Comments on: NAD C 359S Integrated Amplifier Bucks the Class D Trend With Class A/B Power and BluOS for $1,299

By: Ian White

Ian White — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:30:31 +0000

In reply to ORT.

ORT,

I understand the comparison to the 3030S but this does offer the old school NAD look that a lot of people like. Adding the VU meters would have made it look too much like the 3030S and how do you differentiate that to a buyer on a shelf?

I use the NAD 316BEE V2 daily and it’s a beauty. Old school. Reliable. Solid MM stage. Sounds great with so many bookshelf speakers.

By: Gussy Brown

Gussy Brown — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 04:55:53 +0000

Awesome intriguing return to A/B from NAD! I always loved the simple plain look of their amps, the proof is in the pudding with their sound. Curious to hear how this ‘hybrid’ sounds!

By: ORT

ORT — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:33:05 +0000

Ummmmmmm…Fugly. Yup. And this from the soul that gave us the gorgeous NAD C 3030S Integrated Amp for what…$200 more?! Foul craven I cry and get thee hence back to the cheapass that didst spawn thee in all thy fugliness. A pox upon the bean-counter that didst breathe life into thy VU-less sole…

Or in today’s oftime moron-speak: WTF?!!!!

NAD I never gnu ewe. Thou has souled out.

ORT