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In Reply to: RE: Replace separates with integrated? posted by Disbeliever on May 04, 2016 at 23:01:57
"I would avoid any Cambridge Audio product, same goes for Class D & antique tubes."
Could you be a bit more specific why?
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Cambridge Audio every item I have bought, has failed and had to be returned for a refund. even from the original Co. 40 years ago The amp/receiver designs IMO are very poor and inadequate despite any review. I can not listen to Class D, I have to turn it off. B& W who distribute Rotel say their Class D amps are not recommended for use with higher end range of B & W speakers. As for tubes they can be too troublesome, too hot, not suitable for mch. setup and despite what tube fanatics say, I find a good Class AB amplifier gives the best trouble free natural SQ.
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I can thus understand your dislike for Cambridge. You were incredibly lucky that all broke down during the return period. I had better experiences than did you, having purchased a Cambridge integrated amp and a phono preamp. Cambridge has undergone a great deal of growth and success in recent years, so I am curious what was your most recent Cambridge product that failed.
I have no opinion on Class-D power amps, having zero experience with them. I can agree that tubes, of course, require maintenance, having owned tube components since the early 1980s. But I have yet to find solid-state units at any price that sound as musically natural or make my ears as happy as do tubes.
I can not remember the Cambridge model no. but I do remember there was a very strange method of separating the pre from the power section which made it virtually useless as when wanting surround sound I use the pre-out from my Sony receiver into a stereo power amp to feed front speakers. As for tubes I have no interest in them, the Naim Supernait 2 sounds better to me than any tube amp I have auditioned.
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