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Top Ranked Products from Arcam.
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Rating
Reviewed by:
Lee Collins
(AudioPhile)
Review Date
January 21, 2008Overall Rating
 5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
3 Months to 1 year Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5,
6.00 votes
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Review 1 of 11
Price Paid:
$0.00 Summary:
Firstly, this is a CD player that offers fantastic detail, unfortunately people people with a lesser capability to distinguish between all of the elements of music may find its too "cold". This CD player is far from it, just accurate. It depicts sound amazingly across the range well and, therefore you can choose amps and speakers to give you the muddy warmth some people seem to prefer.
The point of digital audio is for it to be represented accurately, as mentioned before, you should use other audio components to adjust the sound to personal taste. If the source is accurate and detailed you cant go wrong. CD players should not taint the original recording. People devote their lives to mastering, just because its "cold" does not mean this is not a good player. This player cannot be beaten for accuracy, both in its price bracket and in players costing double. Strengths:
Accuracy, definition. Weaknesses:
None, it does as it should absolutely fantastically.
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Rating
Reviewed by:
sberamji
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
December 24, 2006Overall Rating
5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
Less than 1 month Visitors rate this review
4.25 of 5,
8.00 votes
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Review 2 of 11
Price Paid:
$0.00 Summary:
One of the most musical players I have heard below $1000. This is a smooth player with a very fluid presentation. Vocals start and stop naturally without bein edgy. A piano has weight versus sounding like a ping sound. Soudgstage is vast and has depth. The beauty in this player is in resolving details. Chorus sounds like a chorus where you can hear some singers lag behind slightly, not as one muddy piece which is supposed to be a chours. This player is NOT bright but I wouldn't recommend it with a bright amp. This is not because it is bright but because it is neutral. Compared to a NAD 542 (which is a dull player) this one may sound bright but it is way superior and sounds more natural. The ease at which music flows easily makes this THE best player under $1000 beating the cambridge 640, NAD 542 and even the marantz 6000KI.
Treble - very smooth, free flowing devoid of all edge, excellent for slow music and vocals.
Mids - very smooth, not veiled, natural, NO GRAIN in the sound
Bass - not over extended or boomy, very control and has lot of weight. This player may sound like it lacks bass but it is doing the bass just correctly. It adds weight to the sound not boom.
Soundstage - huge soundstage with superb imaging and depth
Veiling - very clean OPEN sound, nothing sund hidden
Detail - mind blowing redention of detail, the NAD 542 makes the chorus sound like one piece of sound while the Arcam truly renders the chorus the way it should sound i.e. you can hear individual voices summing the chorus
This player is not meant for those looking for sound with any bite, it is smooth, natural and complete i.e. nothing sounds lacking. Strengths:
Smooth free flowing sound
Huge soundstage with depth
Excellent detail without sounding bright
Quick track change
Beats the NAD's and Cambridge hands down
Weaknesses:
Remote doesn't allow drect two digit entry i.e. you have to skip tracks to two digits
Can't thik of anything else, though it doesn't like sme discs. You may have an isssue with some CDR's i.e. slow accessing. Similar Products Used:
NAD 542, Cambridge 640C, Marant CD6000KI, Advance Acoustics
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Rating
Reviewed by:
Ronald Howlett
(Casual Listener)
Review Date
May 22, 2006Overall Rating
 2 of 5
Value Rating
2 of 5
Used product for
More than 1 year Visitors rate this review
2.67 of 5,
3.00 votes
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Review 3 of 11
Price Paid:
$500.00
from Definition Audio Summary:
What a nice sounding piece of equipment when it works.....It is very tempermental and keep giving me error messages "no disc" I am not sure I will ever buy another Arcam unit. I am trying now to get some customer service about the continous probem which I think has happend more than once.....
I have Adcom equipment and have never had 1 problem....
Stay clear if possible with Arcam unless the high end stuff is better. Strengths:
Sounds nice Weaknesses:
Does not always want to work.
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Rating
Reviewed by:
lee parsons
(AudioPhile)
Review Date
August 4, 2005Overall Rating
 3 of 5
Value Rating
2 of 5
Used product for
Less than 1 month Visitors rate this review
2.73 of 5,
15.00 votes
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Review 4 of 11
Price Paid:
$520.00
from used Summary:
all i got to say is this cd player is very overrated,i find the sound cold and artificial sounding,i got this as a backup player to my denon 2900 player and i think the cd sound on my denon is alot better.i thought the cd sound would have been better on the arcam but i was wrong,for one of the below reveiws to say this arcam is night and day better than the denon2900 player is ludicris.if your looking for a single disc player skip this one look elsewhere.i might sell this and get a rotel or musical fidelity cd player Strengths:
clarity,desent detail wide soundstage Weaknesses:
kinda cold artificial sound,no depth
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Rating
Reviewed by:
Buyer Beware
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
July 24, 2005Overall Rating
2 of 5
Value Rating
 1 of 5
Used product for
3 Months to 1 year Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5,
6.00 votes
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Review 5 of 11
Price Paid:
$600.00 Summary:
I recently purchased the Arcam CD72 CD player along with the Arcam A80 integrated amplified from an authorized Arcam retailer. Now, this CD player has to be the most TEMPERMENTAL piece of audio equipment I have ever owned! Sometimes the CD player won’t read any disks at all! Then I have to power it off & on, then it works? (this is from day 1 of owning the unit!!). Also, it sometimes skips. What’s troublesome is that I voiced the problem I was encountering with the CD player from day 1, (as well as some concerns about the amplifier's lack of substantial power) over the phone with the retailer. (I live 2 hours away from the retailer) who’s only advice was to change my audio cables and asked me if I wanted to have the CD player shipped for service?? Hell no! I wanted a new CD player!!!!
I must ask, is there any wonder that most consumers purchase mainstream products, that in recent years, have improved substantially in regards to sound & technical specs, and have no problems with doing exchanges or returns for other products from their retailer? This combo has very nice sound (once I turn the CD player off and on!) but I’d expect more in customer service from a company that does so much advertising in consumer magazines (here in the US and in Europe) as well as form an authorized dealer. The CD player should have been exchanged “No Questions Asked” and I should have been offered an exchange for another amplifier (If I chose to). Buyer Beware! Strengths:
Nice looking, beautiful sounding (when it works!) Weaknesses:
TEMPERMENTAL!! Sometimes won’t read any factory bluebook CD’s until the unist is powered off and on several times. Also, skips occasionally.
Lousy! customer service from an Arcam authorized dealer!
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