802Diamond
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I am saving money for a new AV receiver and some of the contenders are (amongst others) Denon X6200/7200, Anthem 720, Arcam 550.
Since I keep going back and forth (this will be a one shot purchase for a long time), a friend invited me today to visit iEar, a hifi shop in Tilburg, Netherlands, to have a look at possibilities (he is a hifi bug, more than I am.)
Long story short, talked to the rep there and after listening to my story, the only thing he says 'I am surprised you are not considering Cambridge Audio.' He invited us into a listening room installed as a home theatre, where he played Skyfall. We watched several scenes and switched receivers. All I can say after listening to X7200, Arcam AVR450 and AVR750, a Yamaha Aventage and the Cambridge, all I can say is 'wow'! The Cambridge beat them all (ok, the Arcam was not too far off, but taking price into consideration it was.)
The good news is that I am settled on the CXR200, the bad news is, after going trough both this forum and the internet, no one seems interested. There isn't a single thread on the CXR 120 or CXR200 on this forum, and all you find on google is some pages where they announce them.
What I am missing? Thinking CA is a British brand I would have thought something would have surfaced on this forum?
Anyway. Has anyone experience with CA? Someone has one of the CXR's? And why so little interest?
Any input more than welcome!
Since I keep going back and forth (this will be a one shot purchase for a long time), a friend invited me today to visit iEar, a hifi shop in Tilburg, Netherlands, to have a look at possibilities (he is a hifi bug, more than I am.)
Long story short, talked to the rep there and after listening to my story, the only thing he says 'I am surprised you are not considering Cambridge Audio.' He invited us into a listening room installed as a home theatre, where he played Skyfall. We watched several scenes and switched receivers. All I can say after listening to X7200, Arcam AVR450 and AVR750, a Yamaha Aventage and the Cambridge, all I can say is 'wow'! The Cambridge beat them all (ok, the Arcam was not too far off, but taking price into consideration it was.)
The good news is that I am settled on the CXR200, the bad news is, after going trough both this forum and the internet, no one seems interested. There isn't a single thread on the CXR 120 or CXR200 on this forum, and all you find on google is some pages where they announce them.
What I am missing? Thinking CA is a British brand I would have thought something would have surfaced on this forum?
Anyway. Has anyone experience with CA? Someone has one of the CXR's? And why so little interest?
Any input more than welcome!