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THIS BRILLIANT UNIVERSAL PLAYER TRULY DOES IT ALL NEW CAMBRIDGE AUDIO CXU Universal Blu-ray Player The finest universal player Cambridge Audio has ever made is an embarrassment of riches. You’re going to need a spreadsheet to keep track of the pinnacle-performance-minded features. Five separate Wolfson WM8740 DACs. DARBEE video technology. Network streaming and high-res audio support. 4k video upscaling. Upsampling of all audio to 24-bit/192kHz. Dedicated two-channel stereo output. All told, you can play 11 audio and video sources—including SACD and Bluray 3D—through CXU, a component What Hi-Fi? proclaims “impresses on every level.” That says it all. FLAWLESS BUILD QUALITY, EXQUISITE DESIGN, PREMIUM PERFORMANCE $1,299 NEW CAMBRIDGE AUDIO CXC CD Transport Focusing on one task and performing it wonderfully, CXC is CD playback made simple. Fortified by a proprietary S3 servo transport and an audiophile-caliber toroidal transformer, this single-speed unit is quiet, efficient, and painstakingly accurate. Featuring state-of-theart error correction, CXC recovers profound detail from discs and provides illustriously defined, soulfully nourishing musical experiences. $499 silver, black CAMBRIDGE AUDIO Azur 851C CD Player/DAC/ Digital Preamplifier Azur 851C is a high-end CD player, state-of-the-art DAC, and digital preamp in one highly accomplished package. It’s designed to beat as the heart of your digital music system, offering incredible functionality and performance. Responding to the demands of today’s multi-format music lover with commanding performance, Azur 851C enhances any digital audio that passes through its sophisticated electronics. YAMAHA CD-S2100 SACD Player/CD Player/DAC Akin to an exquisite automobile appointed with the most luxurious features, you know CD-S2100 exudes high-class quality just by looking at it. Implanted with advanced circuitry, a flawless CD drive, a 32-bit SABRE DAC, and audiophile USB DAC, it touts independent power supplies with complete separation of digital and analog domains for optimal fidelity. Pop the top, and marvel at the attention to detail. Spinning discs just got exponentially better. So did your connection to your cherished music. NOW $2,999 WAS $3,500 silver, black YAMAHA CD-S1000 SACD/CD Player CD-S1000 delivers exemplary performance and is built to withstand an earthquake. Literally “tuned” with a musician’s sensibility and loaded with differential D/A converters, extensive analog circuitry, a silent tray loader, a fourpart power supply, and a proprietary Pure Direct circuit, CD-S1000 pairs modern engineering with classic looks. But what matters most, if you can