Cambridge's CXN100 is an EASY way into HI-FI STREAMING

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🎥 Camera: John Darko / Olaf von Voss
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0:00 Intro
0:53 The basics
4:43 vs. CXN (V2)
7:34 vs Eversolo DMP-A6
9:30 vs. Bluesound NODE X
10:53 vs. FiiO R7
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12:15 Who is the CXN100 for?
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@steveroadrunner4942 4 месяца назад

I was glad to hear that my quite new CXN V2 has not been made obsolete!

@rickg8015 4 месяца назад

How much is it these days?

@danisold 4 месяца назад

Johns going through puberty. That voice. Better late than never.

@williekenk 4 месяца назад

Thank you for comparing to the CXN v2! I had a feeling they would be quite similar, and this helped confirm that I can focus on other upgrades.

@Nekoelschekrat 4 месяца назад

I got my CXN100 a couple Weeks ago and i love it. It´s so simple to use especially with the App. Paired with a Marantz Stereo 70s and the Buchardt S400 MK2 it is just pure Joy to listen to.

@jamesberryman9893 4 месяца назад

I do hope you get to feeling better soon!

@jamesferrell497 4 месяца назад

Stayed until the end....no struggle... very good video.. and informative as always

@ronnyskaar3737 4 месяца назад

Great. Was waiting for this video! ❤

@ItsMyLittleTony 4 месяца назад

I’ve got the CXN100 and did a compare against the eversolo A6. I found the A6 to sound sharper at the top end and almost, dare I say it, cold and a bit shrill, whereas the CA (both the cxnv2 and 100) sound fuller and more traditional hifi sounding (warmer) to me than the A6. I really hope CA does a deal and adds native Apple Music like the A6 as that’s the one feature I really loved on that device, alongside the touchscreen, which is beautiful. For now the 100 plays the music I want, the stream magic app just works and I don’t get any issues and that’s what I need, but dang I wish Apple Music was a native/connect app on the 100 like tidal. Cmon Cambridge audio, play nice with Apple please.

@rocketmail125 3 месяца назад

I’ve had this dac for 2-years and can gladly say that it is an amazing piece of HiFi. I use it as a pre-amp through my M504 Vintage Onkyo Integra amp out my Klipsch LaScala’s. Just incredible no mater what I play. Jazz, metal, rock opera. Wow!!

@TorEliasThomassen 4 месяца назад

Todal piip! Always looking forward for your videos 😊. Keep up the good work mate.

@jaden_shah 4 месяца назад

An ever changing view is so good!!

@fairmania 4 месяца назад

"A total Dad remote", thank you John, something for me at last!! Get well soon, always great content.

@iamnatis 4 месяца назад

Toodle pip. Got the CXN100 as an upgrade from my CXN v2 but I returned it and kept the v2. The dial feels better and more functional on the v2 and the CXN100 significantly raised the dependency on the app and I didn't want to be that dependent even though I can run the app on multiple devices, like my M series MBP and Mac Mini.

@patrikbjorling4391 4 месяца назад

And soundwise?

@paulkerr9128 4 месяца назад

Very informative as always.

@adsph 4 месяца назад

Well done John. A real nice piece of gear. Hope you feel better.

@gamerfinn3634 4 месяца назад

Feel better. Well done

@IKETHEBIKE-jk 4 месяца назад

Gute Besserung!

@laurentfontanel893 4 месяца назад

toodles! nicely done, despite the cold.

@thevideomentors 4 месяца назад

Toodle pip! Thanks mate. Love these streaming dac comparisons

@YouTubes33 4 месяца назад

Toodle Pip! Nice video as always 😊

@socksforllamas 4 месяца назад

Toodle pip, thanks for getting the old CXN back to compare! Really helpful comparison to have.

@espressokaffe 4 месяца назад

Toodle pip - thank you for yet another great video :)

@B1bthinkin 4 месяца назад

Toodle pip! Hope you're feeling better soon. Excellent video as usual. Thanks

@hanzo0252 4 месяца назад

Appreciate seeing the Red Hot Chili Pepper button demo'd!

@supbilly07 4 месяца назад

Thanks for this. I have the CXN and was considering the upgrade, but think I’ll stick with what I have for now. Thanks as always.

@bernardo6502 4 месяца назад

picked up a CXN V2 a couple years ago partially off the back of your previous reviews. Been excellent , no fuss, so easy to use and has never missed a beat.

@muddymike10 4 месяца назад

Poodle Tip it is ! Thank you for this very informative episode .

@ingosusingph.d8702 4 месяца назад

Toodle pip. Well done as always John. Get well soon and greetings from Sydney.

@jonholmes9407 4 месяца назад

Good work as always, toodle pip!

@taidee 4 месяца назад

Thanks JD, I made it to the end yes, get well soon man.

@DingoVegetarian 3 месяца назад

Pitchfork, thanks for the recommendation 👍🏼

@Big-J-8579 4 месяца назад

I use the CXN (version 1) in my office system every day (USB thumb drive with FLAC files) and love it. I use the Node X at home for headphone listening and love it there. The great thing in today's world is the vast variety of great options. Thanks again!

@joshuakarp2586 4 месяца назад

I love your videos! Thank you! I bought the CXN100 and I personally like it better than the Hifi Rose streamer that was $5K that I returned.

@sardine158 4 месяца назад

Enjoyable as always John. Toodle Pip.

@xaerothehero 4 месяца назад

3:30 No, you're absolutely right. No HDMI eARC in that price category is indeed a missed opportunity. It's not you, it's them.

@brochg 4 месяца назад

Feel better quickly, John! My number one streamer, which has been for a very long time, is the very simple Apple TV 4K. Despite the "Low Res" sample rates, I'll take the convenience and very large cover art over the sound "Quality" of the others.

@PhilSilv3rs 4 месяца назад

Another interesting review thanks John. Toodle Pip 😊 Hope the man flu clears up soon.

@foldspacenavigator6011 4 месяца назад

ToodlePip, hope you mend well and thank you for the streamer coverage.

@paaul028 4 месяца назад

Toodle pip, thanks for the review as it has been on my radar since it's launch and usual the 1st informative Cambridge side by side review.

@tedjensen8841 4 месяца назад

Good information. Get well.

@patrickmcguigan5939 4 месяца назад

Toodle Pip! A timely review! I'm looking for a new streamer and you steered me in the right direction with the RPi/Volumio combo I've been using for a few years so far.

@DarkFire515 4 месяца назад

Get well soon!

@scottbaylor6215 4 месяца назад

I stuck it out until the end. I hope you feel better. This was very informative as I have the CXN2 and this helps me understand the sound difference between the two. I too feel like they missed the HDMI mark on this one. Hope all is well.

@mat_v 4 месяца назад

I wish you would have told us about your cold at the beginning of the video, my audiophile ocd had me thinking what could be going and what do I need to buy to fix it it throughout. Sigh of relief at last, keep it up John! Top vid as usual.

@RobertEckdale 4 месяца назад

Love the stands you’re using for the Zu’s. I settled on the Warfdale stands but yours are way better looking.

@venosepticgaming3864 4 месяца назад

Just got my first hifi system today so amazing, though I went with an all in one intergrated amp ( ARCAM SA30) to save some space, been running it all day haha! Again another amazing viedo!

@g-mail4743 4 месяца назад

oh man I can't wait for next week's video to see what the 2x cost model is going to be, and to hear how John's hoarse voice is developing.

@MichaelBennett1 4 месяца назад

Get well soon, the audio world needs you!

@doifeellucky 4 месяца назад

Toodle Pip. Despite the man flu, great insight as always. Hope you’re better soon.

@2HatHudders 4 месяца назад

Dude, I hope what ever is going on with your voice improves ❤.

@neilparnell2089 4 месяца назад

Get well soon John

@timfowler7380 4 месяца назад

Toodle pip, with that voice a late night FM radio DJ gig is in your future!

@johnpischedda6951 4 месяца назад

Thanks John ! Ectomorphic indeed !

@asrarul12 4 месяца назад

Good review. Was waiting for Darko to speak out. That extra 100 Quid goes on par with the CXN100. The WiFi dongle of CXNV2 was san extra £85 that needed to be bought separately. The warmer tonality of the CXNV2 is what may not make me want to switch. I love the warmth of the CXNV2.

@gregh4292 4 месяца назад

Thank you John, for a rather concise but nonetheless informative overview of these particularly priced streaming DACs. I glean from your insights that there really isn’t too much to choose from between these streamers, or rather, the most apposite differences are feature not SQ-based. I’m in the market for a new streamer, my eyes are looking towards the Eversolo A8 (so, your next vid will be much anticipated) or something like the Naim ND5XS2. Thank you again for your marvellous channel. (I am a cheapskate non-patreon, non-subscriber, but I really admire your work and ethics in this field of reviewing and infotainment). Regards, Geoff

@GoooooGators 4 месяца назад

Love that you showed my favorite band in this video.... The Rosebuds! However, I prefer their album Birds Make Good Neighbors. Love your reviews!

@PaulMGleeson 4 месяца назад

Toodle pip, old boy!. Good video, interesting as I am contemplating jumping forward my hifi setup a quarter of a century. I am getting old and really can't be arsed to turn over LPs so I am streaming more and more of my music from Tidal. At present I have a Heath Robinson setup with a Wiim mini and Cambridge Audio dac connected in to my pre turn of the Century pre amp power amp etc.

@SenSimha 4 месяца назад

Thank god I didn't comment on your new voice b4 u did 😊

@leon23leon 4 месяца назад

I really appreciate all the music recommendations in this review… I’ll be busy! Toodle pip, I’m off to listen.

@paulclayton7510 4 месяца назад

I have upgraded to the CXN100 from V2 and love it. With the latest updated software installed I would like to add that it works wonders if you have the matching CXC Transport. All of my CDs sound better and with a larger soundstage, too.

@robertanthonywatts1953 4 месяца назад

I love my cxn100...!!

@siphonsnob 4 месяца назад

Get well soon. You should have led with the health report before I spent most of the video trying to adjust the DSP settings on my Vanatoos

@madeupuser 4 месяца назад

Good timing John! Enjoyed the video, and I am demoing the CXN100 right now feeding my M23. Its good, but I am not 100% convinced. Very interested in your next streamer DAC vids accordingly. Toodle Pip!

@robertcowart2456 4 месяца назад

Another good review featuring side by side comparisons. In terms of sound quality and your descriptions of the 4 streamers the competition for my money is between the 2 Cambridge units. Dare I ask what man flu is?

@tigerfish66 4 месяца назад

Toodle pip for seeing the bloopers

@predragKrasulja 4 месяца назад

Toodle pip - John is still my favourite reviewer

@shanestephenson8423 4 месяца назад

Toodle pip😁 I made it, though, John. I hope you're feeling better soon, mate.👍🎧🙂

@judgejoolz7594 4 месяца назад

Toodle pip, John. That was a tickety-boo review too.

@kaavik47 4 месяца назад

Toodle pip, and high end tequila will chase your xold away faster!! Great comparison, and liok forward to what you get fir twice as much.

@johnkennett7105 4 месяца назад

Not the only side by side comparison - I, too, am streaming with man flu. You sounded a little higher in the mid range than me!

@matthewhilty4209 4 месяца назад

Toodle Pip , good comparisons.

@Fatwasp 4 месяца назад

toodle pip very pleased with my new cxn 100, running into an old school NAIT 1and out to Monitor 252s

@brette.5863 4 месяца назад

Just came to say that I love that Cambridge Audio is using the album art for Overmono’s Good Lies for all their product literature and advertisement. CXN would look great with my CXA81 but I went the cheap route and went with a Wiim Pro for my streaming purposes.

@abdallahmansour3077 4 месяца назад

Toodle pip! 😊❤

@MathewBT81 4 месяца назад

My KEFs instantly picked up your 🐎 voice 😂 hope you get better soon 🏆

@davidmiller1534 4 месяца назад

I'm in agreement with you that the absence of HDMI is a head scratcher. Many users will want to connect this device using that type of connection. I know there are work arounds, but this seems like an anti-convenience 'feature'. The cost to add this capability is simply not that great.

@lupegonzales5120 4 месяца назад

John; great video. I like the new streaming devices, which are increasingly providing touch screens but, they are still a bit small to view from my sweet spot. This is why I enjoy RU-vid Premium music videos.... just wish the streamer manufacturers would provide a method of projecting/connections with our televisions... Just thinking. Get well soon bro.

@blue_soundcave 4 месяца назад

I owned the V2 for two years. It's a nice unit and I doubt that there are differences that justify an upgrade to the V100.. other than upgraditis! 😉 I recently switched to a Bridge-DAC-Kombo in a significant higher price-region.. that upgrade is audible. 😁

@brianbrockhoff Месяц назад

Toodle Pip! 😎🤘

@BrunoP 4 месяца назад

From the back it looks like the Dacmagic 200M and it has the same DAC chip, I wonder whether sound similar between each other Great review btw!

@NiceWindow 4 месяца назад

Heal with haste Darko

@ch33psk8 4 месяца назад

Best comparison of CXN new and old, on web. Toodle pip.

@user-mz6lt2pr9s 4 месяца назад

Toddle pip. Feel better. Thanks for the side by side comparisons.

@sesnuev 4 месяца назад

A pity that is not made on black. I'm waiting a Triangle's BR09 feedback with enthusiasm! Thanx for your job!

@RickRolling-tc7vb 4 месяца назад

You do sound rough John. Hope Olaf's using the long lens. Good review, thank you: not something I'm looking at just now but always good to be informed. I would be interested to hear your perspective on the music scene in Berlin, as we have similar tastes. Cheers.

@eleventhvolume9362 4 месяца назад

I have the Cambridge amp and cd transport. I'm very happy with them, but there are little niggles that I think are worth mentioning because adjacent to the CXN100. The remote you refer to looks exactly like mine - if it is, then the symbols on the buttons will rub off pretty quickly. It looks like the volume control on the CXN100 is also similar to my amp's which may mean there's no indication of volume level to the eye - I ended up applying a little piece of tape to address that. While I'm here, I'll also mention that the display on the CXA cd transport is very difficult to see in daylight and impossible if it's located above eye level on a cabinet. Toodle pip and wishing you a speedy recovery.

@mrkitewine7700 4 месяца назад

Toodle pip! Hello John. I almost bought the V2 a few years ago, but decided to go for the much cheaper Node 2i. The only thing I’m missing from the node is the ability to stream stuff from the BBC sounds app without tieing up my device. I really need BBC to create a “connect” version of Sounds that works with Bluesound.

@andreacatellani9198 4 месяца назад

Toodle pip from Italy!

@alanvanderhaegen4936 4 месяца назад

I had endless problems with the Streammagic U.I. Went back to BluOs. Never fails. Granted, I'm not very technical.

@jonathanmoore8886 4 месяца назад

Great video. Any possibility of a review the Eversolo Amplifier?

@festerfeet7302 4 месяца назад

Toodle Pip, get well soon John. I too am interested in John’s take of this power amp. I am beginning to speculate at the lack of reviews though. My speculation leads to a number of possibilities, 1) Eversolo hasn’t sent out many units for review, 2) Reviewers have received units and have decided not to upload a review because they are unremarkable 3) It is hard to make a review interesting and engaging to review a class D power amp with so many options on the market. 4) Reviewers ‘just have too many options of new products to discuss of most probably 5) a combination of some or all of the above.

@ianbusby2845 4 месяца назад

Toodle pip old chap! (I can’t see the screen from my seat so I got the Cambridge MXN10)

@CristhianSerrano 4 месяца назад

Toodld pip!! Any chance to review the gustard r26??

@indrakumarc73 3 месяца назад

Nice review, do you also plan to review Luxman NT-07 network streamer ?

@izz0408 4 месяца назад

Still drooling on those zu's .. but have the v2 .. as it is with Cambridge the difference will be very evolutionary and that is what is brilliant about it. But then the v2 was a Goliath so why change something that's not broken. Glad they updated it to 2024 in the screen department. The screen itself lowers the noise floor and improves instrument seperation a wee bit by 15% over the outgoing model 😅... Feel better. We all have this throat flu bug thing. Just recovered myself.

@brianbrockhoff 4 месяца назад

Toodle pip? Lol 😂 Hope you get better soon!

@jpbezanilla 24 дня назад

Great video! Thanks for the review. Do you think the 100 will have native Apple Music support in the future?

@venvedam 4 месяца назад

Thanks! Get well soon John (You sound like Caleb from Digital Trends albeit with an English accent 😅)

@KruegTheTown 4 месяца назад

What are the speaker stands that you have for the Zu DWX? I'm thinking of getting a pair but am having trouble finding some stands that would fit. The Wharfedale Linton stands are about the right fit, but as you said before, the wood grain made to match the Linton speakers just doesn't look good with the Zu's. I was thinking perhaps the KLH Model 3 stands, or the JBL L82 stands. But I rather like the ones that you have here.

@KJ-yq5gm 4 месяца назад

In the same boat here, those stands are fire!

@TM-fx2pi 4 месяца назад

Toddle pip ! Great video as usual. Thank you. I have a question….. do you think BLUSOUND will ever make a full size (higher performance) chassis and touchscreen unit themselves??