2024 has been something of a streamer year for Cambridge Audio . It ’s launcheda new waft , a couplet oftrue wireless earphones , itsfirst over - pinna headphones , and now it ’s taken the wrap off the Evo One , an all - in - one wireless speaker unit .
As with all Cambridge Audio products , the Evo One has been designed , tuned , and engineered at the ship’s company ’s Melomania HQ ; and this peculiar production eviscerate its hi - rhenium streaming capabilities and musicalness from the Evo 75 and Evo 150 streaming amplifiers , so if you ’re familiar with those systems , the Evo One is bound to be very similar .
Inside the Evo One is a different issue of course . There are 14 number one wood , four 1 - inch silk dome tweeter , four 2.25 - inch aluminium conoid mid - range whole , and six 2.75 - inch long - throw woofers that are positioned on the front , side , and rear to produce a wide dispersion of strait and a “ truly talkative soundstage ” . According to Cambridge , there ’s no need to sit in a sweetspot , so you should be able to get the same audio performance wherever you baby-sit .
Those speakers are push by 700W of Class D amplification – 50W ( RMS ) per driver – with an sophisticated DSP controlling what verbalizer does what and how .
control condition is through either the supply distant control or through the StreamMagic app , which allows for the Evo One ’s music to personsalised how they want through a seven - band EQ , with room optimization features alongside a number of presets that have been tailor to euphony musical genre and TV - watching scenario .
And yes , you read that right wing , the Evo One works with television receiver via itsHDMI eARCconnection , so you could have a euphony system when the TV ’s off and encourage your TV ’s audio performance when it ’s on . A moving - magnet ( MM ) phono point means you could relate a turntable straight to the Evo One . A line comment allows for other analogue sources to be added as well as an optical digital input and USB - A port if you wanted to add a punishing - campaign .
you’re able to count on Wi - Fi , Bluetooth 5.1,AirPlay 2 , and Google Cast to colligate to the Evo One wirelessly . The likes of TIDAL Connect , Spotify Connect , Qobuz , Deezer , Roon Ready , UPnP and Internet Radio are also supported .
There ’s a big 6.8 - column inch semblance covert on the Evo One ’s front , and you could cycle through a clock show , album artwork , lead info , or see some practical VU meters look on the utterer . In a nice touch , you could detach the baffle board from the grille , which is a look we rather like .
In terms of sustainable intention , the Cambridge Evo One has tried to minimised to the use of plastic , with any plastic parts made up to 50 % recycled material . The wood veneer locker is derived from FSC - licence forests , while superpower consumption has been optimised so no more is used than is necessary .
How much does the Cambridge Audio Evo One price ? you may get it for £ 1299 / € 1499 / $ 1499 , which puts it around theRuark R410andSonus Faber Omniain full term of toll .
