NADY Products.... your thoughts??

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just a good guesser
Member Since: Oct 04, 2004

Has anyone used any NADY products, specifically their 8 channel preamp??? If so what are your thoughts on it??

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Since: Aug 20, 2005


Aug 21, 2005 03:22 pm

Never used the preamp.

Their mics are great, as far as I'm concerned. Their $10 StarPower 1 mic sounds remarkably like a Shure SM58.

Their power amps are less than stellar. They're not stable at 2 ohms (an oddity in professional gear), but they don't tell you this. I burned up one channel of my amp this way, about a month after the warranty ended. I upgraded to a QSC with slightly more punch, and a whole lot more quality.

Their speakers are decidedly average. Not horrid, but definitely not amazing. I plan to upgrade these as soon as I can.

They do seem to make decent low-end stuff. If I were you, though, I'd look into the Behringer ADA8000, simply because Behringer reverse engineers high end equipment and then clones it (albeit with cheaper components). Of course, it costs twice as much as the Nady...

SMPro Audio makes an 8 channel preamp around $100, but I don't know anything about that company. They also make another around $200.

Alesis makes an 8 channel digital mixer with preamps for $300.

Essentially, though, for the price, you really can't go wrong with the Nady.

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Since: Feb 07, 2005


Aug 21, 2005 03:42 pm

I've got 7 of the SP-5 mics and I think they're great. Can't beat the price. I needed something cheap to mic a drum kit. I've been using them for about 4 months now. No complaints.

I've got the NADY PR-8 and no complaints there either. It does the job and it appears to be built well. Things like the knobs appear to be good quality.

For my purpose these have exceeded my expectations. Anyone that has heard them always say to me that they can't believe how little I paid for them.

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