Connected and Smart
Connect instantly to the C 388 via Bluetooth® aptX® to allow you to stream music wirelessly from any Bluetooth-enabled device with true CD-quality sound. Bluetooth can also be used to listen to other sources connected to the C 388 via wireless headphones such as NAD’s own HP70. There is also a control app that allows your mobile devices to control all functions of your C 388. Add the optional BluOS Module to provide access to your local area network via Wi-Fi or wired Ethernet connection and adds Hi-Res Audio streaming. The BluOS Module also makes the C 388 a single-zone streamer in a complete multi-room wireless music system that is fully compatible with BluOS Enabled music systems and wireless speakers.
Sophisticated Power
NAD has moved away from the old-fashioned power-hungry linear power supplies and Class AB output stages that waste nearly half of the energy consumed and produce heat rather than sound. Instead, we have developed even better performing circuits based on switch mode power supplies and Class D output stages. Once thought to be inferior to traditional topologies, NAD’s advanced work in this area has created some of the best performing amplifiers regardless of basic design principle. These new designs are very linear over a wide bandwidth and provide consistent performance into all speaker loads, providing a dramatic advance over previous models.
The power supply is capable of 150 watts continuously and over 250 watts instantaneously to allow for short-term musical transients. It can operate with any AC mains voltage from 100 to 240 volts and provides pure DC power to all the various stages of the C 388. This highly efficient supply also provides near perfect regulation of voltage across a wide range of conditions and provides a solid noise-free foundation for the amplifying stages.
The C 388 uses a customized version of the proven Hypex UcD output stage operating in a fully balanced bridge configuration. This allows for massive power with nearly immeasurable distortion and noise in the audible range. Every detail of this design has been carefully planned and perfectly executed to produce out every last drop of performance.
Key Features
- 150W x 2 Continuous power into 8 or 4 Ohms
- Bluetooth A2DP with aptX supported
- MM Phono input
- Analogue line inputs
- USB port for service purposes
- SPDIF coax and optical inputs
- Speaker A, Speaker B
- Preamp/Subwoofer out
- Headphone amplifier
- MDC Slots for future upgrades
- IR remote
- Smartphone Control App
- 12V Trigger in/out
- IR in/out
- RS-232 Serial port for control
- Control4, Crestron, RTI, URC, AMX, Savant, Elan certified
Preamplifier
Line Input, Pre Out
- THD (20Hz-20kHz)
- <0.005% at 2V out
- Signal/Noise Ratio
- >106dB (IHF; A-weighted, ref. 500mV out, unity gain)
- Channel Separation
- >80dB (1kHz); >70dB (10kHz)
- Input Impedance (R and C)
- 22 kilohm + 100pF
- Maximum Input Signal
- >4.5Vrms (ref. 0.1% THD)
- Output Impedance
- Source Z + 240 Ohm
- Input Sensitivity
- 93mV (ref. 500mV out, Volume maximum)
- Frequency Response
- ±0.03dB (20Hz-20kHz)
- Maximum voltage output – IHF load
- >4.5V (ref. 0.1% THD)
- Tone Controls
- Treble: ±7.0dB at 20kHz
Bass: ±7.0dB at 60Hz
Balance: -10dB
Phono Input, Pre Out
- THD (20Hz-20kHz)
- <0.01% at 2V out
- Signal to Noise Ratio
- >84dB (200 Ohm source; A-weighted, ref. 500mV out)
>76dB (MM cartridge source, IHF; A-weighted, ref. 500mV out) - Input Sensitivity
- 1.44mV (ref. 500mV out, Volume maximum)
- Frequency Response
- ±0.3dB (20Hz-20kHz)
- Maximum Input Signal at 1kHz
- >80mVrms (ref. 0.1% THD)
Line Input, Headphone Out
- THD (20Hz-20kHz)
- <0.005% at 1V out
- Signal/Noise Ratio
- >110dB (32 Ohm loads; A-weighted, ref. 2V out, unity gain)
- Frequency Response
- ±0.3dB (20Hz-20kHz)
- Channel Separation
- >60dB at 1kHz
- Output Impedance
- 6 Ohms
General Specifications
- Continuous output Power into 4 Ohms and 8 Ohms (Stereo)
- >150W (at rated THD, 20-20kHz, both channels driven)
- IHF Dynamic Power
- 8 Ohm 250W
4 Ohm 350W
2 Ohm 400W - THD (20Hz-20kHz)
- <0.02% (250mW to 150W, 8 Ohm and 4 Ohm)
- Signal/Noise Ratio
- >95dB (A-weighted, 500mV input ref. 1W out in 8 Ohm)
- Clipping Power
- >160W (at 1kHz 0.1% THD)
- Peak Output Current
- >20A (in 1 Ohm, 1ms)
- Damping Factor
- >150 (ref. 8 Ohm, 20Hz and 6.5kHz)
- Frequency Response
- ±0.03 (20Hz-20kHz)
- Channel Separation
- >75dB (1kHz)
>70dB (10kHz) - Input Sensitivity (for 80W in 8 Ohm)
- Line In: 490mV; Phono In: 7.5mV; Digital In: 24% FS
- Sample Rate
- up to 24 bit/192kHz
- Frequency Band
- 2.402G – 2.480G
- Maximum Transmit Power (dBm)
- 7dBm ±2dBm
Power Consumption
- at Auto Standby ON and Network Standby OFF
- 0.5 Watts*
- at Auto Standby ON and Network Standby ON
- 1.2 Watts**
- OFF mode (Power switched OFF)
- 0.1 Watts
* – After 20 minutes of no user interface interaction and no active source input
** – With established wireless Bluetooth connectivity and 20 minutes of no user interface interaction and no active source input
NOTE: Bluetooth connectivity is always live when configured
Weight & Dimensions
- Gross Dimensions (W x H x D)*
- 435 x 120 x 390mm (17 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 15 3/8)”
- Net Weight
- 11.2kg (24.7lb)
- Shipping Weight
- 13.6kg (30lb)
*Gross dimensions include feet, extended buttons and rear panel terminals
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