HiFi Choice (UK)

Issue: January 2002

"The T761 is equally ahead of most comers — no, all comers according to the test panel. To a man, they were in no doubt that this was the best-sounding model of the day... The simple fact is that this is a better mousetrap; it does the job better than the others, whether singing piano or forte, and none of the features it doesn't have were missed."


The UK's Home Entertainment has given our T761 Five Stars for performance in its January 2002 issue, putting it ahead of the field in a comparative review of ten AV receivers! Here are some excerpts from this highly favorable review:
"[The T761] stays true to the idea that there is more to home cinema than DSP and other non-essentials that needlessly consume resources. The T761 has nine analogue and five digital inputs, and a digital output (the latter by no means standard at this price level) with all the video inputs available in composite and S-Video form. Preamp level outputs can be taken from all channels, and a component video circuit is available. The only significant sound bending circuit is EARS (Enhanced Ambient Recover System) essentially a sum and difference mode after Hafler, which doesn't impact on musical definition or sound quality. The tuner is a standard FM-RDS/MW 30 preset design, and the remote control has an extensive built-in code library supported by a learning function, and control up to eight separate components simultaneously."

"Sound Quality: The T761 is a chip off the old block, and if you've forgotten or never read the original report [on the earlier T760], the T760 walked roughshod over most of the competition at the time. NAD's modest successor to that model comes to a marketplace that shows little more technical sophistication than it did then, and the T761 is equally ahead of most comers — no, all comers according to the test panel. To a man, they were in no doubt that this was the best-sounding model of the day. ...what comes across most is the architecture, the solidity and the soundstaging, the rich, pungent tonality — and ultimately the raw excitement of the music.

"Conclusion: AS NAD points out, there is 'more to home cinema than just explosions, gunfights, and car crashes.' Quite. It is not just that the maker has been commonly honest about the power specs (but more shame on the majority who were not!) because this amplifier sounds better at levels that are not only well within the power envelope of the NAD, but equally within the compass of the other nine models too. The simple fact is that this is a better mousetrap; it does the job better than the others, whether singing piano or forte, and none of the features it doesn't have were missed."