NAD AV-716 (circa 1995–1996)
The NAD AV-716 is an audio/video receiver from the mid-1990s, when NAD was expanding from no-frills two-channel gear into home theater. Official documentation on the model is thin. The period review record is enough to place it and explain its reputation.
The receiver offered Dolby Pro Logic, a 40-preset tuner whose presets could be grouped into six banks, and it carried NAD's Power Envelope and Soft Clipping circuitry. The key review came from David Ranada, technical editor of Stereo Review (February 1995, p.47). He wrote that you would have to spend twice as much to get significantly better Dolby Pro Logic performance than the AV-716 delivered, and he counted it among the easiest A/V receivers to operate. NAD made good use of that verdict. The company's own advertising quoted it heavily, including a full-page ad in Audio (June 1995, p.4).
A 1996 receiver directory still listed the AV-716, giving the amp section as 20-20,000 Hz ±0.5 dB, THD of 0.01%, and signal-to-noise of 98 dB, with FM 50-dB quieting sensitivity of 38.5 dBf in stereo. The ordinary collector's details are missing. No confirmed power rating, original price, or exact production run survives in the record.
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