Cambridge CXU - the 752BD successor

The product life is about right. The 650, 651,751 and 752BD are all around two to two and a half years. The CXU is no different.

And your ambivalence re: anything not Sony is pretty much set in stone.

 

It's real simple HF. If you provide some factual data to your many claims against Cambridge Audio and Oppo products it will lend creditability to those claims. You refuse to do that. You expect us to believe non specific information from you supposedly provided by a salesman to be credible. Not a chance. If the CA CXU was that problematic I would think owners of it would be posting about those issues. That's actual owners not some salesman in an A/V shop trying to sway you to buy something more profitable for him. Possibly a Sony .When I asked you in the past to provide details of the issues you claim to have had with the Oppo 103 you provide no information what so ever.

 

Cambridge 4K player launches CXUHD UK price £700 dispenses with dacs.

 

Good news, what is dispenses with dacs?

 

CXUHD relies on dacs in AVRs , will be interesting to see the reviews

 

For sure, that is curious.
Blair G mentioned upstream that they may be switching their dacs away from Wolfson.
I really enjoy the sound of the Wolfson chip.

 

Maybe this CXUHD is just a transport ?

 

Below is link to Cambridge Audio's new CXUHD. I wonder if CA will come out with a universal player with analog outputs or if it'll just be the CXUHD transport.

CXUHD

 

Thanks Bill,
Looks quite nice and supports flac and wav files on the audio side as well ,which I like.

 

It is, it has not internal decoding. Digtital out only.

Seems like a strange choice, because then it seems like a bad deal compared to the Oppo 203.

 

This is the CX UHD, perhaps there will be a CXU UHD with DACs?

Edit, sorry this is basically what Bill said three posts earlier

 

Mike, how long have you had your 752.....any problems?

 

I love my CXU

 

Only one person here seems to question reliability, that's why I ask.

One person I know had trouble with 2 CD players (CD6 and CD4x IIRC) and an integrated but that was a few years ago.

I would hope the CXU/752/751 have equivalent reliability records given their mechanical similarities.

How long have you had yours, Dennis?

 

Going on three years now and never had an issue with it.
Great player in my opinion.

 

If the CXC is anything to go by, they're going down the transport only route but we'll see.

 

It'll be three years in December for me with the 752BD and nary a blip. Delighted with it.

 

Meant to say I hope the reliability of the Cambridges are similar to the Oppo's because both are based on the same chassis (as far as I know).

 

No internal dac ,...... only transport.

high-precision, balanced laser optical disc loader', a reinforced chassis with aluminium front panel and the lack of an internal DAC must all ensure that the Cambridge Audio CXUHD a reference quality to deliver video , if we are to believe the promises of the manufacturer. The fact that there is no internal DAC (digital to audio converter) is present, it means a reduction to interference to the signal. Therefore there are no analog outputs on the back of the player.

Translated from a Dutch Hifi Site;

De Cambridge Audio CXUHD is de Ultra HD Blu-ray-speler van het merk

 

Nice of them to remove the analog outs to cut cos err improve the picture quality.

 

It's supposed to be SACD compatible so it should have analogue outputs unless it's hdmi only to an AV amp which they have in their present range. Which rules out use with their own hi-fi models for 2 channel audio.

CXUHD

 

SACD can be played back via HDMI too. They show a picture of the back of it and it doesn't have analog outputs, so its not speculation.

 

Did you look at the link you posted? It obviously shows that the CXUHD has no analog outputs.

 

Perhaps you could have waited 2 secs before I finished posting while looking at the specs.

 

It does seem strange that Richer Sounds have reverted to selling the CXU at full price. When the laser in my Sony SCD-777ES started to fail back in late March they were knocking out the CXU for £499.95 new or £399.95 for open box/ex-demo units.

I bought an open box one from the Nottingham store. I've had zero problems with it, and it has been used a lot, as it replaced not just my CD/SACD player but also a Denon DVD-A player and a Sony Blu Ray.