System of the month

The best of modern streaming smarts with retro appeal and top-notch analogue performance

Here we have a hi-fi system that beautifully marries the best of modern streaming smarts with some top-notch analogue performance. Its somewhat retro look is brought about by the obvious inclusion of a turntable and the ’80s look of the Mission amplifier; but even the thoroughly up to date Cambridge Audio music streamer included here wouldn’t look out of place in a system from before the turn of the century. FINE PERFORMERS Cambridge’s little box of tricks features no display showing you what is playing – a minor criticism in our original review, but something that makes this bijou box remarkably unobtrusive in a system. Yet its performance suggests that it would be well within its rights to blow its own trumpet far more than it does. For this is without…

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What Hi-Fi? (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2024

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