Recent content by Steve983

I must admit I have been put off by the current silver finish of most of Cambridge Audio's units, silver seems rather 70's to me. My Cambridge AXC 35 cd player sticks out in an otherwise black or gunmetal grey hi fi stack but I've learnt to live with it :)

I have a 20+ year old NAD cd player which had been serviced and belts replaced and sounds pretty good with its own DAC and even better with a modern DAC but I wouldn't go any older than that. You might be lucky but you might not.

I am on my 3rd pair of Sennheiser HD595's and they still sound great although no longer made of course. Headphones are my serious listening option as 'loud' speakers are not usable due to being semi detached. Although last year my long time neighbour sadly passed away and for 6 months next door...

Yep, Tweddle talking twaddle. I dread to think how many thousands Cambridge paid to have their logo/decals changed to supposedly virtue signal diversity. Trying to make your products appeal to people who don't want them is a sure fire way to alienate your existing customer base.

https://www.designweek.co.uk/only-rebrands-iconic-hi-fi-company-cambridge-audio-for-a-new-era/ I stumbled upon this article recently and thought it was kind of relevant to this thread because Cambridge Audio have some new branding to appeal to a 'younger and more diverse' audience. I have never...

I changed the settings to avoid it. Certainly don't need that while driving and if I need to know when to panic I'll watch the BBC - which I don't.

It's not even worth talking about. Enough said.

Sorry to hear that, you were right the first time: AVOID. Did you buy this unit on E Bay?

Ah fair enough, if they've serviced it and then you find a fault - just plugging headphones in should not be a problem. Pleased that they are now responding to the issue, good luck with it.

I'm afraid this is the risk you take when buying old second had gear when no servicing has been carried out and no returns policy stated. These traders have acquired this unit likely from a house clearance or such like and are merely selling it on. When talking about 80's gear, even if the unit...

Yes, hifi will gradually fade away as prices become greater and the perceived need for separates reduces. I would imagine the demographic of customers leans to towards the boomer end of things who have had hifi all their lives and have a few quid in their pockets to carry on enjoying the hobby...

I think if it was going to die off it would have already done so. There's still some life and demand there for a while I think.

Golf Girl, do you come from the Land of Grey & Pink by any chance?

You just select the audio track required from the menu on screen or my Sony Blu Ray player has an Audio button on the remote control that enables you to switch between them. I have a number of the Steven Wilson Yes remixes which contain multiple versions of the album, remix, instrumental mix...

It was a faff for me because when I turned my tv off it switched the Blu Ray off too! Then I changed the HDMI settings on my Blu Ray player and rectified the problem. As for the sound I have a number of Steven Wilson's albums on Blu Ray and the 24 bit stereo mix sounds amazing - better than cd...