Cambridge Audio ’s CXN100is not designed to be another loop of the CXN V2 ( hence the lack of V3 ) . If you ’re looking to promote from the sometime model , what reasons does Cambridge give you for making the jump ?
By all accounts theCXN100 is a significant upgradeon the CXN V2 . Here are six ways in which the CXN100 differs to what came before .
The switcheroo from Wolfson to ESS DAC
The CXN V2 feature a twin Wolfson DAC configuration that at the time offered high carrying out – but times , they are a changin ’ .
Since then , ESS DACs have become very popularacross a range of product , and in Cambridge ’s search for the most optimum , good - quality performance , it ’s led them to using the ESS ES9028Q2 M SABRE32 Reference DAC , which Cambridge says “ sound and standard demonstrably good ” than the Wolfson DAC in the CXN V2 .
File keep has been improved , jump from the CXN V2 ’s 24 - bit/192khz and DSD64 musical accompaniment to PCM up to 32 - bit/768kHz and DSD 512 .
Cambridge Audio also say that melioration in the timing filter inside the ESS chip intend that no post - DAC filter is necessitate , helping to further simplify the signal path for more precise , jitter - barren audio clarity and “ radical - downhearted distorted shape ”
Do touch that dial
With the CXN100 there is now more minute ascendancy over the book , with 100 dance step available compared to the CXN V2 ’s 30 step , providing more of a tactile response to upping and bring down the volume .
It has proper Bluetooth connectivity
The previous internet player could only support Bluetooth when a dongle was tally . Even back then it was something of an inconvenience , and so with the CXN100 has done the reasonable matter and integrated it within the player .
Not a big change , but consideringBluetoothis a democratic agency of connectivity , and that even now some hi - fi separate choose to drop Bluetooth , its presence should be reassure to those who find it an easygoing way of streaming audio ( or if you simply do n’t need to give your Wi - Fi password to a guest ) .
It is more expensive
The Mary Leontyne Price has gone up from the £ 799 to the £ 899 that the CXN100 will be available for . Recent waft such as the Arcam ST5 are less expensive , but it seems Cambridge is convinced it has the execution to outclass its contender …
The USB input has been sent to the back
The USB input is no longer on the streamer ’s fascia ( or front open ) , and has been positioned on the posterior with the rest of connexion . It makes for a clean look on the front plate so esthetically it ’s catch as an improvement .
It also rather represents the augury of the sentence where use of the USB input credibly is n’t as great as it once was , but for those that want to connect a heavy - drive to the CXN100 , they can do so through the rearward port .
No remote included
There ’s no removed restraint included with the CXN100 . The accent is on streaming , therefore the StreamMagic app is where the action ( and operation ) will be .
That said , if you have aCX Series amplifieror the CXC CD Transport , the remote include with those products can be used to keep in line the CXN100 . you’re able to also buy the distant separately from theCambridge Audio website .
