Well, I just ordered the Azure 540a & 540c cd player from my dealer that sold me the VSA's. I'm taking a leap of faith here as even AudioAdvisor admitted there were quality problems with the previous gen 300 & 500a(?) Cambridge integrateds. They told me that the new Azure line has completely different transformers which is where the qc problems manifested. I'm also intrigued by the Wolfson dac's (as oppossed to the Crystal dac's in the 300) in the new 540c. While I originally thought all dac's should sound the same, I've found thru experience that this is indeed untrue.

Thanks to everyone for your advice and opinions as once again, this place proved an invaluable resource. I can't believe how hard it was to pick an integrated for a simple office system but I guess that shows how fanatical (or is it deranged?) we call all be when it comes to this crazy hobby. Bottom line, I simply couldn't pass up the deal my guy gave me: $530 for both. It would have been $700 thru AudioAdvisor. Tough to pass up, no?

If anyone's interested, I'll post impressions after break-in, which in my office will take about 3 days after everything comes in.

Thanks again and have a great weekend.