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Doug
a Casual ListenerDate Reviewed: January 21, 2013
Bottom Line: I don’t even remember when I both mine together with Azure CD. Never managed to push it up over the half. Protection kicks in and sound is OFF. If you have a party assume you will be kneeling trying to unplug and plug the amp while holding the power button. So if you need excuse to say Sorry for looking under you skirt but I was only trying to bring the music back on, this amp is for you . For me I am tired of unplugging and plugging it back on. The problem got worse I can not even go above say 1/3 and it will shut off for no reason.
I thought this protection is good it will protect my amp. I did have to repair it once by replacing the . Power transistors at the certified repair shop which BTW did not look much better than any other store. They charged me arm and leg and amp is still doing the same protection cut off.
If you think that is the only problem you are wrong. After a year remote stopped controlling the volume. One needs to get up press the remote and ‘help the value button a bit till it starts working again. Very fancy British design.. Pity I did not go for some consumer level cheapo piece of equipment. It would work today. Anything to declare? Yes, don’t buy it.. It is garbage.
Used product for: More than 1 year
Duration Product Used: Casual Listener
Product model year: 2003
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manolo
a AudioPhileDate Reviewed: July 7, 2012
Bottom Line: This amplifier is shockingly bad, when I bought it I did not like the sound, gave it a good break in, and nothing happened. I eventually lent it to my cousin, and got it back a few days ago. I clearly understand why I lent it, it is veiled to a great degree, no detail in the music, something is wrong with the volume as it starts clipping just over half power. I decided to open it up, and no wonder it is full of cheap chinese parts, cheap Xunda caps, the power supply is worthy of a phono stage, not an amplifier, it should be beefy and up to the requirements of a decently powered (on specs) amplifier, but it´s very substandard. It is dull, it sounds as if there was a curtain covering the speakers. I have a pair of sonus faber grand piano, which I run using a unison research s6 30W tube amp, and use an accupahse CD player, the combination is superb. When I connect the CA Azur, everything just degrades completely, admittedly it is a cheap amplifier, but it also sounds very cheap too. I have a very old Marantz SR-2385 which simply wipes the floor with the CA, there is no comparison whatsoever. It is much better to buy an old, higher quality amplifier than one of these cheap new amps. Do not buy, there are better options out there. I am very disappointed by CA, I also bought a 640P Phono Stage and it is equally bad. I will never buy CA equipment again.
Used product for: More than 1 year
Duration Product Used: AudioPhile
Product model year: 2006
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JeffG53
a Audio EnthusiastDate Reviewed: March 23, 2010
Bottom Line: I have the Cambridge Audio 640A v2 75-watt amp, coupled with the 640C CD player and a pair of Monitor Audio GS10 speakers. When it works it sounds fine but it rarely works. There is a protection mechanism in the amp that turnsthe unit off when I have the volume above half (i.e. 12 o'clock). The clowns at the shop where I bought it have had it in for testing twice and declared it to be OK. Now they are trying to tell me that running the amp louder than half is pushing it too hard and the problem is all of my making. I would be interested in hearing if anyone else out there has had a similar experience with this brand of equipment.
Used product for: 3 Months to 1 year
Duration Product Used: Audio Enthusiast
Product model year: 2008
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Audiosoof
a Audio EnthusiastDate Reviewed: March 22, 2010
Bottom Line: The short version: Good neutral sound with probably the worst build quality ever.
The longer version:
I bought this unit back in 2005 together witj the 640C CD player and combined it with a pair of tannoy R2 speakers. The sound it produced is very neutral and laid back but involving at the same time. Later I replaced the Tannoy with the Audiovector K3 speakers and that was a perfect match. Clear, vivid sound. However it does lack a bit of commanding presence. The sound stage is a bit small and the depth too is a bit small. My current Marantz puts up a more realistic sound stage.
Sound is well balanced with an ever so slight tendency to the higher tones and a bit lacking in bass punch.
No other issues there. The only thing they should have done, is lower the output of the CD player or decrease the amplification of the amp. You cannot put the volume control pass the 9 o'clock position without playing too loud. A pair of attenuators took care of that problem.
The biggest problem is its build quailty. The build quality of the unit (and also CD player) is very poor. The CD player failed after just 1 year. After having it repaired a couple of months later the control buttons on the unit failed.
The amplifier damaged its left channel twice over the period I owned it. I never play loud (I live in an appartment) and the speakers a very amplifier friendly.
Enough miseryfor me to not recommend this unit.
Used product for: More than 1 year
Duration Product Used: Audio Enthusiast
Product model year: 2005
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Jim
a AudioPhileDate Reviewed: November 2, 2007
Bottom Line: Great sound. Poor build quality. The unit sounded great with my KEF speakers, very open and natural. Unfortunately, the left channel went bad at about 10 hours. After shutting off power for 10 minutes or so both channels came back but heavily distorted. The unit was returned to Audio Advisor. In all fairness, this was a "demo" unit but still should not have shut down and failed.
Used product for: Less than 1 month
Duration Product Used: AudioPhile
Product model year: 2006
Price Paid:
$699.00
Purchased At: Audio Advisor
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