NAD Masters Series M3 user manual

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The Masters Series – M3 Dual Mono Integrated Amplifier
- 180 watts X 2, 10Hz – 20kHz, with <0.03% THD,
ANALOG SOUND, DIGITAL CONTROL
both channels driven into 8 or 4 Ohms
The M3 is NAD’s concept of the ideal musical companion, capable of
- Dynamic power of 280 watts at 8 Ohms, 480
transporting the listener to that place where the music simply exists in its
watts at 4 Ohms, and 785 watts at 2 Ohms
own perfect space. For this task we have pushed classical analog circuit
- PowerDrive™
design t

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and mono settings. Tone controls offer bass and treble Biamp function allows the use of a second amplifi er or adjustment, as well as a ‘spectral tilt’ option that is highly active subwoofer PreOut 2, and offers a high pass fi lter effective at correcting the tonal balance of many recordings function on PreOut 1, with selectable 40Hz, 60Hz, 80Hz, by simultaneously increasing the bass and decreasing the 100Hz or Full Range options. These are analog 2nd order treble (and vice versa) to create

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Preliminary Specifications Pre-Amp Section Line level inputs Input impedance (R+C) 150k//500p Balanced Input impedance (R+C) 120k//100p Input sensitivity, rated power 446mV Frequency response (-3dB - 70kHz)* <+/-0.3dB Line level outputs Output impedance 10 Tape Source Z + 1k ohm Signal/noise ratio >110dB (AWTD) Tone Controls Bass ±5dB Treble ±5dB Spectral Tilt ±3dB Power Amp Section Continuous output power into 4/8 ohms † 2 x 180W (22.5dBW) Rated Distortion (THD 20Hz - 20kHz) 0.004% Clipp

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