Best CD transport under £500, Love it!! Reported by Raymond Mak DD 05 June 2021
The Cambridge CXC is a real sign of the times in the world of hi-fi. A CD transport, rather than a CD player, this unit does the vital work of reading the information held on a compact disc, but doesn’t waste its effort in turning that digital signal into an analogue output.
As with many pieces of stand-alone hi-fi, the theory goes that using separate pieces of kit to do individual jobs will almost always provide a superior sound. This, it seems, is the case with the Cambridge CXC.
First things first, though. The CXC is a nicely made piece of equipment, its machined-metal chassis feeling every penny of the £300 you’ll pay for it. It is built, not unreasonably, to match the rest of Cambridge’s impressive CX range, including the CXN streamer and two integrated stereo amplifiers, the CXA60 and the CXA80.
Reported by Raymond Mak
DD 05 June 2021
The Cambridge CXC is a real sign of the times in the world of hi-fi. A CD transport, rather than a CD player, this unit does the vital work of reading the information held on a compact disc, but doesn’t waste its effort in turning that digital signal into an analogue output.
As with many pieces of stand-alone hi-fi, the theory goes that using separate pieces of kit to do individual jobs will almost always provide a superior sound. This, it seems, is the case with the Cambridge CXC.
First things first, though. The CXC is a nicely made piece of equipment, its machined-metal chassis feeling every penny of the £300 you’ll pay for it. It is built, not unreasonably, to match the rest of Cambridge’s impressive CX range, including the CXN streamer and two integrated stereo amplifiers, the CXA60 and the CXA80.