NAD 9200
The NAD 9200 is a standalone phono amplifier. It's a dedicated phono preamp that sits between a turntable and an amplifier or receiver with no built-in phono stage. The record on this model is thin, and even the basics are only partly documented. What is known comes from a handful of equipment databases, and they don't agree on much beyond what the unit is.
A few specs show up consistently. The 9200 has 36 dB of gain and a frequency range of 10 Hz to 100 kHz. Output impedance is 1 kΩ. Phono overload at 1 kHz is rated at 300 mV, and power consumption is 4 watts. That last figure appears in two sources, so it's the one to trust most. No dimensions, weight, THD or signal-to-noise figures turned up in the sources checked. No original price or production years are documented. There is no historical context either - no launch details, no design notes, no contemporary reception.
The only period mentions in the archive are dealer showcase advertisements, not reviews. HiFI-Stereo (November 1981, p.44) carried dealer listings that included NAD equipment of the era, but the 9200 itself doesn't appear in any measured review from the whitelisted publications. It seems the unit was sold through the usual NAD dealer network, but no publication gave it a full lab test.
That leaves the 9200 a known-unknown: a real NAD phono preamp from the late Eighties or early Nineties, with a few confirmed electrical specs and little else. The documented facts are these:
- Phono amplifier (standalone phono preamp)
- Gain: 36 dB
- Frequency range: 10 Hz – 100 kHz
- Phono overload at 1 kHz: 300 mV
- Output impedance: 1 kΩ
- Power consumption: 4 W
Beyond that, the archive has nothing solid - no prices, no service issues, no user reports. Anyone with a 9200 who can confirm details like its dimensions, input sensitivity or the era it was sold in can fill a gap here.
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