You can drive a 4Ω load with the AXA35, and you’ll get just shy of 60W per channel before clipping starts to occur. There’s no shortage of attack, and it’s perfectly happy to roll its sleeves up when the music demands it, but a tune like Funkadelic’s Standing on the Verge of Getting It On is more demanding in the “quiet-loud-quiet” department than the AXA35 is absolutely comfortable with. It’s nothing to do with some snobbish view that “it’s not how hi-fi should be heard” blah blah, but because with a 35W amp excessive use of the tone controls at high volume will cause the amp to clip sooner. Choose your speakers wisely and you have a system that will sound very nice indeed, and look the business too.

How good is Cambridge Audio kit? | AVForums How good is Cambridge Audio kit? | AVForums

It should be apparent by now that neither wireless streaming nor voice control feature on the AXA35. Generally speaking, I would certainly consider a Cambridge Amp or other equipment if I were in the market.Simon Lucas is a journalist of 15 years standing, with particular emphasis on the world of consumer electronics. The company was arguably better known for making premium products in its formative years – such as the groundbreaking CD-1 compact disc player in 1985 – but has more recently become known for its excellent value two-channel audio components and multi-room speaker systems. An avid vinyl collector and coffee addict, I can often be found at a workbench tinkering with a faulty electronic device, tweaking a turntable to extract the last bit of detail from those tiny grooves in the plastic stuff, or relaxing in front of the hi-fi with a good album.

Cambridge Audio AXA35/AXC35 | Hi-Fi Choice Cambridge Audio AXA35/AXC35 | Hi-Fi Choice

My first Philips CD player top loader from 1992 lasted 20 years, my Roberts slot loader from 2002 about 7 years and my Cambridge tray loader from 2013 about 3 years. Very good, I had a demo of the CXN streamer and CXA60 amp last week in Brum RS and was very impressed. Today, we have millions of users a month from around the world, and assess more than 1,000 products a year. Also the preamp volume control was rather jumpy, the difference between 16-17 (1 press) was quite stark. AXA25 has no less than 4 pairs of RCA inputs, a pair of recording outputs and a rear USB socket for technical upgrades.The AXA35 also has a front-panel headphone jack and a moving magnet phono stage onboard, and I was also very happy to note the presence of a line-level recording output on both amplifiers for those of us with tape decks and external headphone amps. input, sounds confident, straight-edged (as much as Neil Young can ever sound all that disciplined) and there’s plenty of detail revealed about the condition of both Young’s larynx and the state of his guitar strings. A musician, occasional producer and sound engineer, other hobbies include software programming, web development, long walks and occasional DIY.

AXA25 - Integrated Stereo Amplifier | Cambridge Audio UK

For more than 50 years, we've worked hard to deliver products that help you hear your music at it's very best - with nothing added, nothing taken away. The front is aluminium and finished in Cambridge’s latest ‘Lunar Grey’ finish, a kind of dark silver that I’m told goes equally well with traditional black boxes. It might mask some low-level detail but given the speakers these are likely to be paired with it’s not a concern. Vinyl gives a system every chance to show off its facility (or otherwise) for the timing and unity of a recording, and the AXA35’s phono stage lets Felt’s The Splendour of Fear roll along in the most natural manner.

headphone socket and a menu button that allows the balance, bass and treble to be adjusted via the display. Spinning The Divine Comedy’s I’ve Been To A Marvellous Party is an absolute hoot as the Cambridge duo makes a fine job of Neil Hannon’s soft murmurings during the verses, and then hit their stride with the thumping techno beat in the choruses. Its slim symmetrical design offers great value and functionality for those looking for a straight-forward solution. Other quality engineering components include a high-spec heat sink that is die-cast rather than pressed steel and a damped power supply – reducing the chance of annoying transformer hum and buzz. This is definitely no after-thought inclusion and makes the AXA35 a flexible amp for any budget vinyl system too.