The new C 399 HybridDigital DAC Amplifier takes NAD’s commitment to lasting value and sonic excellence to a whole new level.
The C 399 employs NAD’s Hypex HybridDigital nCore amplifier circuitry, which until now has been available only on Masters Series amplifiers. Its digital section is built around a 32-bit/384kHz ESS Sabre DAC, the same chip used in NAD’s acclaimed M10 and M33 Masters Series amplifiers.
The C 399 is the first amplifier to incorporate the latest generation of NAD’s Modular Design Construction (MDC) technology. MDC2 lets users add optional modules that provide functions such as BluOS multi-room music streaming and Dirac Live room correction.
Features & Details:
- Hybrid Digital nCore Amplifier
- Continuous Power: 180 Watts per channel into 8/4 ohms
- Instantaneous Power: 250 Watts per channel
- Vanishingly low harmonic and intermodulation distortion
- Dual MDC2 Ports for expanded functionality
- Optional MDC2 BluOS-D module adds BluOS multi-room streaming and Dirac Live room correction
- Jitter-free 32-bit/384kHz ESS Sabre DAC
- Ultra-low-noise MM phono stage with infrasonic filtering circuitry
- Two optical, two coaxial digital inputs
- HDMI-eARC input
- Two pairs of line-level analogue inputs with low-noise buffer amplifiers
- Speaker A/Speaker B outputs
- Two-way aptX-HD Bluetooth
- Dual subwoofer outputs
- Dedicated headphone amplifier
- IR remote
- 12V Trigger in/out
- IR in/out
- RS-232 Serial port for control integration with home automation systems
- Control4, Crestron, RTI, URC, AMX, Savant, Elan certified
Line In, Speaker Out (Analog bypass on)
- Continuous output power into 8 ohms and 4 ohms
- >180W (ref. 20 Hz-20 kHz at rated THD, both channels driven)
- THD (20 Hz – 20 kHz)
- <0.02% (250 mW to 180 W, 8 ohms and 4 ohms)
- Signal/Noise Ratio
- >95 dB (A-weighted, 500 mV input, ref. 1 W out in 8 ohms)
- Clipping power
- 210W (at 1 kHz 0.1 % THD)
- IHF dynamic power
- 8 ohms: 217 W
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- 4 ohms: 400 W
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- 2 ohms: 506.4 W
- Peak output current
- >26 A (in 1 ohm, 1 ms)
- Damping factor
- >150 (ref. 8 ohms, 20Hz to 6.5kHz)
- Frequency Response
- ±0.3 dB (20 Hz – 20 kHz)
- Channel Separation
- >90dB (1 kHz)
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- >75dB (10 kHz)
- Input sensitivity (for 180 W in 8 ohms)
- Line In: 201 mV
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- Digital In: 10.25% FS
Preamplifier:
Line Input, Pre Out (Analog bypass on)
- THD (20Hz-20kHz)
- <0.002 % at 2 V out
- Signal/Noise Ratio
- >106dB (IHF; A-weighted, ref. 500 mV out, unity gain)
- Channel Separation
- >100dB (1 kHz); >90 dB (10 kHz)
- Input Impedance (R and C)
- 56 kohms + 100 pF
- Maximum Input Signal
- >4.6 Vrms (ref. 0.1 % THD)
- Output Impedance
- Source Z + 320 ohms
- Input Sensitivity
- 65mV (ref. 500 mV out, Volume maximum)
- Frequency Response
- ±0.3 dB (20 Hz – 20 kHz)
- Maximum voltage output – IHF load
- >>5 V (ref. 0.1 % THD)
Phono:
Phono Input, Pre Out (Analog bypass on)
- THD (20Hz-20kHz)
- <0.01% at 2 V out
- Signal to Noise Ratio
- >84dB (200 ohms source; A-weighted, ref. 500 mV out)
- Input Impedance (R and C)
- 46 kohms/100 pF
- Input Sensitivity
- 1.08mV (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)
Headphone:
Line Input, Headphone Out (Analog bypass on)
- THD (20Hz-20kHz)
- <0.005% at 1V out
- Signal/Noise Ratio
- >107 dB (32 ohms loads; A-WTD, ref. 1V out, unity gain
- Frequency Response
- ±0.3 dB (20 Hz – 20 kHz)
- Channel Separation
- >62 dB at 1kHz
- Output Impedance
- 2.2 Ohms
General Specifications:
- Supports bit rate/sample rate
- up to 24 bit/192 kHz
- Frequency band
- 2.402G- 2.480G
- Maximum transmit power (dBm)
- 7 dBm ± 2 dBm
Weight & Dimensions:
- Gross dimensions (W x H x D) **
- 435 x 120 x 390mm
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- (17 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 15 3/8)”
- Net Weight
- 11.2kg (24.7lb)
- Shipping Weight
- 13.6kg (30lb)
