CA 650A repair or CX60A buy?

[phildouf]

Hello,

My Cambridge Audio A650 amp is losing channels more and more. I need to swich randomly the inputs to get my music back. Switching to speaker two improved only temporarely then it was the same.

I have a few questions:

-Is it a well known defect?

-Is it bad?

-How much would it cost to repair?

-Should I buy a CA60 instead?

Thank you for your help

Philippe

 

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[Vladimir]

Generally you'd be advised to fix your current amp, which shouldn't cost more than 150 quid. But that particular CA amp has an uncommon input preamp section, could become a rabbit hole of going back to the repair tech multiple times and a source of great frustration.

You can risk it or just cash out for the CXA60, which is quite a nice amp for the price.