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NAD vs. Cambridge for Paradigm Atom speakers?

Hi,

I recently purchased a pair of Paradigm Atom monitors and am trying to decide whether to go with a Cambridge CD player and AMP or a basic NAD setup. The NAD amps seem warmer to me, which helps take a bit of edge off the Paradigm's brightness, but I'm getting conflicting information from dealers regarding NAD's reliability. One dealer claims their problems were fixed 10 years ago when they were bought by another company, while another claims that he has to send back half of his NAD products for repairs. I'm looking at the C326BEE and related products. Any advice?
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tobias
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Two or three years ago I went down to Son Idéal in Montreal to listen and compare entry-level amps and CD players. We'd had a fire and the systems in the bedrooms were going to be replaced.

I listened to two Cambridge units, the 540 and 640, and compared them with the NAD C320BEE. I preferred the NAD. I thought it was smoother overall. Both Cambridges had some roughness in the highs and upper mids, although the more expensive 640 had a bit less.

So we got three NAD C320BEE integrateds. They have been working just fine since we got them.
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