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Cambridge Audio

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Description

Cambridge Audio is a British manufacturer of high-end audio equipment. Founded in 1968, Cambridge Audio is known for its audio players, amplifiers, and loudspeakers.

History

Founded in 1968 as a division of Cambridge Consultants, the company's first product was the P40 integrated amplifier, which was the first amplifier to use a toroidal transformer—the industry standard today.
In 1971, Cambridge Audio introduced its first loudspeaker, the R50 transmission line loudspeaker. In the same decade, the company also launched its first turntable as well as the Classic One integrated amplifier. The Classic One featured a new circuit design with much of the circuitry contained in custom-made integrated circuits using multi-layer boards—again the industry standard today.
In 1985, Cambridge Audio introduced the CD1, the world's first two-box CD player that separated the DAC from the transport stages. The digital-to-analog conversion was performed by six matched DACs to improve linearity. The CD2 that followed had 16-bit 16 times oversampling that again broke the record.
In the following decades, Cambridge Audio continued to introduce compelling products and is held in high regard by audiophiles.

Product Lineup

Besides amplifiers, loudspeakers, and CD players, Cambridge Audio also produces network players, DACs, earphones, AV receivers, and wireless speakers.

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Products

Cambridge Audio Evo S Bookshelf Loudspeaker

Cambridge Audio Evo S Bookshelf Loudspeaker

Cambridge Audio Evo S is a bookshelf loudspeaker debuted with the company's new all-in-one music players Evo 75 and Evo 150. They are tuned to complement the sound signatures of each other. Sharing the design of Cambridge Audio's SX-series loudspeakers...
Cambridge Audio Evo 150 All-in-One Music Player

Cambridge Audio Evo 150 All-in-One Music Player

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Cambridge Audio Evo 150 is the more powerful of the two all-in-one music players launched at the same time. Compared to the cheaper Evo 75, the Evo 150 doubles the power output, upgrades the DAC, and introduces a number of extra connectivity options, i...
Cambridge Audio Evo 75 All-in-One Music Player

Cambridge Audio Evo 75 All-in-One Music Player

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Cambridge Audio Evo 75 is one of the two all-in-one music players (essentially stereo network streamer) introduced by the storied English firm in 2021. Using Hypex NCore Class D amplification, the Evo 75 is able to deliver a high level of power in a sm...
Cambridge Audio Melomania 1+ Wireless In-Ear Headphones

Cambridge Audio Melomania 1+ Wireless In-Ear Headphones

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Cambridge Audio Melomania 1+ is a refinement of the Melomania 1 released in 2019. It now adds longer battery life and USB-C fast charging capabilities as well as new app controls to the award-winning formula. Like the Melomania 1, the Melomania 1+ is I...
Cambridge Audio DacMagic 200M Digital to Analogue Converter

Cambridge Audio DacMagic 200M Digital to Analogue Converter

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Cambridge Audio DacMagic 200M is the company's flagship DAC and headphone amplifier with MQA support. Powered by two ESS Sabre ES9028Q2M DACs, it is able to handle PCM at up to 32bit/768kHz and DSD at DSD512. Thanks to the dual-mono setup, the DacM...
Cambridge Audio SX-50 Bookshelf Loudspeaker

Cambridge Audio SX-50 Bookshelf Loudspeaker

Cambridge Audio SX-50 is the smaller of two bookshelf loudspeakers in the company's entry-level SX-series designed for price-sensitive consumers for home theatre applications. The SX-series loudspeakers are compact models finished in matte black, makin...
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Cambridge Audio Adds Roon Ready and Qobuz to Its Network Players EDGE NQ, Azur 851N, CXN (V2)

Cambridge Audio Adds Roon Ready and Qobuz to Its Network Players EDGE NQ, Azur 851N, CXN (V2)

Cambridge Audio adds Qobuz and Roon Ready support to its award-winning network music players / streamers EDGE NQ, Azur 851N, & CXN (V2).
News · 12 May 2020

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