Cambridge audio CXA61
Rewarding Performance
CXA61 builds on the foundations laid by the original CX Series, and over 50 years’ experience of designing amplifiers. It provides a fresh perspective, with 60 watts per channel of pure excitement. It’s a punchy and upfront listen, without giving away detail or precision – whether you want to recreate the atmosphere of the mosh pit or the concert hall.
Designed to bring you closer to the music you love, CXA61 places you right at the heart of your favourite recordings – revealing every note in the most natural, effortless, and detailed way imaginable. Analogue or digital, lo-fi or hi-res, CXA61 lets the music take you wherever you want to go.
Our engineering team in London invested hours researching, developing, experimenting and, above all, listening to ensure that CXA61 was right. Their goal: to deliver a thrilling, focused and detailed musical performance. Every component selected, and decision made, based on the desire to make the CXA61 a very accomplished integrated amplifier.
At the heart of CXA61 beats a Class AB power amplifier stage with optimised capacitor values. It takes the musicality of Class A and blends it with the efficiency of Class B. The amp’s short signal path leaves little opportunity for interference. The resulting sound is detailed, while delivering the emotional impact the artist intended.
Thanks to its toroidal transformer, CXA61 delivers 60 watts of pure power per channel. With a special volume pot designed to minimise crosstalk, the result is an amplifier with reserves of power – ready to exploit the dynamic potential of your speakers and deliver volume without stress or distortion.
To deliver the maximum musical experience, no matter the source, CXA61 has a digital board featuring the acclaimed ESS Sabre ES9010 K2M digital-to-analogue convertor (DAC). CXA61 can bring digital audio files, up to high resolution 32-bit/384kHz and DSD256, vividly to life – combining convenience with a performance unimagined at this price.
CXA61 is a well-connected amp. As well as digital optical and coaxial connections, it features plenty of stereo analogue inputs alongside wireless hi-res connectivity via Bluetooth aptX HD – perfect for sources like an Alva ST turntable. You can even connect a second pair of speakers, to share your music with another room.
Thanks to the relentless dedication of our team in London, CXA61 is a complete solution. Its combination of versatility and high performance, means it can form the centre of your musical system for many years to come. Its elegant, minimalistic lines, crafted from aluminium and steel, will endure both physically and aesthetically.
Rewarding Performance
There comes a point when the time is right to move forward. We took our highly regarded CX Series hi-fi separates and carefully upgraded their design, componentry and capabilities for you – today’s discerning hi-fi listener.
The result? CX Series 2 – it’s the sound you’ve always promised yourself. Amplifiers that give you the power, detail and control you deserve. A network player that’s won countless awards for its ability to reveal the full musicality of streaming and internet radio. And a CD transport that breathes life into your carefully curated collection.
We appreciate that buying new hi-fi separates isn’t something you do every day, but we’re confident that CX Series 2 will reward your trust by revealing previously unheard clarity and emotion in your favourite albums.
CX sits at the centre of our line-up. This best-selling series takes audio performance further forward than our acclaimed entry-level AX series. As CX shares design cues with much of our range, it’s possible to upgrade a system whenever you’re ready. You can even add a matching Alva turntable, extending the detailed CX sound to vinyl too.
What sets CX apart is greater use of proprietary components and audio innovation – topped with an even more rigorous design, engineering and testing regime.
The fruits of this labour are recognised by a stack of international hi-fi awards from experts, and a legion of devoted CX listeners around the globe.
When buying hi-fi at this level you’re making a commitment to the future. We recognise this, so we carefully select components and materials that will survive many years’ use – such as robust steel chassis with sculpted aluminium facias. We keep switches and lights to a minimum to maintain a pure audio signal path, but also because minimalistic design doesn’t date.
We know that you don’t buy hi-fi on a whim. It’s something you could spend months – even years – researching to find exactly what you want. It’s important to listen, so head to your local hi-fi store with some favourite albums, and audition – really loud. If you don’t have a dealer nearby, we offer a 60-day home trial.
CXA81 and CXA61 integrated amplifiers are at the heart of the series. Built on solid foundations laid by previous CX amps, both have distinct personalities. Apart from the difference in power, CXA81 could be described as refined, while CXA61 is characterised by a more urgent sound. An audition will help you decide which is right for your music.
We shouldn’t have favourites, but CXN V2 is something else – hi-fi specialists and our listeners agree. CXN V2 will instantly transform a classic hi-fi stack into a system with a bright future. And because it’s a network device, CXN V2 can be upgraded remotely, via our StreamMagic platform, to receive new features and services.
You’ve spent years collecting CDs, so why shouldn’t they get the CX sound upgrade too? CXC is a CD transport, which means it’s got just one job: read CDs perfectly. That signal is then sent to a Digital to Analogue Converter, such as that found inside a CX amp, for it to do the rest.
With CX Series 2, you can build a system that offers the convenience of modern ways to listen, but one that places the emotional response centre-stage. CX respects all music – with a level of clarity you’ve perhaps not heard before. Buying new hi-fi kit is something to be savoured, so join us as we explore the CX Series.
| SKU | Cambridge audio CXA61 |
|---|---|
| Märke | Cambridge |
| Weight | 1.000000 |
