Every time NAD launches a budget integrated amplifier, it bills it as 'the new NAD 3020'. The 3020 was, probably, the most successful entry-level integrated amp of all-time. It started more Brits on the hi-fi path than anything after Rogers or Leak, and swung US tastes from AM/FM receivers into integrateds. Thus it's no surprise NAD wants the world to regard the C315BEE as the heir to that particular throne. But to crown it 'the NAD 3020 of the Noughties' is to insult the C3 15BEE, which is better in every way imaginable, including value.
展开▼