Repurposing Beloved Old NAD Preamp

My NAD-1020 dates from my late teens & has moved continents & many homes with me. Although largely unused for many years I’ve never had the heart to part with it, especially as it’s renowned for its sonic performance.

This weekend I pulled it off the shelf & did a retro-fit with a Pi-Zero & HiFiBerry DAC Zero wired directly into the circuit board of the Aux input. I dismantled a generic 3A power supply & added that post-the On-Off switch.

All works great & sounds great too with my Genelec 1029s. Next I’m going to hook up to my (finally) re-capped & repaired Beolab 8000s.


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