Music Hall 25.2 tube headphone amp - tubes are soldered into the board and one went bad after a few months. Music Hall was very prompt about getting me an RMA authorized for repair but it still cost me out of pocket to ship it. Tech fixed everything and upgraded some resistors or something. Sound is OK. Wish i'd just spent more on the outset on a better product.
Cambridge Audio Stream Magic 6 - I like the sound and it has tons of inputs. I have a DACMagic Plus in the office and this is comparable in sound. However, interface is woefully antiquated and the Android app is utterly broken. Unless I'm connected via bluetooth or USB, I have to wait for my gf to come home so I can control it with her iphone.
Cambridge Audio Azur 551r A/V receiver - blew up (literally, some caps inside blew up) after a year. Was able to get a warranty repair in town without having to ship it and it actually sounds better than before. Inexplicably they omitted the control bus feature that's present on the other Azur models to allow it to talk to the Stream Magic. Again, wish i'd spent more at the outset.
And yeah, I think tubes108 is unfairly being held to a different standard than the other posters here.
Cambridge Audio Stream Magic 6 - I like the sound and it has tons of inputs. I have a DACMagic Plus in the office and this is comparable in sound. However, interface is woefully antiquated and the Android app is utterly broken. Unless I'm connected via bluetooth or USB, I have to wait for my gf to come home so I can control it with her iphone.
Cambridge Audio Azur 551r A/V receiver - blew up (literally, some caps inside blew up) after a year. Was able to get a warranty repair in town without having to ship it and it actually sounds better than before. Inexplicably they omitted the control bus feature that's present on the other Azur models to allow it to talk to the Stream Magic. Again, wish i'd spent more at the outset.
And yeah, I think tubes108 is unfairly being held to a different standard than the other posters here.