Cambridge Audio MXN10

[What Hi-Fi?]

Don’t be fooled by its dinky design and affordable price tag – the superb MXN10 streamer truly means business.

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[Jasonovich]

This is Cambridge's answer to the plethora of Chinese Streamer DACs flooding the market.
Looks solid, and great choice if you're on a budget.
It's £200 cheaper and without glossy features of the Eversolo DMP-A6 but I wonder how it compares sonically?

 

[Hifiman]

This is Cambridge's answer to the plethora of Chinese Streamer DACs flooding the market.
Looks solid, and great choice if you're on a budget.
It's £200 cheaper and without glossy features of the Eversolo DMP-A6 but I wonder how it compares sonically?

Yes, I agree it is good that CA has an offering at this end of the market. I suspect the real competition lies with the likes of the WiiM Mini, WiiM Pro and the soon to be released Pro Plus, the latter two offering additional functionality to the MXN like Roon Ready and Squeezlite capabilities. And these are between half and a fifth of the price.

 

[Friesiansam]

I don't think the lack of MQA support is much of a con, now that MQA Ltd is in trouble.

 

[djh1697]

I don't think the lack of MQA support is much of a con, now that MQA Ltd is in trouble.

My thoughts exactly. MQA is dead, in a few years, it will be talked about as much as 78 RPM records and 8 track cartidges are today.

 

[Hifiman]

For what it is worth, I think WiiM (particularly the WiiM Pro Plus at £219) has made the biggest impact in this category in the past year or so. It also seems to be making consumers and other manufacturers reassess what they should be paying/charging for this class of product, a development which seemed long overdue.

 

[jbee]

I returned an Audiolab 6000N (the app bundled with this is genuinely heinous) and replaced it with the AXN10. The CA lacks the lovely forward midrange and detail at the top end that the Audiolab has. I wouldn't buy the MXN/AXN if you can afford to buy something with a better DAC. It's entry-level.