C 3050
In the C 3050 Stereophonic Amplifier, NAD’s 50-year history of innovation meets the future of hi-fi. With its dual VU meters, push-button input selectors, walnut-finished vinyl-clad cabinet, and 1970s cursive-style branding, the C 3050 recalls the components that helped a generation of music-lovers discover the joys of great audio. With its 100-watt-per-channel HybridDigital UcD amplifier and Texas Instruments high-resolution differential DAC, the C 3050 delivers sound that will thrill today’s discerning listeners. And thanks to NAD’s MDC2 future-proofing technology, C 3050 owners can add leading-edge capabilities like BluOS high-resolution multi-room streaming and Dirac Live room correction.
In the C 3050 Stereophonic Amplifier, NAD’s 50-year history of innovation meets the future of hi-fi. With its dual VU meters, push-button input selectors, walnut-finished vinyl-clad cabinet, and 1970s cursive-style branding, the C 3050 recalls the components that helped a generation of music-lovers discover the joys of great audio. With its 100-watt-per-channel HybridDigital UcD amplifier and Texas Instruments high-resolution differential DAC, the C 3050 delivers sound that will thrill today’s discerning listeners. And thanks to NAD’s MDC2 future-proofing technology, C 3050 owners can add leading-edge capabilities like BluOS high-resolution multi-room streaming and Dirac Live room correction.
*The NAD C 3050 is available with BluOS @ $2,399.00 and without @ $1 899.00*
Specifications:
LINE INPUT, PRE-OUT
- THD (20 Hz – 20 kHz)
- <0.005 % at 2V out
- Signal-to-Noise Ratio
- >95 dB (IHF; A-weighted, ref. 500 mV out, unity gain)
- Channel separation
- >100 dB (1 kHz)
- >90 dB (10 kHz)
- Input impedance (R and C)
- 28 kohms + 360 pF
- Maximum input signal
- >4.5 Vrms (ref. 0.1 % THD)
- Output impedance
- 440 ohms
- Input sensitivity
- 270 mV (ref. 500 mV out, Volume maximum)
- Frequency response
- ±0.3 dB (20 Hz – 20 kHz)
- Maximum voltage output -IHF load
- >2 V (ref. 0.1 % THD)
PHONO INPUT, PRE-OUT
- THD (20 Hz – 20 kHz)
- <0.03% at 2 V out
- Signal-to-Noise Ratio
- >79 dB (200 ohms source; A-weighted, ref. 500 mV out)
- Input Impedance (R and C)
- 46 kohms/100 pF
- Input sensitivity
- 5.5 mV (ref. 500 mV out, Volume maximum)
- Frequency response
- ±0.3 dB (20 Hz – 20 kHz)
- Maximum input signal at 1kHz
- >80 mVrms (ref. 0.1 % THD)
LINE INPUT, HEADPHONE OUT
- THD (20 Hz – 20 kHz)
- <0.005% at 1V out
- Signal-to-Noise Ratio
- >96 dB (32 ohms loads; A-WTD, ref. 2 V out, unity gain
- Frequency response
- ±0.3 dB (20 Hz – 20 kHz)
- Channel separation
- >60 dB at 1kHz
- Output impedance
- Output impedance
MAIN IN, SPEAKER OUT
- 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