Cambridge Audio AXA25-25 Watt Separate Integrated Stereo Amplifier HiFi System Featuring Tone and Balance Control with Front Aux Input - Lunar Grey

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If anything, I suspect Chinese manufacturing, and poor quality control, and I blame poor quality control on a corporate desire to maximize profits at the expense of consumer satisfaction.

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The top of the amp is vented with a grid of tiny holes to let the heat escape, though it doesn’t get above mildly warm in operation. While hi-fi quality speaker binding posts (connectors) mean that thick cable connects securely for an authentic sound – you can even use banana plugs, should you wish. And, just to prove that the old school and the new school can sometimes be the same thing, there’s a moving magnet phono stage for use with a turntable, accessible via RCA inputs on the rear panel. The Yamaha improves on the dynamic abilities of the performances and is better equipped to separate instruments when things become more crowded within the soundstage.

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Sleek new style
The entire Cambridge AX Series has a fresh new look that catches the eye. The front is aluminium and finished in Cambridge’s latest ‘Lunar Grey’ finish, a kind of dark silver that I’m told goes equally well with traditional black boxes. I used to work for them so I'm probably not the person to make an absolute judgement on this but their equipment, stereo in particular, is pretty good. Inside the AXA25 you’ll find quality components and short signal paths for the best sound quality in its class. There is a nod to the digital age on both amps with a USB power jack, supplying five volts at a maximum current of 500mA to USB devices such as miniature streamers or bluetooth receivers.

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It comprises a cheap plastic handset with spongy rubber buttons and obvious indents where additional buttons would go on other models. If your system is obviously distorting or if you’re running the amp at or near its maximum volume, upgrade to a model with more power. Cambridge are nicely designed and they do sound good, and I would expect that good sound from the New CX series. The AXA35 has plenty of useful facilities for a budget amplifier in the contexts of an aptly specified hi-fi system.

Also the preamp volume control was rather jumpy, the difference between 16-17 (1 press) was quite stark. Donald Harrison’s soprano saxophone on Shadowbrook from his The Power Of Cool album has just the right amount of metallic rasp to sound believable, and the backing and fretless bass are detailed and clean. Designed and engineered in London, by the same team response for you award-winning kit, Melomania headphones are no exception. Like many companies I suspect they started heading to the wall or were running into trouble and aroun that time there was a tie in with Richer Sounds. The AXA35 remains its composed and confident self and also starts to gain a better sense of depth perspective than through the line-level inputs.

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No matter the sort of material you serve it up, there’s no suggestion it ever feels out of its depth. If you don’t have the remote, or don’t wish to use it, the mute function can be engaged by turning the volume dial past the minimum setting, and disengaged by turning the volume dial. With separate bass and treble controls, you can fine-tune AXA25’s sound to suit your taste, speakers, and the dynamics of smaller sized rooms.Registered Office: 4th - 6th floor Wellington Buildings, 2-4 Wellington Street, Belfast, BT1 6HT (Northern Ireland - company number NI032565). The problem with this approach is that the load presented to the amplifier is different to that which it was designed to drive, and thus the frequency response can be effected.

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To extinguish the LED, I will have to reach between furniture to flick a switch on my extension lead.The combo works well together and forms an ideal starting point for anyone seeking an enjoyable and affordable setup. It’s not something you’d notice unless the amp was side-by-side with one that did do bass well and it doesn’t detract from the performance. While it faces competition from Marantz in the form of the venerated PM6006, the AXA35 marks itself out as hi-fi piece that gives a confident and self-assured performance. of power, and an automatic power-down function that can be disabled by holding the power button for a few seconds.