If you had to choose between this one or the Yamaha RN2000a for sound quality which would you pick? Thanks!

[@TLPCHC]

The RN-2000 has better grip of the lower notes. So I guess if you have big speakers, a med to large room I woudl go with the Yamaha. Both sound superb from a quality stand point.

[@JR-ho5qm]

@@TLPCHC great to hear! I have big speakers and the Yamaha is what I wanted so I couldn’t be happier with your reply. Thanks! 😃🔈👍🏻

[@majawyszomirska3223]

How does this amplifier sound with a gramophon? What cheap bookshelf speakers do you recommend for this amplifier for a small room? Will KEF LS50 be a good choice?

[@TLPCHC]

The C-3050-SE has a superb phono stage, so ideal for any turntable. As for speakers, I think the KEF's would be a poor match. Maybe consider the Paradigm 200B's Here: listeningpost.co.nz/shop/paradigm-premier-200b-bookshelf-speakers/ or the ELAC Solano Here: listeningpost.co.nz/shop/elac-solano-bs-283-bookshelf-speakers/ or even the ELAC Vela's kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXrUl6OegLxlhpo

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The front panel is plastic or aluminum ?

[@TLPCHC]

Aluminium

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