Nad 1700 Brochure

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1700 Stereo Preamplifier / Tuner

Date of manufacture : Jan 88 - .7

Please note that this document contains the text from the original product brochure, and some technical statements may now be out of date

The 1700 delivers the same performance as tuner and preamp separates, hut without the considerable
cost of a second metal chassis, front panel, power supply circuit, etc. The 1700 offers all of the preamp
and tuner features described earlier in this brochure, with the added convenience of a remote control.
As a tuner, the 1700 combines ease of operation with excellent sensitivity and accurate, musical sound.
Its MOSFET front end and FM-NR quieting circuit deliver clean, noise-free reception of a broad range of
signals, while its Narrow [.F. mode singles out difficult stations with ease, even on a crowded dial. With a
good broadcast its low-distortion quadrature detector and precise phase-locked loop (PLL) multiplex
decoder deliver unsurpassed sound quality across a broad stereo stage.

NADs Bank Selector gives you new flexibility to program any desired combination of AM and FM
stations into the 14 memory presets - for instance, Top-40 broadcasts in one bank and classical music in
the other. As a preamp the 1700 offers exceptional operating flexibility with logical cont rols and an
elegantly simple front panel design Its semi~parametric tone controls, bass equaliser, and feedback
operated volume control provide accurate, transparent reproduction of every audio signal. A Phase Invert
button reverses polarity; some audiophiles find that this produces more lifelike timbre, more transient
impact, and improved stereo imaging.

The remote control selects six inputs, tunes to a station (14 presets or up down seek), adjusts volume,
and switches power on off. Remote volume commands activate a miniature motor that turns the
Volume control, avoiding the noise and veiling of purely electronic level control circuits.

The 1700 Preamplifier Tuner is especially exceptional when its performance is compared side by side
with tuners and preamps costing twice as much.