Cambridge Audio Azur Range

[Swithers]

Hi All ... Any body had a listen to 640A or the 640C yet ?. My fathering law has just got the pair and have to say the build quality is very very good,Will be popping round for a listen when i get some time. They retail @ 249.00 each & when you buy the pair they (Richer Sound) give you a pair of Mordaunt Short 902i speakers FREE... Now this cant be a bad deal CAN IT ? Thanks Steve...

[andrew ivimey]

chaque'un a son gout

[david]

can't see too many takers on this forum!

[Toppsy]

A mate of mine has the Azur CD player as his back up listening front end. he is a primary Vinyl listener.

He bought it on the back of the rave write up in HiFi World. I have the AH! Njoe Tjoeb reference CD player that he was keen to compare with.

I took my player over to his and after listening to his Azur for a full CD we swapped over to my AH! After only 30-seconds of the same CD he said, "turn it off I heard enough. Yours trashes the Azur". So now he is not so impressed with his purchase and rarely plays discs on it.

To my ears the Azur was very bright and forward and a little thin sounding and very digital sound. Soundstage was good but the listen was not engaging and after half an hour I had tired of it. So it's a case of you spends your money..............

However, the money your Father-in-law spent he cannot grumble. He may benefit by getting some speakers to counter act the bright CD player.

[alnewall]

I had an Azur cd player for a few days to try out.
Didn't rate it very much.
Bought a Pioneer dvd and saved £140. Sounds much nicer.
Maybe the cd player and amp will sound better together.

[muffinman]

i recently took the azur cdp home for a dem. i had it for 3 days and against my s/h sony 303es it was a very poor showing. i was dissapointed as the build quality is excellent, especially the remote. my wife assisted in the dem and we both agreed that what was missing was an excitement factor. i don't know if this would have been down to me running it through my wad6550 but it just didn't cut it. i took it back and got a lite dac which has moved my cdp replay miles ahead of the cambridge and saved £100.

[Swithers]

Hi All .... Thanks for your replys. Have just got back from a quick listen & have to say it was a bit like being at a disco lots of top end & bass was very over powering & closed in,Was nice to get back home to my Leak st20 every thing sounds so open & in the right place again Still it is his first real cd player & amp & as he said hes enjoying it,But hes already talking of better speakers. Think we have all been where he is now ! Thanks Steve..