NAD D 3045 Hybrid Digital DAC Amplifier

It's Everything a Modern Amplifier Should Be

The NAD D 3045 is everything a modern amplifier should be. It is compact, energy efficient, powerful, silent, high-resolution enabled, and packed with cutting edge features like DSD and MQA playback. NAD’s expertise in both digital and analog engineering is on full display in this flexible and affordable amplifier.

Even Higher Fidelity

Hi-Res is to audio, what HD is to video. It is more lifelike and natural, and a much more enjoyable listening experience. With features like support for MQA music, the D 3045 can faithfully and accurately reproduce the full spectrum of sound encapsulated on the studio master.

Until now, music loving consumers have only been able to hear an edited version of the full fidelity, because the delivery systems, be it tape, vinyl, or CD, did not have the capacity to hold all the information contained in the studio-master recording. With hi-res downloads and streaming we can now enjoy exactly the same experience the artist heard in the studio when the recording was first made. This is revolutionary! Yet, 90% of the products on the market today do not have the full capability required to experience this new higher fidelity.

Amazing Capability

Every input and circuit you need to get the best out of your existing music collection is included, plus features that allow you to experience the sonic benefits of hi-res audio. Especially notable is the Asynchronous USB input for attaching a computer, which allows hi-res streaming using one of the several hi-res programs like Roon, JRiver, and Amarra. Asynchronous operation uses the D 3045’s precision clock (instead of the computer's clock) to reduce jitter to a minimum and make the USB format work ideally for audio.

For everyday convenience, NAD has included Bluetooth wireless streaming powered by aptX HD, the latest 24 bit hi-res version of Bluetooth that is being supported by more and more phones and tablets. You can also use its integrated two-way Bluetooth feature and effortlessly stream music that is playing on the amp to any pair of Bluetooth enabled headphones. Or you can plug in your headphones to the built-in headphone jack and enjoy the exceptional performance of NAD's low impedance, high current headphone amplifier.

Features You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

Love vinyl? The D 3045 includes NAD’s super accurate, wide dynamic range, moving magnet phono preamp to extract every last morsel of sound from your LPs. If you still enjoy CDs, you will find both analog and digital inputs. The digital inputs allow the use of the advanced hi-res DAC built into the D 3045, or you can even send the sound from your TV to the NAD amplifier and seamlessly control the system using your TV’s remote by taking advantage of the HDMI ARC input. You can even add a subwoofer to the system with the convenient Sub Out jack.

Performance and Price

The NAD D 3045 includes advanced capabilities usually only found in far more expensive components. Hi-Res USB DACs start at about three times the price of the D 3045. High current headphone amplifiers start at the price of the D 3045 and go up from there. Power amps featuring 60 watts-per-channel and with the low distortion and high current capability of the D 3045 are rare at this price.

Yet with the NAD 3045, all of these products are wrapped into one compact, energy efficient, and convenient package engineered by one of audio’s most iconic brands. Forty-five years of audio excellence is on full display with this innovative and versatile component. Just add your favorite music source and a great set of speakers to enjoy many years of sonic bliss.

Product Features

2 x 60W Hybrid Digital Amplifier
Two-Way Bluetooth powered by Qualcomm aptX HD audio
Asynchronous USB 24/192 Input supporting MQA and DSD
HDMI Audio Return Channel
Coax and Optical Input
MM Phono and Line Input
Preamp Out
Sub Out
Headphone Amp
IR Remote

Product Specs

Preamplifier Section Line Input/Pre Out

THD (20Hz – 20kHz): <0.003% at 2V out
Signal-to-Noise Ratio: >100dB (IHF, A-weighted, ref. 500mV out, unity gain)
Channel separation: >85dB (1kHz); >80dB (10kHz)
Input impedance (R and C) : 47kohms + 220pF
Maximum input signal: >5.5Vrms (ref. 0.1% THD)
Output impedance: 400 Ohms
Input sensitivity: 82mV (ref. 500mV out, Volume maximum)
Frequency response: ±0.2dB (20Hz - 20kHz)
Maximum voltage output - IHF load: >4V (ref. 0.1% THD)

Phono Input/Pre Out

THD (20Hz – 20kHz) : <0.015% at 2V out
Signal-to-Noise Ratio: >82dB (200 Ohm source, A-weighted, ref. 500mV out); >76dB (MM cartridge source, IHF; A-weighted, ref. 500mV out)
Input sensitivity: 1.35mV (ref. 500mV out, Volume maximum)
Maximum input signal at 1kHz: >90mVrms (ref. 0.1% THD)
Frequency response: ±0.3dB (20Hz - 20kHz)
Note: The RIAA response is consistent with a pre-emphasis that is rolled off at 50kHz by a second order filter, such as used in Neumann cutting lathes.

Line Input/Headphone Out

THD (20Hz – 20kHz) : <0.003% at 120mW
Signal-to-Noise Ratio: >90dB (32 Ohm load; A-weighted, ref. 500mV out, unity gain)
Frequency response: ±0.3dB (20Hz - 20kHz)
Output impedance: 2 Ohms
Maximum headphone output - 32 Ohm load: <8V (ref. 0.1% THD)

General Specifications Line Input/Speaker Out

Continuous output power into 4 and 8 Ohms: 60W (ref. 20Hz-20kHz at 0.03% THD, both channels driven)
THD (20Hz – 20kHz) : <0.005% (at 1W, 4 and 8 ohms)
Signal-to-Noise Ratio: >98dB (A-weighted, 500mV input, ref. 2.828V out in 4 Ohms)
Clipping power: >80W (at 1kHz 4 Ohms 0.1% THD)
IHF dynamic power: 8 Ohms: 80W; 4 Ohms: 150W; 2 Ohms: 200W
Peak output current: >18A (in 1 Ohm, 1ms)
Damping factor: >300 (ref. 8 Ohms, 20Hz to 6.5kHz)
Frequency response: ±0.3dB (20Hz - 20kHz)
Channel separation: >75dB (1kHz); >70dB (10kHz)
Input sensitivity: 260mV (for 30W in 4 Ohms)
Supports bit rate/sample rate up to: 24 bit/192kHz (digital source); up to 24 bit/384kHz (computer source)
Standby power <0.5W