sadnabrina
New Member
Dear FMs,
I had recently picked up an used (and pretty old) NAD 906 Power Amp in decent condition from a FM. My intention was to get a feel of NAD SQ and the bit of extra power when used in bridged mode over my existing Sonodyne SiA 208 R. Being on a tight budget I thought if the combo clicks then I will keep the setup for a few years before I can pull in more money to upgrade.
The NAD 906 actually has 3 completely separate stereo amplifiers inside each can be bridged into 90W@8 Ohm Mono.
The setup is as follows -
Source: Denon 1740 DVD Player with a built in Burr-Brown 24-bit,192kHz DAC
Pre Amp: Sonodyne SiA 208 R - used as a source selector and preamp
Amp: NAD 906 -Using 2 of its 3 amps in bridged mode to get 2 channel stereo
Speakers: Sonodyne 2605 V2
Now with this setup I am definitely getting a much improved sound stage, better low and mid response and definitely a much better overall SQ, but the overall volume of the setup seems lower when compared to the SiA 208 R.
With the Sonodyne driving the speakers I would usually have the volume set at 40, while with the NAD, to get the same loudness the volume needs to be pushed above 47. I tried to play at very high volumes and the Amp does not seemed stressed at all even at the highest volume setting. I tried playing around with the soft clip switch but it made no difference.
I thought the additional power of the NAD would result is a much louder output than the Sonodyne. But it is not happening! Why? Can you help?
I had recently picked up an used (and pretty old) NAD 906 Power Amp in decent condition from a FM. My intention was to get a feel of NAD SQ and the bit of extra power when used in bridged mode over my existing Sonodyne SiA 208 R. Being on a tight budget I thought if the combo clicks then I will keep the setup for a few years before I can pull in more money to upgrade.
The NAD 906 actually has 3 completely separate stereo amplifiers inside each can be bridged into 90W@8 Ohm Mono.
The setup is as follows -
Source: Denon 1740 DVD Player with a built in Burr-Brown 24-bit,192kHz DAC
Pre Amp: Sonodyne SiA 208 R - used as a source selector and preamp
Amp: NAD 906 -Using 2 of its 3 amps in bridged mode to get 2 channel stereo
Speakers: Sonodyne 2605 V2
Now with this setup I am definitely getting a much improved sound stage, better low and mid response and definitely a much better overall SQ, but the overall volume of the setup seems lower when compared to the SiA 208 R.
With the Sonodyne driving the speakers I would usually have the volume set at 40, while with the NAD, to get the same loudness the volume needs to be pushed above 47. I tried to play at very high volumes and the Amp does not seemed stressed at all even at the highest volume setting. I tried playing around with the soft clip switch but it made no difference.
I thought the additional power of the NAD would result is a much louder output than the Sonodyne. But it is not happening! Why? Can you help?