NAD Electronics | SKU: NEW-NAC3050-BLUOS | Barcode: 786357002859

NAD C 3050 Integrated Amplifier - With BluOS

Created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of NAD’s founding in 1972, the C 3050 stereo amplifier has a gorgeous retro design featuring a satin vinyl walnut sleeve, dual VU meters, and push-button controls.

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Created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of NAD’s founding in 1972, the C 3050 stereo amplifier has a gorgeous retro design featuring a satin vinyl walnut sleeve, dual VU meters, and push-button controls.

Features

Retro design elements include a satin vinyl walnut sleeve, front-panel VU meters, push-button input controls, 1970s cursive branding, and dark grey finish
HybridDigital UcD Amplifier
Continuous Power: 100 Watts per channel into 8/4 ohms
Instantaneous Power: 135 Watts per channel
Vanishingly low harmonic and intermodulation distortion
MDC2 port for expanded functionality
Order with or without pre-installed MDC2 BluOS-D module
Optional MDC2 BluOS-D module adds BluOS Hi-Res multiroom music streaming and Dirac Live room correction; it also provides access to more than 20 streaming services, including several that offer lossless and high-resolution audio
Optional MDC2 BluOS-D module adds simplified Streaming directly from Quboz app – Hi-Res playback up to 24-bit/192 kHz on BluOS Devices (with update)
Support for Apple AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect, and Tidal Connect
Voice control via Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, or Apple Siri
High-performance 32-bit/384kHz TI PCM5242 differential DAC
Ultra-low-noise MM phono stage infrasonic filter
One optical, one coaxial digital input
HDMI eARC input
One set of line-level analog inputs with low-noise buffer stages
Speaker A / Speaker B outputs
Two-way Qualcomm aptX HD Bluetooth
Subwoofer output
Dedicated headphone amplifier
Supplied accessories include an IR remote control and a calibrated microphone for Dirac Live setup
CI-Friendly - IR remote, 12V Trigger out, IR in
Seamless integrations with smart home control systems such as Control4, Crestron, RTI, URC, Lutron, and Elan

Specifications

Line Input, Pre-Out (Analog bypass on)

THD+N (20 Hz – 20 kHz): <0.005 % at 2V out
Signal-to-Noise Ratio: >95 dB (IHF; A-weighted, ref. 500 mV out, unity gain)
Channel separation: >86W (at 1KHz 0.1% THD 8Rx2CH) >102W (at 1KHz 0.1% THD)
IHF dynamic power: >100 dB (1 kHz), >90 dB (10 kHz)
Input impedance (R and C): 28 kohms + 360 pF
Maximum input signal: >4.5 Vrms (ref. 0.1 % THD)
Output impedance: 440 ohms
Input sensitivity: 270 mV (ref. 500 mV out, Volume maximum)
Frequency response: ±0.3 dB (20 Hz - 20 kHz)
Maximum voltage output -IHF load: >2 V (ref. 0.1 % THD)

Phono Input, Pre-Out (Analog Bypass On)

THD (20 Hz – 20 kHz): <0.03% at 2 V out
Signal-to-Noise ratio: >79 dB (200 ohms source; A-weighted, ref. 500 mV out)
Input Impedance (R and C): 46 kohms/100 pF
Input sensitivity: 5.5 mV (ref. 500 mV out, Volume maximum)
Frequency response: ±0.3 dB (20 Hz - 20 kHz)
Maximum input signal at 1kHz: >80 mVrms (ref. 0.1 % THD)

Line Input, Headphone Out (Analog Bypass On)

THD (20 Hz – 20 kHz): <0.005% at 1V out
Signal-to-Noise Ratio: >96 dB (32 ohms loads; A-WTD, ref. 2 V out, unity gain
Frequency response: ±0.3 dB (20 Hz - 20 kHz)
Channel separation: >60 dB at 1kHz
Output impedance: 2.2 ohms

BluOS Section (with Optional MDC2 BluOS-D Module

Supported audio file format: MP3, AAC, WMA, OGG, WMA-L, ALAC, OPUS
Supported high- resolution audio file format: FLAC, MQA, WAV, AIFF
Sampling rate: up to 192 kHz
Bit depths: 16-24
Streaming cloud services: Amazon Music, Bugs, CustomChannels, Deezer, IDAGIO, KKBOX, Napster, Neil Young Archives, nugs.net, Qobuz, Qsic, Spotify, SOUNDMACHINE, TIDAL, Tunify
Internet radio: CALM Radio, iHeartRadio, LiveXLive, RADIO.COM, Radio Paradise, SiriusXM, TuneIn
Integration partners: Control4, Crestron, ELAN, Lutron, Push, Roon, RTI, URC
Voice Control Integration: Skills and support for Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple's Siri with corresponding enabled devices and App

General Specifications

Continuous output power into 8 ohms and 4 ohms: 100W (ref. 20 Hz-20 kHz at rated THD, both channels driven)
THD (20 Hz – 20 kHz): <0.03% (250 mW to 100 W, 8 ohms and 4 ohms)
Signal-to-Noise Ratio>: 95dB (A-weighted, 500 mV input, ref. 1 W out in 8 ohms)
Clipping power: >115W (at 1kHz0.1%THD)
IHF dynamic power: 8ohms: 180W, 4 ohms: 250W, 2 ohms: 300W
Peak output current: >20A (in 1 ohm, 1 ms)
Frequency response: ±0.3dB(20Hz-20kHz)
Channel separation: >75dB (1 kHz), >70dB (10 kHz)
Input sensitivity (for 100 W in 8 ohms): 540 mV, Digital: -6dBFS
Power consumption: at Auto Standby ON and Network Standby OFF: 0.5 W, at Auto Standby ON and Network Standby ON: 2.0 W, OFF mode (Power switched OFF): 0.1 W
Dimensions: 17-1/4" x 4-3/8" x 14"
Weight: 22 lb.

Recommended Component 2025 – Stereophile

"NAD's C 3050 LE is an excellent example of a modern, full-featured, solid state integrated amplifier. But it is its integration with Dirac low-frequency room equalization that enables it to offer pretty much everything audiophiles and music lovers need to enjoy their music at a competitive price."

- Stereophile, March 24, 2025

Product of the Year 2025, Best Hi-Fi System £1500-£2000 – What Hi-Fi? Magazine

"The NAD C 3050 is a high achiever across the board, from the better-than-average Bluetooth performance to the capable DAC module and talented streaming section."

"However, add the MDC2-BluOS-D’s streaming smarts into the equation and the story changes dramatically, catapulting the NAD to class-leading status as far as streaming systems are concerned."

"The attractive retro appearance may be the thing that draws people to the C 3050, but it’s the product's all round abilities as a streaming package that makes it such a strong buy. Highly recommended."

- Ketan Bharadia, What Hi-Fi?, October 2025 and August 18, 2025

Best Value Audiophile Gear Award 2025 - futureaudiophile.com

"The NAD C 3050 won our first Product of the Year Award in 2023 and it is easy to see why. This audiophile integrated amp is a legacy-looking product, but it has literally every feature that an audiophile could one in one chassis. It includes a Bluesound streamer, a preamp, a power amp, a phonostage, a DAC and room correction. It even has HDMI. Game-changer and at an insanely low price."

- Jerry Del Colliano, futureaudiophile.com, August 6, 2025

Best Buy Award – avsforums.com

"The C3050 is – perhaps unsurprisingly – very similar to the LE and with the BluOS module on board offers a useful saving. Arguably more interesting still is the slightly different performance that the amp puts in without the module on board, presenting an interesting and thoroughly enjoyable take on a £1,300 amplifier."

- Ed Selly, avforums.com, August 21, 2023

"Five Hearts" Rating – Hi-Fi Pig

"This is no 70’s HiFi dinosaur- it surprised me in a very positive way. To offer such a breadth of digital capability, an on-board MM phono stage, as well as being able to handle multi-room or home cinema use cases is impressive in any amp."

"To do it at a whack under 2 grand with a great sonic capability that I would say outpaced expectations and be as easy and enjoyable to engage with as the C3050 is – well it deserves serious attention. For someone getting to grips with proper HiFi, who wants to spin vinyl and stream, or is looking to add a new improved heart to their existing setup and speakers with this type of budget, then the C3050 is well worth a look."

- Alan McIntosh, hifipig.com, October 12, 2023

Reviewers' Choice Award – soundstageaccess.com

"When I was trying to decide which new reference integrated amp to add to my system last year, once I made up my mind that the time had come to finally decide, it took me maybe a day of deliberation to settle on the NAD C 3050."

- Dennis Burger, soundstageaccess.com, July 1, 2024

"Sporting a retro appearance, the NAD C 3050 is a versatile, modern integrated amplifier that performs admirably in all its functionality. Moreover, its modular design allows for the addition of features by a simple module card insertion."

"The review sample has the MDC2 BluOS-D module that adds BluOS streaming and Dirac Live room correction features, which further enhance the versatility of the C 3050. More importantly, this versatility is backed up by its solid sonic performance, creating a combination that is hard to beat at its price point."

- Yongki Go, PhD, Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity, December 13, 2023

"NAD has absolutely knocked it out of the park with this integrated amp."

- futureaudiophile.com, November 20, 2023

"Fully delivers on its promise of serious audiophile amplification with a side serving of streaming tech in a comfortably/not-painfully retro package at a very fair value."

"[It] incorporates high-zoot D/A conversion courtesy of Texas Instruments’ latest differential-layout chipset, and on-board streaming by way of NAD’s BluOS streaming/multiroom ecosystem."

- Daniel Kumin, Sound&Vision, May 15, 2023, C 3050 LE review

"Fire up the C 3050 LE, and like countless models from NAD’s vaunted past you can instantly hear why competitors in this price range and beyond shake their head in admiration, if not wonder. Whether the C 3050 LE will ultimately be honored in the mid-2070s in the way it’s celebrating its predecessors today is hard to say."

"But it doesn’t take guesswork to appreciate what it represents in the here and now. NAD has secured its reputation by always being the value play, but that’s only because it’s been the sonic play, too. The C 3050 LE upholds this tradition in grand stereophonic fashion. Nicely appointed, cool looking, great sounding, what else could it be but a NAD?"

- Neil Gader, The Absolute Sound, November 29, 2023, C 3050 LE review

"If you're a classic hi-fi fan, the new NAD 3050 LE is undeniably attractive, both aesthetically and as a musical performer. It takes a classic nineteen-seventies look and adds a totally modern integrated amplifier with excellent connectivity. It's a powerful, engaging and fun thing to listen to, with a characteristically NAD 'house sound' – namely warm and gutsy, with no harshness."

- Eric Teh, stereonet.com, May 16, 2023, C 3050 LE review