Thanks for the sound test,I appreciate it.been wanting to hear what this brands sound signature was.

Sounds amazing, Nice job!

Het gaat natuurlijk om de versterker, maar ik blijf verliefd op die speakers. Wat een eargasm.

I been using the CXA81 now for over a year. I’m and have been trying various intergrated amps from $ 1500 - $5000 for comparison. I’m always impressed with its performance. Also the DAC is surprisingly good.

@nc3419

Жыл бұрын

What other amps have you compared and what is the biggest difference? I tend to favor stage depth, good separation and sibilance/glare control. Some amps are too energetic in the upper mids and it seems to bother me. I might prefer a smoother sound to an overly lively one as I use speakers that are typically considered on the brighter side, ex Focal, Dali, Triangle. Any info appreciated.

Digital! Brought out all the flaws of streaming. Metallic sounding

Wow, you have the best recording sound of this amp.

@TheAlphaAudio

10 ай бұрын

Thanks! We try our best.

I have this CX61 together with LS50 original speakers (the little difference between those and the new Meta is not worth the more money for me) speakercable Audioqauest Rocket 11 and a subwoofer SVS 1000 Pro and this is heaven for me. It sounds even better than a few numbers her above.

this recording using the internal DAC of the CXA61?

Warm sound!

Good sound 👍‍‍👍‍‍👍‍‍

@TheAlphaAudio

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

U make quality recordings! Unlike many Hifi advocates with phone microphones! They miss the whole point. Btw does the sopra sound good at lower volumes? I know most of focals studio monitor don't.

@TheAlphaAudio

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes... Sopra sounds very nice on lower volumes. You Just need enough power. (ampère)

More oohmpf on the analogue input. Meaning DAC effect?

@TheAlphaAudio

3 жыл бұрын

Yes... That is the Metrum Pavane.

What is the difference between this Cambridge and the Marantz PM7000N? And near the end of Adele's song there was a hiss. Is that hiss from the power grid?

@TheAlphaAudio

3 жыл бұрын

I will check. Cannot be the power grid. Maybe traffic. We are going to isolate the room very soon now.

@higobatman

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheAlphaAudio It is not the first time that I have seen this noise happen in that same Adele song. If I'm not mistaken in the video for Marantz Model 30 and Denon (or Yamaha, I don't even remember it in my head now) there was also this noise with the same song. Once at the beginning of the song and once at the end. What about the comparison between the Cambridge CXA61 and the Marantz PM6007 and PM7000N?

@TheAlphaAudio

3 жыл бұрын

@@higobatman I will listen to it. Maybe I have heard it as well, but haven't payed attention to it. There is some - analog - hiss in the beginning and end that I know of. Some sort of tape-hiss.

which speakers you have used in this video ?

@TheAlphaAudio

3 жыл бұрын

Focal Sopra No1

what happend if I connect my DAC to this AMP?

@nc3419

Жыл бұрын

You get the sound of your dac thru the amp via rca/xlr outputs of your dac. If your source player has digital outputs (coax/optical out) in addition to RCA/XLR, you can compare the differences between an external dac and the one in the amp, plug output from source to the digital input of the dac in the amp.

It wood be very interesting to see any test a Hegel amplifier or another Hegel product. Wood be it ? ...Sorry for my english Thanks

@TheAlphaAudio

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! We will check it out.

@user-pd7zi3sf3o

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheAlphaAudio only a few words... What about your personal opinion about Hegel product? Is Hegel amplifiers so good as we all can reed in audio magazines? Thanks

@nc3419

Жыл бұрын

@@user-pd7zi3sf3o I like my hegel h160 and its internal dac (competes with those around $1000 US or so in SQ but can't do high resolution streaming via usb). But if you listen to more budget speakers at moderate volumes, less powerful amps can come close in performance, not all but some like my small Keces E40 does very well until you turn up the volume to loud levels, it can run out of steam sooner. The Hegel has lots of power on tap and lower distortion levels, but the Keces isn't too far behind in performance (within its power limits) and provides more bottom end on small cones while remaining tight due to added db output per its frequency curve. You get a bit of boost but it remains tight and layered. No other amp I have seen does that. By distortion, its better than a rega IO or BRIO. The CXA81 has a decent distortion rating so I expect the CXA61 to be up there as well, just a bit less than the Keces E40 I have. Which would sound better? I don't know. If you have floorstanding speakers, or standmounts that are hard to drive and like high damping, a Hegel or similarly quality amp may be the way to go. Otherwise, alot of smaller, lighter amps do just fine, even a Rega IO/Brio, etc will sound great. Many of these British amps do have their own sound so unless you compare, its hard to describe any differences outside of reviews or others' opinions. Also depends on room, source, dac, etc. But the CXA61 seems a capable performer with alot of inputs, a dac and a sub out. I like that the power cord isn't attached too.

A lot of body is lost when going to the digital input

@stuclark5081

Жыл бұрын

I agree.

@rupertherbert594

Жыл бұрын

of course and for good, the internal DAC worths dunno, 200$, while the Metrum Acoustics worths 20 times more...

does the transformer in your cxa61 hum?

@TheAlphaAudio

2 жыл бұрын

Haven't noticed it.

@williamliu7010

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheAlphaAudio thanks for the reply.

@williamliu7010

2 жыл бұрын

mine have subtle hum from the transformer.

@TheAlphaAudio

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamliu7010 maybe some DC on the powerline? Have you tried flipping the powercord?

@williamliu7010

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheAlphaAudio I tried to isolate the amp, unplg everything, just plug the amp into wall socket, the transformer still hum. lol

Creo que las grabaciones de Adele suenan horrible en cualquier amplificador. No se puede hacer mucho con canciones con rangos comprimidos.

Buen amplificador para empezar

Thanks for dusting off 'History Repeating'!

Zou in deze combinatie met de sopra een paar honderd euro er bij tellen en voor de cxa 81 gaan. Met iets meer vermogen lijk je mij iets meer uit de sopra te halen.

@TheAlphaAudio

3 жыл бұрын

Natuurlijk. Maar we hebben nu even de 61 ter test ;-)

@vibesahead

2 жыл бұрын

Alleen als je nog vinyl speeld en de DAC zou ook iets beter zijn maar ga je uiteindelijk deze kleine verschillen horen en is het de meerkost dan waard ? Dat moet iedereen voor zichzelf uit maken natuurlijk.

@Philear4124

2 жыл бұрын

@@vibesahead de dac zijn allebei van Sabre maar ander type, en inderdaad ieder heeft zijn budget en zal in de weegschaal gooien of het de extra investering waard is. Ze dan eens naast elkaar beluisteren zal soelaas bieden. Grtz Phil

Hello team AlphaAudio, I really do appreciate when you test affordable HIFI, and thank you for making this test available. I though the Cambridge sounded decent with the Jacques Loussier track, but the whole thing fell apart with the Adele song - terrible. The sound of Adele voice was like if she was singing out of her nose, and the guitar strings, symbols sounded buzzy, thin, and unnatural. I went back and listened to your M33 and Yamaha S2200 review/test and the whole Adele song sounded much, much better through both setups. I have no doubt that your recording setup of the Cambridge was accurate, but would it be the internal DAC of the CXA 61 that is the weak link here? Would there be any possibility of redoing this test using the Metrum DAC as source and go back between Metrum and Cambridge internal DAC or maybe test it agains a Hegel H95 or Parasound Newclassic 200? It would be interesting to hear what a better DAC could do with Cambridge. Take care and stay safe, Brian

@sheerenergy8602

3 жыл бұрын

"I have no doubt that your recording setup of the Cambridge was accurate, but would it be the internal DAC of the CXA 61 that is the weak link here? Would there be any possibility of redoing this test using the Metrum DAC as source and go back between Metrum and Cambridge internal DAC..." You have got this done in this video above - read the yellow background with white writeings. Once its playing Metrum and next Cambridge DAC. Sopras are hi-end speakers and easly shows every bit of a flaws from CXA61. They deserve much better company than a Cambridge. Dont know how about the Edge amp.

@frostycanada6404

3 жыл бұрын

@@sheerenergy8602 Hello Sheer, thank you for pointing this out and it’s twice now I get caught not looking at the tags. I normally only listened to the test so not to be influenced by the visuals. I would do terrible in a double blind test. Re-listening again ... it’s the whole Cambridge setup that affecting the musical performance and not just the DAC as I originally thought. Now being influenced by what I see and hear the Metrum brings some improvements, but not 4K worth. So the Cambridge CXA61 at 1.4k is maybe good value for the money? It Would be interesting to hear the Cambridge against other integrated amps at similar price point. Thanks again, Brian

@sheerenergy8602

3 жыл бұрын

@@frostycanada6404 That CXA61 is a bit wierd amp, its upper midrange is kina a pushy and sound isnt enough analitical as a higher class standard, so its sound as you hear. And about blind tests, its not reliable cause humans are easy to get mistaken. The best method is simply listening for 2 weeks or more and change to a cheaper element - and you know you dont want to give it back. In blind test you can mistake for instance a 1k$ amp with 7k$ amp with several switches it's easy to get confuse. And always do testing on your system in your room- its most reliable than. Yamaha A-S1200/ 2200 is much more analitical and also pushy in upper midrange, but sounded much better to my ears.

@TheAlphaAudio

3 жыл бұрын

@@sheerenergy8602 Yes... indeed. Thanks for answering.

@TheAlphaAudio

3 жыл бұрын

@@frostycanada6404 We will compare it to the Arcam SA-10 soon.

De muziek keuze van de auteur vind ik persoonlijk brrr . Verder leuk gedaan .

@TheAlphaAudio

3 жыл бұрын

Doe eens wat suggesties. Pakken we die mee.

@viincentfonkert2870

3 жыл бұрын

Kaleo - Way down we go, is best een goed test nummer om zo maar even wat te roepen. Goede vocal test ,tegelijkertijd ook de stevige drum en een lekkere gitaar met wat drive erbij. Verder vind ik de gekozen nummers niet slecht, mis alleen een beetje laag

@theflyingdutchman7127

3 жыл бұрын

Fiona joy hawkins om er maar eens eentje te noemen, maar de Cd a map of The world van Patmetheny is ook meer dan prima .👍👍

@Philear4124

3 жыл бұрын

Heb je dan ook een Album van haar dat een must have is.

@theflyingdutchman7127

3 жыл бұрын

@@Philear4124 nee niet echt, ik,vind alles van haar erg mooi , dus dat is erg makkelijk 😂😂

I always use R Dean Taylor's greatest hits, as the ultimate test, it's raucous, and finds out a poor system in minutes..

Adele’s voice makes me feel nauseous

Les argentins ... Les champions dé l'immonde et des penalties imaginaires ......

@jeremyb9277

Жыл бұрын

Vous êtes un sussmogz

Integrated internal run-of-the-mill sabre chip vs $5000 external NOS DAC, LOL. That's fair. Hahahahahaha. 😂 Too bad Schiit is the only company producing R2R amps. These companies need to actually spend time putting together a decent DAC for once in their life, which means spending the cash to produce an R2R/NOS chip. Stop buying the same dumb sabre chip. What are these bells and whistles worth if the end result is poor? Result of this vid: the DAC in these things sucks, buy external. ):