NAD 7220-PE (circa 1987)
Little is documented about the NAD 7220-PE. What survives is mostly NAD's own launch advertising from 1987. There is no independent review, no complete spec sheet and no production history. It was a receiver, and the "PE" in its model number lines up with the "Power Envelope" amplifier circuitry that dominated its launch advertising.
In an advertisement in Audio (February 1987, p.3), NAD said it aimed to build a genuinely high-performance receiver for under $300. It described the Power Envelope circuit as providing extra reserves of tone-burst power for music, roughly three times the rated continuous output. The same ad touted an FM section with three stages of IF filtering and a dual-gate MOSFET front end. NAD billed the 7220-PE as a new standard and the culmination of its most intensive engineering effort to that point, a claim repeated in HI-Fi-Stereo-Buyers (April 1987, p.42). That is manufacturer marketing, not measured performance, but it shows how NAD positioned the model within its lineup.
Known facts, in brief:
- Receiver, advertised circa early 1987
- Target price in launch ads: under $300
- "Power Envelope" amplifier circuit — advertised tone-burst reserves of nearly three times rated continuous power
- FM section with three-stage IF filtering and dual-gate MOSFET front end
- No rated power, THD, dimensions, or weight documented in the surviving record
If you own a 7220-PE, the missing piece is a first-hand report. Measurements, listening notes or even a photo of the back panel would fill a real gap.
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