FS: Cambridge Audio Azur 851N Streamer / DAC / Pre

A fantastic Roon, Airplay, Tidal, Qobuz, Deezer streamer. Their own StreamMagic app is also excellent if you want to use local USB / NAS storage. In fact me and a friend found the amp superior to the Auralic lightning DS in every way.

Silver finish (i’ll get some pics sorted), and in great condition with box and packing / remote etc.

A few words about this streamer. I think it’s one of the best Ive heard for any sensible money. I’d been playing with PS audio directsream, chord hugo TT and TT2, and eventually an auralic Aries G1 / Vega G1 combo.

I prefered the cambridge to all of them. The perfect balance of clean, but sweet sounding. Not too much or too little of anything, it just sat in a perfect balance, and below about £7k I’m not sure I’d have anything else instead of it.

The digital volume control is amazing transparent also, so it can comfortably be used as a preamp.

Ebay has these anywhere between £650-750

I’d be looking for £550 posted from a forum member

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What you upgrading to?

I’m sort of not upgrading, at least not in a trad sense. I’m consolidating my system down massively, selling the 1200GR2, the Luxman L509X and the Harbeths.

Plan is to get a technics 1500C and run its built in phono to an Eversolo DMP-A8, and out to some amps i have on loan.

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