NAD C 538 Compact Disc Player NAD has an enviable reputation for creating great sounding products at very affordable prices and nowhere is this more evident than in NAD’s CD Players. NAD’s veteran engineers know exactly where to spend just a little extra money for a better quality part, in order to extract the very best sound from the Compact Disc. CD Players use mechanical, digital, and analog technology to produce sound, and all three forms of engineering greatly affect the end result and require careful design and engineering. GENERAL PARAMETERS Output level Analog: 2.2 ± 0.1 V Frequency response ±0.5 dB (ref. 0 dB 20 Hz-20 kHz) Total harmonic distortion ≤0.01% (ref. 1 kHz, Audio LPF)c Signal-to-Noise Ratio ≥110 dB (ref. 1 kHz, A-weighted) Channel balance ±0.5 dB (ref. 0dB 1kHz) Channel separation -4.6 ±0.8 dB (ref. 0dB 1 kHz, 5 kHz) -9.0 ±1.0 dB (ref. 0dB 1 kHz, 16 kHz) Standby power
