Cambridge Azur 840C CD Player. Assorted review excerpts
Friday, August 24, 2007 at 02:01PM Cambridge Azur 840C Upsampling CD Player
"Together, the CD player and amplifier make a highly attractive combination, fully capable of bringing out the best in the top-quality speakers with which they should be used. They're a real tribute to the importance Cambridge Audio puts on audio design and engineering."
The Gramophone July 2007
(Reviewed with Azur 840A Class CD integrated amplifier)
"Another success story from the masters of affordable hi-fi."
Tone (New Zealand) May 2007
"A ton of features for the money and a well rounded, precise and solid sound to boot... In action the 840C is a revealing, even sizzling player."
AV Review April 2007
"Is it the perfect CD player? In its price range, it’s surely the CD player to beat... "
Québec Audio & Vidéo (Canada) February/March 07
"Voices are very well differentiated from each other and free from any trace of sibilance. In short, the Cambridge is very good indeed."
Hi-Fi Choice March 2007
Winner of CD Player 'Ultimate Group Test'
"Sumptuous, musical sound, fine build and a welter of facilities, make this a superb mid-price machine... thoroughly recommended."
Hi-Fi World February 2007
"It's a great music player... and that's all one needs to know. Dig out some favorite discs, spin them up and don't resist the urge to grin. This is technology transcending the merely technological, and we're delighted to have encountered it."
Smarthouse (Australia) January 2007
"…having established itself as a brand with highly musical products at very competitive prices, Cambridge Audio has taken its product portfolio to new heights."
"The 840C uses carefully selected technology without unnecessary opulance to produce a musical performance which shifts the goalposts of the quality/price ratio."
Alta Fidelidad (Spain) January 2007
"... a highly competent and honest player, its complete sonic package is extremely well judged... competence, build, versatility and bargain price make it the Swiss Army Knife of CD replay..."
Hi-Fi Wigwam January 2007
Honoree in Audio Component category of CES Innovations 2007 Awards
"... a genuinely innovative CD player of extraordinary ability given its price point. Its sound is beautifully subtle and refined - truly, an 'open window' on the music being played."
Hi-Fi Choice Awards 2006 (Winner of 'Best CD Player £500 - £1000')
"One of the most involving and rewarding music replay machines we've come across at such a sensible price and an excellent partner to the fine 840A amplifier. There simply isn't a CD player at the price that offers anywhere near as much!"
Hi-Fi Choice November 2006
"The midrange, especially, shines - voices are wholly natural and unforced, and communicate in spades."
What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision November 2006