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Bigman80
23-03-2018, 17:27
Hi all,

Anybody use one of these ?

Opinions please

Ta
Stryder5
23-03-2018, 17:30
Hi all,

Anybody use one of these ?

Opinions please

Ta

I have heard nothing but good about these, no personal knowledge though.

Great value!
Bigman80
23-03-2018, 17:32
I have heard nothing but good about these, no personal knowledge though.

Great value!They are that mate. I have £130 on a gift card for Richer sounds and having been totally bowled over by the M2TECH DAC I bought, I'm thinking of just sticking with physical media. A transport may be needed. Also, a whole rethink of my current layout would be needed [emoji848]
Roy S
23-03-2018, 17:58
I use one with that very DAC with a TeddyPardo power supply with excellent results.

Bettered the Roksan Caspian M2 balanced CD player I used before.
Bigman80
23-03-2018, 18:02
I use one with that very DAC with a TeddyPardo power supply with excellent results.

Bettered the Roksan Caspian M2 balanced CD player I used before.Separate power supply? K, not seen one.

Thanks for your input [emoji4]
Ian7633
23-03-2018, 18:11
I've been using a CXC for a while now Oliver and it's the best CD I've ever owned. I don't know your DAC but I use a modified MF X-DAC and get great results. The CXC is really well made and the remote will control other CX units too.
Stryder5
23-03-2018, 18:14
£299 now at RS
Roy S
23-03-2018, 18:14
Separate power supply? K, not seen one.



Just in case of any confusion the power supply's for the DAC.
Bigman80
23-03-2018, 18:14
Just in case of any confusion the power supply's for the DAC.Lol, gotcha
Bigman80
23-03-2018, 18:15
I've been using a CXC for a while now Oliver and it's the best CD I've ever owned. I don't know your DAC but I use a modified MF X-DAC and get great results. The CXC is really well made and the remote will control other CX units too.Cheers Ian. It looks like I'll be picking one up at some point.
Ian7633
23-03-2018, 18:22
Cheers Ian. It looks like I'll be picking one up at some point.

I don't think you'd be disappointed. I've tried both the optical and coax connections and found the coax is slightly more revealing.
Bigman80
23-03-2018, 18:25
I don't think you'd be disappointed. I've tried both the optical and coax connections and found the coax is slightly more revealing.Cheers Ian. I've got my eye on some very nice Coax cable [emoji23]
Andy831
24-03-2018, 21:25
My Cxc replaced a Meridian 24 bit job and I can't honestly say I have missed the Meridian.
Bigman80
24-03-2018, 21:31
My Cxc replaced a Meridian 24 bit job and I can't honestly say I have missed the Meridian. Cheers, Andy.
Sherwood
24-03-2018, 22:04
I am not convinced by the cost effectiveness of dedicated cd transports against modern blu-ray players. I would be interested in the results of a blind listening test pitting a dedicated cd transport against a good blu-ray player into a reference DAC. Surely the tighter tolerances of the blu-ray format and lasers should provide a bit-perfect stream to the DAC.

Geoff
Dauntless
24-03-2018, 22:38
Hi all,

Anybody use one of these ?

Opinions please

Ta

This is what Ben at Cambridge Audio has to say about the Servo in the CXC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvMy5c3Mgd0
I have one myself and find it excellent.
Andy831
24-03-2018, 23:03
Oliver I have been using mine with a £4.99 dac off eBay Lol and it's excellent.
Sherwood
24-03-2018, 23:05
This is what Ben at Cambridge Audio has to say about the Servo in the CXC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvMy5c3Mgd0
I have one myself and find it excellent.

They should have told Ben they were going to use multiple cameras! :)
Bigman80
25-03-2018, 07:12
They should have told Ben they were going to use multiple cameras! :)[emoji23]
Bigman80
25-03-2018, 07:12
Oliver I have been using mine with a £4.99 dac off eBay Lol and it's excellent.🤣 great stuff. Loving the positive feedback so far.
Bigman80
25-03-2018, 07:13
This is what Ben at Cambridge Audio has to say about the Servo in the CXC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvMy5c3Mgd0
I have one myself and find it excellent.Thanks Michael
da2222
25-03-2018, 07:18
Bear in mind the loading tray is rather flimsy...long term this could be an issue
David W.
25-03-2018, 10:00
I run a CXC through a CXN network player into an analogue amplifier (Sansui AU-919) and am highly pleased with both.

Cambridge Audio’s customer service is excellent too. I asked several technical and compatability questions before buying the CXN and, a few months later, the CXC, and received very fast and helpful personalised responses.

I read somewhere elsewhere about the CXC’s tray being flimsy, but it seems perfectly fine to me. Drew - Is your comment from experience or from hearsay?
MikeMusic
25-03-2018, 10:42
The CXC is a good box.
Be interested to hear how it compares to boxes double and treble the price.
May well out perform them
Bigman80
25-03-2018, 12:29
I run a CXC through a CXN network player into an analogue amplifier (Sansui AU-919) and am highly pleased with both.

Cambridge Audio’s customer service is excellent too. I asked several technical and compatability questions before buying the CXN and, a few months later, the CXC, and received very fast and helpful personalised responses.

I read somewhere elsewhere about the CXC’s tray being flimsy, but it seems perfectly fine to me. Drew - Is your comment from experience or from hearsay?Priceless info. Thank you.