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UK hi-fi specialist Cambridge Audio has brought its latest integrated amplifier and CD playing combo to Australian shores for the new year, with a few sound surprises up its sleeve.
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Straight from the UK after a late 2011 release, the Azur 651A integrated amplifier runs at $899 and runs alongside its CD-playing brother, the 651C, for the same price. Both include high quality hi-fi components to match and top some of their rivals, including the latest in digital functionality.
Embracing the digital age in the same way the company has with its DacMagic digital-to-analogue converter (DAC), the 651C CD player is built with the company’s latest DAC design borrowed from the DacMagic.
The 651A, on the other hand, has a USB input for streaming audio from a PC at 16bit/32kHz, 44.1kHz or 48kHz, improving your digital tracks as they run through the carefully crafted innards of the unit.
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The 651A is built to perform across the soundstage with a separate transformer tap and power supply for the left and right channels, delivering top-notch stereo sound over 75 watts.
The 651C packs in two audiophile-grade Wolfson WM8742 DACs in a similar configuration to that seen on rival units like those from Rega, ensuring each channel provides superior sound quality.
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Practicality meets aesthetics as the amplifier itself is built into an acoustically damped chassis with the soft, plain features of an old-school hi-fi unit in its metal casing. The new units are out now.
