Quote Originally Posted by Spiral Sea
very nice system indeed. how is the NAD C545 performing compared to what you had before?
last year I have moved from a Denon integrated amp to the NAD C162/272 combination and i'm still looking for a new cd player but there aren't any reviews for the new NAD cd players C545 and C565 yet.
The C545 was the last piece of the puzzle. I've had the NAD 355 amp and the B&W speakers for about 1 year now and I just got the C545 2 weeks ago. Previously I was using a mid grade denon CD/DVD player which I liked. However before buying the NAD, I purchased a Marantz CD5001 about 6 months ago. The Marantz was a beautiful unit with nice features however after 1 month of listening, I found that the detail I was use to with the denon was gone with the Marantz. I would not recommend that particular Marantz, just my opinion. I returned it. Then about 1 month ago I noticed that NAD had released the NAD C545bee. So I ordered one from Spearitsound.com who I recommend. Their customer service was great. They offered to let me upgrade to the C565 at no charge when it is available next month. I will not be doing that though since I love the C545. The denon CD player had great detail, but could be the tiniest bit harsh on high end frequencies especially after extended listening. The C545 has all the detail of the denon plus 10% with zero high end harshness. It is the best I've ever owned and if matched with the NAD amp sounds incredible.