NAD 300

The NAD 300 is an integrated amplifier from the company's earliest years. It belongs to the 300 series that came before the 3020, and it was NAD's first step into budget audio. The NAD 300 was reviewed with the NAD 3020 and NAD 3030 in a comparison context.

The documented specs are modest but respectable: 18 watts per channel at 8 ohms, frequency response of 30 Hz to 20 kHz (±0.3 dB), THD of 0.03% at rated output, and a signal-to-noise ratio of 90 dB. These figures come from a single source (hifi-wiki.com), and the archive found no independent corroboration. A contemporary review in Audio (June 1980, p.84) praised NAD's budget designs as among the best sounding receivers in their power and price class.

The 300 sits early in NAD's design evolution. In those years the brand established what reviewers and owners came to call "a house sound" - relaxed treble, powerful bass. The 300 was part of that period. It was reviewed alongside the 3020 and 3030 in comparison contexts, which suggests it sat at the budget end of the lineup.

Beyond that, the record is genuinely thin. No production years, original price, dimensions, or weight are documented. No inputs/outputs or phono stage specifications survive in the archive. No owner reviews have surfaced. The 300 appears to have been a stepping stone — a model that helped NAD find its footing before the 3020 arrived and changed the budget amplifier market for good.