Cambridge Audio CXR200 - Flagship AV Receiver

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ORRP$3499

This is Cambridge Audio's best and most powerful AV Receiver, it was also the last AV Receiver they ever made and a true Audiophile grade unit at that.

If you are an audio quality first person like I am there is not many AV Receivers around that output this kind of power and sound quality. Unfortunately since moving house and rooms I have needed to rely on Dirac to improve the sound of my room, in my last home I never did and this unit was all I needed to enjoy high quality surround sound.

I have kept this thinking it would be great for a second system but the reality is I probably will never need one, even if you used it as a 2ch stereo amp its cap[able of Spotify and Tidal connect so really is built for music as well as Home theatre.

I remember speaking with the guys at Synergy Audio before buying this and they said they had it running in thier showroom with Sonus Faber speakers and they were amazed at the sound quality. The grunt in this unit would put many 2ch amps to shame:

- 170 watts per channel into 8 ohms (1k Hz) at 0.006% THD, with 2 channels driven

- 120 watts per channel into 8 ohms (1k Hz) at 0.006% THD, with 7 channels driven

This thing is heavy dues to the Toroidal Transformer and thick brushed aluminium faceplate.

The unit is fully functioning and has never let me down. The only two blemishes I can see is a small scratch on the faceplate and two layers of the front screen have stuck together which appear darker than the rest, the illumination of the screen itself is perfect though.

Comes with all original accessories and packaging so can be easily shipped anywhere across Australia, estimated cost via Sendle is $50 (TBC)

FEATURES

- Cambridge designed the CXR200 from the ground up to be the heart of your digital set-up, so it contains the same state-of-the-art Cambridge Audio StreamMagic music streaming module found in our CXN network music player.

- From basic compressed MP3 formats to 24-bit/192kHz studio master quality FLAC and WAV files, either wired, from USB hard drives, or via Wi-Fi, the CXR200 plays them all.

- Add a BT100 Bluetooth receiver and it will pair with any compatible device, allowing playback in superb quality thanks to aptX technology.

- The CXR200 streams from the web are compatible with Spotify Connect and give access to thousands of internet radio stations. There's even support for Direct Stream Digital (DSD), allowing you to playback Super Audio CDs from your universal player.

Complementing the audio output, its visual performance is second to none.

- The eight HDMI input sockets cater for all your visual feeds and two of them support MHL, one on the front and on the back, making it simple to watch phone content on your big screen.

- And with two HDMI outputs, you can connect a projector as well your TV, or you can use the CXR200's Zone 2 functionality to send independent audio and video signals to a second room.

- HDMI connections are 2.0 rated (apart from the MHL inputs which are 1.4) and support 4K and 3D standards, and the CXR200 will upscale all 1080p signals to 4K ultra-high definition.

- With Deep Colour support too, crisp and detailed images are guaranteed. The heart of the CXR200 is its low flux audiophile-grade toroidal transformer.

- Discrete Class AB amplifiers deliver extremely low noise and distortion while the output of 200 Watts in stereo mode or 120 Watts with all seven channels driven, provides more than enough power for even the most demanding speakers.

- Add a free iOS/Android app for control of network music playback and you have an exceptional hi-fi amplifier that will reveal previously undiscovered layers to your music.