We had a quiet day in the store a few weeks ago and was wondering what would happen if we took one of NAD's 12 channel amps and bi-amped a whole 5.1 system. The system consisted of 2 B&W 703 front speakers, a B&W HTM-7 center speaker, a pair of B&W 705 rear speakers.  The sub was the potent B&W ASW750 subwoofer.  We mated the amp to an NAD T163 preamp processor.  The DVD player was a T562.  We didn't scrimp on the video side, we used the $15,000 42" Runco Plasma with its dedicated scaler.  Would the NAD system really seem appropriate for the world's best Plasma set?

The NAD CI9120 is an extremely flexible 80 watts times 12 (!) amplifier that is built to maintain the sonic excellence for which NAD is known.  When we fired up this system, three experienced and somewhat jaded audiogeeks had to pick their jaws up off the floor.  We heard the sort of dynamics and effortlessness we normally associate with home theater amps in the +$5K range.  There was a clarity to the sound that simply doesn't happen with amplifiers or systems in this price range. We knew we had a new winner

The NAD CI9120 is a twelve channel beast with a lot of very smart circuitry.  NAD uses a low pressure thermostatically controlled cooling system to keep those twelve channels from running away from you.  NAD's proprietary OMC Output Management Circuit (OMC) ensures that the full power of the amplifier is always available, even if speaker impedances drop to 3 ohms. Should the worst happen and the amplifier encounters a dead short, a self-resetting protection circuit will automatically protect the amp.  NAD has built this amp to withstand the demanding rigors of real world usage.

With 12 channels available, it seems like you never run out of options...