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Cambridge Audio Azur 851N

Fellow audiophiles,

Does anyone have any experience with Azur851N? How good it sounds? I have had Olive 4HD and Sonos in my HT setup and looking for a better sound. I do fair amount of streaming off Spotify and Amazon and got lot of music stored on my FAT32 USB drive. Azur851N looks very promising (atleast on paper). I will be pairing this unit with a Classe SSP800 and B&W 803's. Any comments or feedback is greatly appreciated.
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bapcha
2 posts
 
Balanced will always be 3dB better than unbalanced. No more, no less
hickamore
658 posts
 
On some devices, 6dB better. Or so they say.
kw6
692 posts
 
Do u get Tidal on the 851N by upgrading through the unit menu?
dfairc777a
60 posts
 
kw6, just do a firmware update and the tidal functionality will be added.

kren0006
1,859 posts
 
851n owners, which streamer dacs have you directly compared the 851n against and what were results?

Doc above says it’s better than LUMIN D2. 
Anyone ever compare 851n against bel canto e.one?  Mytek?  Teac?  Bryston?

interested in 851n for second system but I have a hunch a replacement might be coming soon as 851n pretty long in tooth 
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