About The NAD D3045 Stereo Amplifier
The NAD D 3045 stereo amplifier is the sort of versatile product that could turn up almost anywhere. It's small enough to reside on a desk in all manner of work environments and provide incredible desktop audio but it's also grown up enough that it can be the amplifier for your TV room, with its HDMI input, or even in your main stereo without batting an eyelid.
It's not often that an audio component can wear a number of different hats, but that's exactly what's so exciting about the NAD D 045. Its small form factor might lead you to believe it is short on power and facilities but nothing could be further from the truth. It has a robust 60 Watts per channel into 8 Ohms and has almost every input you can imagine including MM phono, line level, coaxial, optical and USB digital, HDMI ARC & even aptX HD Bluetooth.
The NAD D3045 is everything a modern amplifier should be. It is compact, energy efficient, powerful, silent, high-resolution enabled, and packed with cutting edge features like DSD and MQA playback. NAD's expertise in both digital and analogue engineering is on full display in this flexible and affordable amplifier.
Even Higher Fidelity: Hi-Res is to audio, what HD is to video. It is more lifelike and natural, and a much more enjoyable listening experience. With features like support for MQA music, the D3045 can faithfully and accurately reproduce the full spectrum of sound encapsulated on the studio master.
Until now, music loving consumers have only been able to hear an edited version of the full fidelity, because the delivery systems, be it tape, vinyl, or CD, did not have the capacity to hold all the information contained in the studio-master recording. With hi-res downloads and streaming we can now enjoy exactly the same experience the artist heard in the studio when the recording was first made. This is revolutionary! Yet, 90% of the products on the market today do not have the full capability required to experience this new higher fidelity.
Amazing Capability: Every input and circuit you need to get the best out of your existing music collection is included, plus features that allow you to experience the sonic benefits of hi-res audio. Especially notable is the Asynchronous USB input for attaching a computer, which allows hi-res streaming using one of the several hi-res programs like Roon, JRiver, and Amarra. Asynchronous operation uses the D3045's precision clock (instead of the computer's clock) to reduce jitter to a minimum and make the USB format work ideally for audio.
For everyday convenience, NAD has included Bluetooth wireless streaming powered by aptX HD, the latest 24 bit hi-res version of Bluetooth that is being supported by more and more phones and tablets. You can also use its integrated two-way Bluetooth feature and effortlessly stream music that is playing on the amp to any pair of Bluetooth enabled headphones. Or you can plug in your headphones to the built-in headphone jack and enjoy the exceptional performance of NAD's low impedance, high current headphone amplifier.
Features You Won't Find Anywhere Else: Love vinyl? The D3045 includes NAD's super accurate, wide dynamic range, moving magnet phono preamp to extract every last morsel of sound from your LPs. If you still enjoy CDs, you will find both analogue and digital inputs. The digital inputs allow the use of the advanced hi-res DAC built into the D 3045, or you can even send the sound from your TV to the NAD amplifier and seamlessly control the system using your TV's remote by taking advantage of the HDMI ARC input. You can even add a subwoofer to the system with the convenient Sub Out jack.
Performance & Price: The NAD D 3045 includes advanced capabilities usually only found in far more expensive components. Hi-Res USB DACs start at about three times the price of the D 3045. High current headphone amplifiers start at the price of the D 3045 and go up from there. Power amps featuring 60 watts-per-channel and with the low distortion and high current capability of the D 3045 are rare at this price.
Yet with the NAD D 3045, all of these products are wrapped into one compact, energy efficient, and convenient package engineered by one of audio's most iconic brands. Forty-five years of audio excellence is on full display with this innovative and versatile component. Just add your favourite music source and a great set of speakers to enjoy many years of sonic bliss.
In The News
"NAD's D3045 sounds more articulate, nuanced, and impactful than it has any right to for its price. Its sound is honestly reminiscent of the qualities we normally associate with far more costly high-end components. Even if you already own a higher-priced reference audio system, you may find the NAD's combination of sonic performance, versatility, and an accessible price will win it a place in your home. What's more, the NAD makes an ideal platform on which to build a first serious music system." Hi-Fi+
"Barely more complicated than a light switch, the NAD amp delivers the finely etched detail, dramatic dynamics, and jet-black background silences that characterise the best of hi-res audio in a package that's affordable enough to unite casual listeners and budget-sensitive audiophiles under a single tent," Sound & Vision
Main Features & Specifications
- Design: Stereo Amplifier with built-in DAC and Bluetooth
- Hybrid Digital Amplifier
- Power Output: 60 Watts continuous output power into 4 and 8 Ohms (ref. 20Hz-20kHz at 0.03% THD, both channels driven)
- THD (20Hz – 20kHz): <0.005% (at 1W, 4 and 8 ohms)
- Signal-to-Noise Ratio: >98dB (A-weighted, 500mV input, ref. 2.828V out in 4 Ohms)
- Clipping Power: >80W (at 1kHz 4 Ohms 0.1% THD)
- IHF Dynamic Power: 8 Ohms: 80 Watts; 4 Ohms: 150 Watts; 2 Ohms: 200 Watts
- Peak Output Current: >18A (in 1 Ohm, 1ms)
- Frequency response: ±0.3dB (20Hz - 20kHz)
- Bluetooth: Two-way Bluetooth powered by Qualcomm aptX HD audio
- USB: Asynchronous USB 24/192 Input supporting MQA and DSD
- ARC: HDMI Audio Return Channel
- Digital INputs: Coax and Optical Input
- Phono Input: MM Phono and Line Input
- Preamp Output: Yes
- Subwoofer Output: Yes
- Headphone Amp: Yes
- Remote Control: IR remote control included
- Standby Power: <0.5W
- Dimensions (WxHxD): 70 x 235 x 265mm
- Weight: 3.6 kg
- Manufacturer's Warranty: 2 Years
Note: Features & Specifications Subject To Change Without Notice. E&OE.