NAD T 753 AV surround sound receiver in silver, front panel with a wide black display window, large volume knob and a row of input buttons

NAD T 753 receiver seen from the left front corner, showing its silver casing, vented top cover and display window

Rear panel of the NAD T 753 with 7.1 channel inputs, component video jacks, optical and coaxial digital inputs and red speaker terminals

NAD T 753 6.1 AV Receiver – 70 WPC, 6 Digital Inputs, Remote

Name: NAD T 753 6.1 AV Receiver – 70 WPC, 6 Digital Inputs, Remote
Brand: NAD
SKU: 20509
Price: 295.00 CAD
Availability: InStock

$295.00

A NAD T 753 6.1-channel AV receiver in NAD's matte grey, designed and engineered in Canada, rated at 70 watts per channel, with six digital inputs, Soft Clipping and a pre-programmed remote. It has been thoroughly tested on our bench and is in very good condition.

✔️ Very good condition, with a pre-programmed remote and a power cable
✔️ 70 WPC conservatively rated — Sound & Vision measured 93.7 W, five channels
✔️ Six digital inputs, 7.1 pre-outs, Soft Clipping — thoroughly tested
✔️ Covered by Radique Warranty
✔️ Includes Perpetual Trade-Back Program eligibility
✔️ Curbside delivery, local collection or freight within Canada

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A NAD T 753 6.1-channel AV receiver in NAD’s matte grey, designed and engineered in Canada, rated at 70 watts per channel, with six digital inputs, Soft Clipping and a pre-programmed remote. It has been thoroughly tested on our bench and is in very good condition.

What it is

NAD has always spent its money on sound rather than styling, and the T 753 is a heavyweight example: about 53 pounds of receiver, built around NAD’s PowerDrive amplifier design for extra headroom on musical peaks and with harder-to-drive speakers. NAD rates it at 70 watts per channel into 8 ohms, and that rating is conservative. When Sound & Vision measured it in 2005, it delivered 93.7 watts per channel with five channels driven at once. Their reviewer called it “a certifiably great receiver” and said it sounded better overall than any other receiver in its price class he had heard that year.

On the back, NAD’s Soft Clipping switch gently limits the amplifiers at the very top of their range, so a loud passage that pushes too far stays smooth instead of turning harsh. For films, it decodes Dolby Digital-EX, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS-ES, DTS 96/24 and DTS Neo:6, with six amplified channels and pre-outs for a full 7.1 layout. For music, the front left and right channels get 24-bit/192 kHz converters, it decodes HDCD discs, and NAD’s EARS mode draws natural ambience out of stereo recordings for your surround speakers.

It is a flexible hub for a system. Six digital inputs, two optical and four coaxial, take a CD player, streamer, game console and TV at the same time, and a 7.1-channel analog input suits a multichannel SACD or DVD-Audio player. There are pre-outs for every channel, including two subwoofer outputs, and the six amplified channels link to their power-amp inputs with jumpers, so you can add an external power amplifier later. A second pair of front speakers runs from the Speakers B terminals, a Multi-Source output feeds a second room’s amplifier with its own source, and 12-volt triggers and IR connections tie it into a custom install. There is an AM/FM tuner with RDS and a front-panel A/V input with a headphone jack.

Its video switching is analog: component, S-video and composite. With a modern HDMI TV, connect your video sources to the TV and send the sound to the T 753 through an optical or coaxial digital cable, and it becomes a powerful sound engine for your screen.

Around the back, the speaker terminals are binding posts that take bare wire, spades, pins or banana plugs. We recommend our own Radique Audio gold-plated banana plugs, and our Custom Speaker Cable Builder will make a set to length, ready to plug in.

The service it has had

Thoroughly tested on our bench before listing, every input and output:

Component, S-video and composite video inputs and outputs
Optical, coaxial and analog inputs, including the 7.1-channel input
Both subwoofer outputs

Condition

Very Good, and free of significant marks. It comes with a third-party replacement remote, bought specifically for this model and pre-programmed for it, and a power cable.

A heavyweight NAD with conservative power ratings and a reviewer’s seal of approval, ready to drive a serious surround system.

NAD T 753 Specifications

Type: 6.1-channel AV receiver with 7.1 pre-outs
Power output: 70 watts per channel into 8 ohms (Sound & Vision measured 93.7 watts per channel, five channels driven, 0.1% THD)
Amplifier: NAD PowerDrive, with switchable Soft Clipping
Surround decoding: Dolby Digital-EX, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS-ES, DTS 96/24, DTS Neo:6, Matrix 7.1, EARS
Music: HDCD decoding; 24-bit/192 kHz converters on the front left and right channels
Digital inputs: 6 (2 optical, 4 coaxial); digital outputs: optical and coaxial
Analog inputs: 7.1-channel input, plus CD, tape, DVD, satellite, VCR and three video inputs (one on the front panel)
Video: component (2 in, 1 out), S-video and composite
Pre-outs: every channel, including surround back left and right, plus 2 subwoofer outputs; power-amp inputs on the six amplified channels (jumpered)
Speakers: A (six channels) and B (second front pair), binding posts
Second zone: Multi-Source line output
Custom install: 12 V triggers (1 in, 2 out), IR in and out
Tuner: AM/FM with RDS
Other: front-panel A/V input and headphone jack, switched AC outlet
Included: third-party replacement remote, pre-programmed for this model, and a power cable
Designed and engineered in Canada
Dimensions: (Width x Height x Depth) 17.2 x 6.6 x 16.6 inches (437 x 168 x 422 mm)
Weight: approx. 53 lbs (24 kg)

🔌 Speaker Cable, Built on Our Own Bench

The speaker terminals here are five-way binding posts, so they take banana plugs or spade lugs and you have the run of the options. We hand-build speaker cable here in any length you need — choose the gauge and the terminations on our Custom Speaker Cable Builder. If you would rather terminate cable you already own, we make our own gold-plated banana plugs and spade connectors as well. 👉

🚚 Curbside Delivery — This Item Ships Differently

This weighs 53 lb, which is over the weight we ship by courier. Instead we offer personal curbside delivery by our own vehicle, collection in person from us in Kanata, or freight anywhere in Canada. Please contact us before purchasing — use the pink Ask a Question button on this page and include your postal code, and we will come back with pricing and timelines so you can decide before you buy. Full details and coverage area are on our Curbside Delivery page. 👉

📶 Add Bluetooth — The RA-Twin II, Built For Exactly This

The NAD T 753 has no Bluetooth built in, and it does not need replacing to get it. Our own RA-Twin II adapter plugs into the CD or a line input on the back and streams from a phone, tablet or laptop — nothing modified inside, and it comes with a starter cable, so it works out of the box. Our shielded Gold Series 3.5 mm to Dual RCA cable is an upgrade if you want one, never a requirement. 👉

⚠️ Important Information for International Buyers

This unit is configured for North American 110/120V power. Buyers outside North America will require a step-down transformer and appropriate plug adapter.

✅ Buy With Confidence — The Radique Promise

Backed by Radique Audio’s Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and our Perpetual Trade-Back Program. When you’re ready to move on, we’ll take it back. That’s the Radique difference.

📦 Watch how we protect your gear — our unboxing video.

📺 Curious about our business? Check out our YouTube channel for behind-the-scenes videos and more!

📞 Questions? Use the Ask a Question button above, or call us at 613-416-9995.

$295.00

About brand

NAD at Radique

We service NAD, too. Bring us your own NAD receivers, amplifiers, preamps, CD players, tuners and turntables for repair, servicing or restoration, with a 90-day warranty on the work. See our Audio Service page

NAD began in London in 1972 as New Acoustic Dimension, a brand created by a group of hi-fi distributors and led by American audio executive Martin L. Borish. Since 1999 it has been part of Lenbrook of Pickering, Ontario, which also owns PSB. We carry NAD stereo receivers and AV receivers, integrated and power amplifiers, phono preamps and CD players. We've had more than 110 NAD listings so far, covering nearly 70 different models. Every used NAD here is inspected, tested and serviced as required, then photographed in-house and covered by our Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and Perpetual Trade-Back Program. Don't see the model you want? Tell us on First Dibs and we'll email you when one arrives.

Our five best-selling NAD models so far: the 2150 power amplifier, the 705 and 7020e stereo receivers, the T 531 DVD and CD player, and the 7140 receiver.

The NAD story, 1972 to today

NAD began in London in 1972, when a group of hi-fi distributors organized by Martin L. Borish, then of Acoustic Research, planned a new brand of affordable electronics they could sell: New Acoustic Dimension. Borish left his post as president of Acoustic Research in 1976 to run NAD full time, and in its early years NAD was run from his London apartment.

The 3020. Norwegian-born engineer Bjørn Erik Edvardsen designed the NAD 3020 integrated amplifier, introduced in 1978 at 20 watts per channel and built in Taiwan. It sold well over a million units, and Stereophile named it one of the 100 most significant audio products of its first 40 years. NAD calls it the best-selling hi-fi amplifier in history.

From distributors to owners. Lenbrook became NAD's Canadian distributor in 1978. In the 1990s NAD was owned by the Scandinavian distributor AudioNord, and in 1999 the Lenbrook Group of Pickering, Ontario, bought it.

Today. NAD is still part of Lenbrook, alongside PSB and Bluesound. Its range runs from C-series integrated amplifiers such as the C 320BEE, named with Edvardsen's initials, to direct-digital designs and the Masters Series. The C 3050 LE of 2023, a 50th-anniversary model, was limited to 1,972 units.

Which NAD is which?

1970s receivers: early models such as the 160 and 160a.

The 3020 family (from 1978): the 3020 and 3020e integrated amplifiers, and receivers such as the 7020 and the 7020e of 1988, which shares the 3020e's amplifier section.

1980s amplifiers: the 3140 and 3150 integrated amps and the 2150 and 2200 power amps, many with NAD's soft-clipping and bridging switches. Our best-selling 2150 is a 50-watt-per-channel power amp from the early 1980s.

Later receivers: the 7140 (about 1984 to 1989), the Monitor Series 7100 and its siblings from 1988, and the 705 of the early 1990s.

Home theatre: T-series AV receivers such as the T 757, whose Modular Design Construction lets the receiver be upgraded with new modules, and the T 531 DVD and CD player.

C-series and Masters Series (2000s on): the C 320BEE and later C-series integrated amps, the direct-digital C 390DD, and the Masters Series.

Buying used NAD: what to check

Pre-out and main-in jumpers. Many NAD integrated amps split the preamp and power amp at the back panel. If the jumpers between pre-out and main-in are missing, the inputs play nothing, so make sure they are there.

Switches on the back. Many 1980s NADs have soft-clipping, bridging or impedance switches. An amp that sounds wrong may just have one set oddly, so check every switch before blaming the amp.

Age. Technicians restoring 3020s report blown fuses, failed output transistors and leaky capacitors, and reviewers call cleaning the selectors and volume control almost mandatory on 1980s units. Ask what has been done.

Receivers. On late-1980s Monitor Series receivers, test every front-panel button, both speaker relays and the preset memory. The 7140's display can fail, though it can be repaired.

Disc players. Play both a CD and a DVD in a T-series player before you buy.

Everything we list is inspected, tested and serviced as required here, and comes with our warranty.