thoughts on NAD M3

I have not heard the M3 but was tempted to start a dialog about certain items getting great reviews and soon after that those same items become very plentiful on AG. The M3 is one of those. Seems like if they were that great buyers would keep them for awhile. A few other examples are Acoustic Zen Adagios, Parasound JC-1's. These and the M3 all got rave reviews and are almost always avail on AG. You can definitely get a good deal on the M3 and try for yourself.

Your right with that thought. I think in the case of the M3, with all the rave reviews, and the fact that NAD is a relatively high volume marketer, that you would find a bunch of these on here. It looks like many now are retailers selling them on AGON. On the other hand people on here change amps like underwear, maybe more. Look at lines like McIntosh, there is always tons of stuff for sale, much of it current.

Assuming that, because a certain item is plentiful in the used classifieds, it must not be as good as the press it got, says it is, is flawed logic. As far as the components mentioned by Bizango their positive press helped create a large volume of sales. Whenever a certain product sells much better than another similar item you will find more of them for sale used. Look at all of the used Shunyata power cords for sale here and on other used sites. Does that mean that the Shunyata product is not as good as claimed? Absolutely not, Shunyata sells so many of them that there is more available used. Now, understand I'm not saying that the NAD M3 isn't overrated, I'm just saying that you can't come to that conclusion accurately simply by the fact that there are a lot of them for sale used.

Rcrerar, part of my observation is how quickly some items show up in large quantities on AG after their release. In the case of JC-1's they have been around for many years. Adagios and M3's began showing up pretty soon after the rave reviews. I haven't drawn any conclusion about the sound or ratings of the M3-I've never heard one!

I listened to the M3 along with some other int. in that price range and it was tempted to buy one however in the end I spent a little more and got a McCormack amp and pre. If I bought ann int. amp it probably would have been the M3. One of the reasons I passed is that it's made in China. Before you all jump all over me for saying that please know that it doesn't FEEL or sound cheap, I just felt that if I'm going to spend 3 or 4 k it was going to be made in the USA. Regardless of where it's made it's a very nice amp.