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Cambridge Audio Product Reliability

I have owned a Cambridge Audio AZUR 840C CDP for about 5 years, out of those five, it's been in for warranty repair twice and the last repair was out of warranty at a cost to me of about $300. In each instance, the repairs consisted of failed circuit components, and the last, a toested transport. Bottom line, though a great player I think they must have used cheap parts. I am considering their AZUR flagship IA, but am concerned about quality and reliability, can anyone speak to this, and by that I mean their own experience with Cambridge Amps - Thanks!
rpg
rpg OP
126 posts
 
Thanks to all for your responses! It is clear to me now that I am not going to take my hard earned $$ and risk them on Cambridge products again.
dustsailor
28 posts
 
I purchased a Cambridge Audio 640C CD Player in Christmas 2004 and used it daily for just about three years. It has since been placed into a secondary system and received very little use since. However, just today I've experienced issues. When I pop in CDs, it takes a couple seconds to read and then automatically ejects. This is for pressed, store-bought CDs (no CD-R material). I guess I'll have to chuck it soon.
keithsax
107 posts
 
Have had subs, AV amps and just now my CXA80 become an expensive doorstop. Have taken stuff to a pro repair guy in the past but CA don't help with specs and the parts are often not easy to access anyway.

Great sounding stuff when it works but my patience is running out
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