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Cambridge Audio
Website:https://www.cambridgeaudio.com
Cambridge Audio is a British maker of hi-fi electronics that began in 1968 inside the Cambridge Consultants group in Cambridge, England, and now headquartered in London. Its first product, the P40 amplifier with 20 watts per channel, was the first amplifier to use a toroidal transformer, a part that later became common in serious amplifiers. Today the brand makes integrated amplifiers, streamers, network players and turntables.
Range & what it's known for
The range is built as a ladder. The CX series is the entry to separates, with models such as the CXA81 MkII, an 80 watt per channel Class AB integrated amplifier. The newer EX series, with the EXA100 amplifier and the EXN100 network player, slots between CX and the top Edge range and borrows some Edge engineering, the EXA100 delivering 100 watts into 8 ohms and 155 into 4. The Evo series packs amplification and streaming into one compact chassis, with the Evo 150 as the larger model. The Alva name covers the turntables.
Who owns it and where it's made
After its start at Cambridge Consultants, the company was sold to Colin Hammond in 1971, relaunched by Vince Adams as Cambridge Audio Research in 1980, taken over by Stan and Angie Curtis in 1984 and later owned by Wharfedale. Since 1994 it has belonged to Audio Partnership, now solely owned by James Johnson-Flint. Products are designed and engineered in London, while production moved to China from 1994. Regional offices followed in Hong Kong, mainland China, Hamburg and Chicago, and the company also runs the Melomania live music venue in London SE1.
The lineup in this catalog
Amplifiers, DACs, streamers and turntables, with several models per category. Cambridge Audio components cost between about GBP 300 and GBP 3,000.
Who it's for
Cambridge Audio fits listeners putting together a first proper hi-fi system and those who want to grow it step by step without changing brand. A typical path starts with a CX amplifier and streamer, moves to the EXA100 and EXN100 pair, and ends with the Edge components. Buyers short on space can choose an Evo all-in-one instead of separates, and an Alva turntable adds vinyl to either route.
Range & what it's known for
The range is built as a ladder. The CX series is the entry to separates, with models such as the CXA81 MkII, an 80 watt per channel Class AB integrated amplifier. The newer EX series, with the EXA100 amplifier and the EXN100 network player, slots between CX and the top Edge range and borrows some Edge engineering, the EXA100 delivering 100 watts into 8 ohms and 155 into 4. The Evo series packs amplification and streaming into one compact chassis, with the Evo 150 as the larger model. The Alva name covers the turntables.
Who owns it and where it's made
After its start at Cambridge Consultants, the company was sold to Colin Hammond in 1971, relaunched by Vince Adams as Cambridge Audio Research in 1980, taken over by Stan and Angie Curtis in 1984 and later owned by Wharfedale. Since 1994 it has belonged to Audio Partnership, now solely owned by James Johnson-Flint. Products are designed and engineered in London, while production moved to China from 1994. Regional offices followed in Hong Kong, mainland China, Hamburg and Chicago, and the company also runs the Melomania live music venue in London SE1.
The lineup in this catalog
Amplifiers, DACs, streamers and turntables, with several models per category. Cambridge Audio components cost between about GBP 300 and GBP 3,000.
Who it's for
Cambridge Audio fits listeners putting together a first proper hi-fi system and those who want to grow it step by step without changing brand. A typical path starts with a CX amplifier and streamer, moves to the EXA100 and EXN100 pair, and ends with the Edge components. Buyers short on space can choose an Evo all-in-one instead of separates, and an Alva turntable adds vinyl to either route.
