Description: Pre-amp tested and in working order.The pre-amp is essential to order to get maximum quality of sound and is an important building block to your sound system. There are pin type scratches on the top and sides of the piece and some scuffs on the sides, yet the front is without any notable markings.The 1020B pre-amp packs a punch with high-level pre-out capability if desired.If you're shopping for a neutral sounding sub $200.00 pre-amp you have found a well researched classic indeed! Over 24+ years of sales and shipping experience with vintage electronics and other items assuring your vintage preamplifier purchase is well packed and secured. The NAD 1020B continues the NAD tradition of remarkable price/performance value. An audiophile-quality preamplifier at an extraordinarily low price, the NAD 1020B is derived from the design of the pre-amp section in the renowned nowned NAD 3020B integrated amplifier. It is the optimum choice for listeners who wish to combine the simplicity and acclaimed performance of the 3020B with a much larger power amplifier, a bi-amplified system, or active powered loudspeakers. The surprisingly low price of the NAD 1020B pre-amp, together with the modest cost of several “best buy” power amplifiers in today’s marketplace, substantially reduces the entry cost into high-performance separates for many audiophiles whose choice would otherwise be limited to integrated amplifiers and receivers. Do not be deceived by the 1020B’s external simplicity and bargain cost; this is not a compromise product, nor a halfway step toward high-quality sound. Its economy results from spartan cosmetics, canny engineering, efficient manufacturing, modest input/output flexibility, and the elimination of seldom- used features. Behind its modest faceplate, the 1020B’s circuitry and its sonic performance are the equal of most preamplifiers costing two or three times more, Circuit Features Wide-Range Phono Preamplifier. As long as phonograph records remain the primary high-quality music source for most listeners, the phono pre-amp stage will be the heart of any good preamplifier its most important circuit and potentially its weakest link. Instead of the usual low-cost IC, the phono preamplifier section of the 1020B is a newly designed discrete transistor circuit whose performance matches that of far more expensive pre-amp systems it interfaces correctly with the high impedance of the moving-magnet pickup cartridge (as many costlier preamplifiers do not), avoiding complex impedance interactions that can alter the pickup’s frequency response.
Price: 168 USD
Location: Sevierville, Tennessee
End Time: 2024-12-26T20:20:48.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: NAD
Type: Preamp
Audio Inputs: Pre Out, Stereo L/R RCA, Phono/Turntable, AUX
Number of Channels: 2
Color: Black
Model: 1020B
Features: Analog
Year Manufactured: 1980-1989
Country/Region of Manufacture: Taiwan
Number of Outputs: 2
