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NCx500 MKII replaceing Papworth MOSFET
Best review we have ever received (Censored for the web)Holy s**t balls, they're f***ing immense!
NC500 MKII from sceptical customer in Sweden Johan Mellin
Hi ColinI just got my parcel with NC500 and it truly rocked my world.I listen to a lot different music, surprisingly it made wonders with classic music. Not only firmer base even on my monitors, but there were new instruments coming forward in the crowd of tones.Have only spent 2 hours yet with this diamond, but wow. Use it with a NOS DAC Rockna wavelight.Maybe you can give me a special price on the 3 channel version so I can get rid of my anthem ampNC500 MKII from sceptical customer in Sweden Johan Mellin
Nord Three SE 1ET400A Mono Blocks Purifi Amplifier comapred the Hypex NC400 amps
Hi Colin,I’ve had the Purifi SE monos running since Tuesday and they are starting to loose some of the un-broken in sonic colorations. They are a very nice improvement over the NC400 monos I had.My early impressions compared to the NC400 kit now that I had some “sweet spot” time:1- They are more transparent to the point I can clearly tell the difference between Tidal and Amazon HD. I’m keeping both services, quality varies from song to song... Amazon has some classic hi-res tracks missing on Tidal. Tidal tends to sound better when playing non classical tracks.2- The sound stage is much more holographic.3- Everything is bigger, more “meatier”. Has that “big” high end presence. Yeah, really good stuff!!4- The HD400 had some midrange “grain” the Purifi monos don’t have.5- I can now use my pre-amp in passive mode without loosing dynamics. I think that’s due to the higher gain input stage.6- They are 1000 times more beautiful!! 😀7- The background noise seems non existent - a much “quieter” presentation. Less distortion?Thank you for building great audio gear! Stay safe!Julien
Nord NC502MP 4CH driving Vintage Infinity Kappa 9's drop down to 0.8 Ohms
Thanks for adding me to the group. I discovered Nord after I purchased and restored a pair of Vintage Infinity Kappa 9’s. These speakers are known as amp killers as they drop down to 0.8ohm at certain frequencies. After posting in some audio groups I thought I would have to sell them as I could not afford the Krell monoblocks and other amps people were telling I had to buy. I sought some advice from a local audio engineer here in Australia who told me about the Hypex Ncore amp modules. After some emails back and forth with Hypex, it looked they could do the job. My local engineer offered to build me an amp but it would have involved a wait, so he put me on to Colin at Nord.I bought the 4 channel 500w Nord One NC502MP. I couldn’t believe my ears when the restored Kappas came alive, when played on extended mode (the Kapps have a hidden switch on the back that allows them to be played in a reduced mode if you don’t have the power). I eventually pushed the amp into protection mode during limit testing, but this point was way beyond comfortable listening sound levels. And I have never had an issue in the 18 months of listening. This amp is truly amazing, particularly for the money involved when compared to Krell. Just a pity I had to buy with Aussie Dollars!My local audio engineer had planned to put a big heat sink in the bottom had he built me an amp using the Hypex amp modules - wondering if anyone has done this mod, or felt the need to?I am now planning on buying more multi channel amps from Nord and switching over my Home Theatre set up to separates rather than an AVR. I am wondering what sound difference there would be if I bought the Nord One SE NC500MB MKII Mono Blocks with the OP amps.Thanks again for the add and look forward to more discussion around these wonderful amps.
Nord One INT-C Integrated amp with Easy-Stream Karl Stephens
Hey Colin, the amp is awesome sorry only getting you feedback now been flat out. The soundstage, level of detail & bass are all amazing it's a great match for my speakers imo it has no right to be so good for such a small amp🤷🏼♂️ my only slight criticism is the steamer isn't as good as I expected but I've other options so no biggie, everything else about it is great
Nord One INT-C Integrated amp with Easy-Stream Neil Shaw
What an amazing combo! Small size, huge capability! Clean natural sound which is the first streamer/amp combo to handle any music I throw at it. Hat off the Colin for making these two little gems.Nord One INT-C Integrated amp with Easy-Stream Neil Shaw
Nord One INT-C Integrated Amplifier and internal Streamer Ryan Horten
Well as you may know I now have the new Nord intergrated amplifier (1st picture) and blown away with its performance! This is for the bedroom system.Now I'm Seriously looking at getting this interested amp https://nordacoustics.co.uk/…/nord-one-int-tvc-nc500-mk… .As the cheaper amplifier sounds so good, for the price difference would there still be a big jump in sound on the more expensive one.Fair play to Colin and the team for making such amazing products..Nord One INT-C Integrated Amplifier and internal Streamer Ryan Horten
Nord PRE-TVC 1 G Salcombe
May 31, 2019Hello Mr ColinI just receive my new pre amp thank you for fast turnaround. It compares nicely with my loved Music First V2. It adds remote and the line level matching is good which I really needed as I'm partially disabled. The Nord amp still continues to surprise me another good products.Thanks George
NC500 MKII feedback from Singapore and compare to kit from a huge Audio mall the Adelphi
I am returning with my honest opinion on the amplifier after i have spent some time using it, listening to it. Last year I visited Singapore where they have one of the biggest shopping malls in the world, dedicated to high-end HiFi equipment, so my ear has "tasted" some very high end sound, from the likes of Magico, Aavik, Raidho, Constellation Audio just to name a few. When listening to the Nord One SE NC500 i was rewarded with a very 3D soundstage, in fact this amplifier has the most realistic sound stage i have ever heard, it's like the sound is hugging the speakers from behind. This is an amplifier with a grand sound, it has extraordinary dinamics and purity. The ultra low noise floor creates a very unique listening experience that class A, AB amplifiers cannot deliver and because of the non-existent background noise, the instrument separation is insane, not just instrument but also the space between notes it's like the is void between notes, not air. I am using mine with a pair of Dynaudio Contour 20, before deciding to place the order i was afraid that this amp would be an overkill in terms of power, boy....was i wrong. Because of the low gain factor you can crank up the volume up to eleven without hearing anything wrong, if your speakers can handle.All of the above is valid only of the music material has outstanding quality, i have a lot of SACD material and very good quality recording flac files that have very low noise. This amplifier is like a jet, that needs jet fuel to perform at the peek of it's specs. If you feed it petrol or gasoline then you will miss out a lot of the qualities of this amplifier. I can confirm what others already said, this amplifier is super neutral and transparent, it's like a wire with a gain, if you change anything at it's input (pre-amp, dac) you will notice the difference. Usually when i read online reviews and hear the adjective neutral in my brain it translates like "dull" , but actually to my ears it sounds natural, with no emphasis on highs, lows or midrange. The bass is very strong as you would expect from such a device, but it's very controlled, the high frequency are very extended but not disturbing. In terms of resolution i can compare this amplifier to a 8K TV.I noticed that when using it with a tube preamplifier the sound gets more body and grunt but you loose the separation between the notes, it's because of the harmonics the tubes generate. I consider this amplifier to be musical enough even without tubes at it's input, of course this is just a matter of taste.If you have an open mind about class D, then this can be an endgame piece of fine equipment. Colin thank you for building such a high quality amplifier, for anyone in this hobby that has some experience you will appreciate and realize soon that Hypex is allowing trough companies like Nord to experience true high end sound.Thank you,Florian R.
NC500 MKII from sceptical customer in Sweden Johan Mellin
Hi ColinI just got my parcel with NC500 and it truly rocked my world.I listen to a lot different music, surprisingly it made wonders with classic music. Not only firmer base even on my monitors, but there were new instruments coming forward in the crowd of tones.Have only spent 2 hours yet with this diamond, but wow. Use it with a NOS DAC Rockna wavelight.Maybe you can give me a special price on the 3 channel version so I can get rid of my anthem ampNC500 MKII from sceptical customer in Sweden Johan Mellin
Nord Three SE 1ET400A Mono Blocks Purifi Amplifier comapred the Hypex NC400 amps
Hi Colin,I’ve had the Purifi SE monos running since Tuesday and they are starting to loose some of the un-broken in sonic colorations. They are a very nice improvement over the NC400 monos I had.My early impressions compared to the NC400 kit now that I had some “sweet spot” time:1- They are more transparent to the point I can clearly tell the difference between Tidal and Amazon HD. I’m keeping both services, quality varies from song to song... Amazon has some classic hi-res tracks missing on Tidal. Tidal tends to sound better when playing non classical tracks.2- The sound stage is much more holographic.3- Everything is bigger, more “meatier”. Has that “big” high end presence. Yeah, really good stuff!!4- The HD400 had some midrange “grain” the Purifi monos don’t have.5- I can now use my pre-amp in passive mode without loosing dynamics. I think that’s due to the higher gain input stage.6- They are 1000 times more beautiful!! 😀7- The background noise seems non existent - a much “quieter” presentation. Less distortion?Thank you for building great audio gear! Stay safe!Julien
Nord NC502MP 4CH driving Vintage Infinity Kappa 9's drop down to 0.8 Ohms
Thanks for adding me to the group. I discovered Nord after I purchased and restored a pair of Vintage Infinity Kappa 9’s. These speakers are known as amp killers as they drop down to 0.8ohm at certain frequencies. After posting in some audio groups I thought I would have to sell them as I could not afford the Krell monoblocks and other amps people were telling I had to buy. I sought some advice from a local audio engineer here in Australia who told me about the Hypex Ncore amp modules. After some emails back and forth with Hypex, it looked they could do the job. My local engineer offered to build me an amp but it would have involved a wait, so he put me on to Colin at Nord.I bought the 4 channel 500w Nord One NC502MP. I couldn’t believe my ears when the restored Kappas came alive, when played on extended mode (the Kapps have a hidden switch on the back that allows them to be played in a reduced mode if you don’t have the power). I eventually pushed the amp into protection mode during limit testing, but this point was way beyond comfortable listening sound levels. And I have never had an issue in the 18 months of listening. This amp is truly amazing, particularly for the money involved when compared to Krell. Just a pity I had to buy with Aussie Dollars!My local audio engineer had planned to put a big heat sink in the bottom had he built me an amp using the Hypex amp modules - wondering if anyone has done this mod, or felt the need to?I am now planning on buying more multi channel amps from Nord and switching over my Home Theatre set up to separates rather than an AVR. I am wondering what sound difference there would be if I bought the Nord One SE NC500MB MKII Mono Blocks with the OP amps.Thanks again for the add and look forward to more discussion around these wonderful amps.
Nord One INT-C Integrated amp with Easy-Stream Karl Stephens
Hey Colin, the amp is awesome sorry only getting you feedback now been flat out. The soundstage, level of detail & bass are all amazing it's a great match for my speakers imo it has no right to be so good for such a small amp🤷🏼♂️ my only slight criticism is the steamer isn't as good as I expected but I've other options so no biggie, everything else about it is great
Nord One INT-C Integrated amp with Easy-Stream Neil Shaw
What an amazing combo! Small size, huge capability! Clean natural sound which is the first streamer/amp combo to handle any music I throw at it. Hat off the Colin for making these two little gems.Nord One INT-C Integrated amp with Easy-Stream Neil Shaw
Nord One INT-C Integrated Amplifier and internal Streamer Ryan Horten
Well as you may know I now have the new Nord intergrated amplifier (1st picture) and blown away with its performance! This is for the bedroom system.Now I'm Seriously looking at getting this interested amp https://nordacoustics.co.uk/…/nord-one-int-tvc-nc500-mk… .As the cheaper amplifier sounds so good, for the price difference would there still be a big jump in sound on the more expensive one.Fair play to Colin and the team for making such amazing products..Nord One INT-C Integrated Amplifier and internal Streamer Ryan Horten
Nord PRE-TVC 1 G Salcombe
Hello Mr ColinI just receive my new pre amp thank you for fast turnaround. It compares nicely with my loved Music First V2. It adds remote and the line level matching is good which I really needed as I'm partially disabled. The Nord amp still continues to surprise me another good products.Thanks George
