As most of you know, when I recently bought a Cambridge Audio Azur 540a, my biggest concern centered around the quality and durability of the product as the previous gen. 500a developed a rather infamous history for going bye-bye (a fact admitted to by AudioAdvisor).

Well, here we are 3 or 4 months into ownership and the right channel just dropped its output quite noticeably. I haven't taken my spl meter to it but I'd guess it's in the 5dB range. After switching the speakers, wires, and interconnects back and forth, both I and AudioPlus Services, the distributor, have decided it is indeed an amplifier problem and it is now packed and on it's way to New York.

Great.

Maybe I shoulda paid the extra $150 for the C320bee after all?

Oh well, you get what you pay for.