Cambridge sells PILES of stuff so you have to wonder what percentage of it breaks...more than other large volume manufacturers? Less? Hard to say, although I'm guilty of being in the camp of avoiding things where people have complained about reliability (human nature I suppose)...Peachtree is a good example of that as some complaints reared up in a thread here. I talked to somebody at Audio Advisor about Cambridge DACs (wondered if the new DAC could use my power supply, "not yet" was the answer) and the guy told me the original DACMagic was their biggest selling item EVER. I wondered how many items that might have been, and now wonder where they went and are the owners happy with the things? I am, but maybe I'm a tin ear fool.
Cambridge Audio Product Reliability
I have owned a Cambridge Audio AZUR 840C CDP for about 5 years, out of those five, it's been in for warranty repair twice and the last repair was out of warranty at a cost to me of about $300. In each instance, the repairs consisted of failed circuit components, and the last, a toested transport. Bottom line, though a great player I think they must have used cheap parts. I am considering their AZUR flagship IA, but am concerned about quality and reliability, can anyone speak to this, and by that I mean their own experience with Cambridge Amps - Thanks!
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