Quote Originally Posted by beck
thanks billy b, i'm running vintage kef model 104/2 speakers, which are pretty transparent but draw lots of power, NAD C272 amp + a vintage NAD preamp....i'm hearing about the rega apollo, any thoughts? i'm going to check out the cambridge azur....thanks again
I might be off on the price of the Cambridge.I've seen it as high as $850 and as low as $570(on line of course).The fact you can buy Cambridge on line does help with price but of course a store demo is the only half-way safe way to pick a model.Arcam isn't sold on line so I paid a slightly discounted $620 at my local audio dealer.Good luck with your choice and hopefully more reviews for the 640C V2 will be available soon.This stuff is so objective as I've already heard everything from the 640C V2 being nothing short of incredible for the money to some people saying they think the original version is more musical.I don't know enough about the technical stuff to be able to say that dual converters automatically means better sound.It seems like a nice idea and I do know that it's a feature more common to much more expensive players.How Cambridge is keeping the price range down on this machine is a mystery to me.I would assume that the converter is the most expensive part of a CDP but I'm sure they must still be making a nice profit at their price point or why bother.