New budget hi-fi kit from Marantz, Denon and Cambridge Audio!

[Joe Cox]

http://whathifi.com/News/Denon-unveils-new-budget-CD-player-and-amp/

http://whathifi.com/News/New-Azur-hi-fi-range-arrives-from-Cambridge-Audio/

A wealth of new affordable two-channel products are in the pipeline, with Denon and CA kit as reported above, and the Marantz 6003 series coming soon, too.

Any general thoughts chaps and chapesses? Say something interesting enough and you may just see your comment in the July issue of the magazine...!

 

[Anonymous]

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Sorry if it's not interesting enough.

 

[Anonymous]

(error msg came up from the 2nd link btw)

 

[Joe Cox]

Thanks - fixed. But no, that ain't making the mag!

 

[Andy Clough]

Servers must have been getting tired. It's been a long day.

 

[John Duncan]

weeery preeeety.

No digital in though...

 

[Andy Clough]

You want everything? For that money?

 

[John Duncan]

Andy Clough:You want everything? For that money?

That's usually me saying that to you isn't it?

 

[Anonymous]

Joe Cox:Thanks - fixed. But no, that ain't making the mag!

Puurleeease...

Oh well, at least I tried...

 

[Andy Clough]

JohnDuncan:Andy Clough:You want everything? For that money?

That's usually me saying that to you isn't it?

Touch‚!

 

[basshead]

Andy Clough:You want everything? For that money?

is a digital input too much to ask for at that money? really? the cheeper models have a digital out... surely the connection cant cost that much to include?

some talk of the decline of cd's, maybe it's just cd players which will die. why not keep up with the times and make them more versatile? allowing them to be used as a DAC for a pc also? saving the need for a seperate dac,

 

[SteveR750]

I have always thought that Japanese gear looks aestheticallly pleasing in a gadgety fuinctional way - in the same way a racing bicycle "looks" inherently fast, the oriental makers have for years made "serious" looking kit; and for me Denon and Yamaha stand out as the prime exponents of this art. Sadly, all too often its been a case of window dressing at least to my ears anyway; and I have never yet heard a piece of Denon kit that I liked or remotely considered buying. The CA stuff doesnt look as good in my opinion, but I know its sonic qualities as I once owned the 640 amp and cdp for a few weeks (and didnt like its lean balance). but the Denon looks almost simply good enough as stand alone "furniture" in a second room!

 

[John Duncan]

Andy Clough:Servers must have been getting tired. It's been a long day.

User error actually

 

[the record spot]

The Denon gear looks interesting, not least the push-pull circuitry in the amp (something I only ever heard mentioned with valve-amps previously) and upsampling in the CD player for less than £300? Trickle-down technology on a budget rack near you!

 

[the record spot]

The Cambridge kit's got new knobs!