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Cambridge Audio [message #7906] Fri, 11 August 2006 07:18 Go to next message
telegraph.hill is currently offline  telegraph.hill
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What do you reckon to Cambridge Audio amps?

If you had to choose between a Cambridge and a NAD, which would you go for?

Re: Cambridge Audio [message #7911 is a reply to message #7906] Fri, 18 August 2006 10:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The less expensive one. They both sound the same to me. I have been listening to CD players in order to help a friend out and both of those units are on the list. I kinda liked the Nad 540 but who knows; it might have been the acoustics in the store or maybe just my mood.

Re: Cambridge Audio [message #7913 is a reply to message #7911] Sat, 19 August 2006 16:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Is audio your profession then, manual?

Re: Cambridge Audio [message #7914 is a reply to message #7913] Sat, 19 August 2006 19:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Do you mean do I make a living at it?

Re: Cambridge Audio [message #7916 is a reply to message #7906] Tue, 22 August 2006 14:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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HI,
I've owned a NAD 541i, which was really nice for the money.
At the moment, I believe they (NAD & Cambridge) are both made in China, and use decent parts.
I think they use different Dacs (the NAD uses burr brown) and the Cambridge uses either wolfson or crystal (again check on that, these things change).

I think they are equivalent, and I would listen to them both in my system and then decide, based on what sounded better to me.

But they are both very good value for the money.
-akhilesh



Re: Cambridge Audio [message #7917 is a reply to message #7914] Fri, 08 September 2006 13:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Yes, that's what I meant. No need to answer though, I suppose it's a nosey question!

Re: Cambridge Audio [message #7918 is a reply to message #7916] Fri, 08 September 2006 14:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Thanks, akhilesh, for the info.

I didn't realise that they were both made in China now - still, that shouldn't matter.

One of my friends is in the market for a new system - I'll mention these two to him.

Re: Cambridge Audio [message #7919 is a reply to message #7917] Sun, 10 September 2006 07:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Naah; my life is an open book. No but as a younger man my buddy had a father who owned a used stereo shop in Rockaway Beach. I would vists and listen because he had literally hundreds of pieces of gear at any one time and the inventory changed on a day-to-day basis. I must have listened to every piece of gear ever made. He had a nice showroom too well set-up and isolated.

Re: Cambridge Audio [message #7920 is a reply to message #7919] Mon, 18 September 2006 04:13 Go to previous message
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Where's Rockaway Beach? It's a lovely name for a place.

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