Not content with sneaking a
dedicated Blu-ray player into CEDIA, Cambridge Audio has just taken the plastic off of two new HiFi systems in Milan. The Sonata, aimed squarely at audio junkies, consists of a 2.1-channel DAB receiver (£299; $547), which offers 40-watts of amplification per channel and your choice of an upscaling 1080p DVD player or a Wolfson-DAC-loaded CD unit for another £179 ($327). The all-in-one Fusion (£300; $549) includes 30-watts per channel, an integrated CD player, DAB / FM tuner, USB port, an SD slot and a customized iPod dock (which is also bundled with the aforementioned Sonata). Both units are slated to hit the UK in silver and black, though the November-bound Fusion will get a jump on the Sonata, which hits in February 2009.
posted Sep 20th 2008 8:02AM
lookin' photoshopped
looks like i should put this in the dash of my car
Everything is Photoshopped - get over it!
I like the form factor.
Wooooooow. That's some good lookin technology. For 10 years ago.
Yeah, SD slots, USB ports and iPod docks were so hip 10 years ago, but now they're so outdated. One would hope for direct-to-brain interfaces nowadays, but you would still need a brain, so unfortunately, they wouldn't suit you anyway.
No you idiot. I was talking about the looks not the technology. Jesus Christ.
what about me?
poo i just bought a Teac MD37 - the wolfson dac CD player sounds intruiguing...i guess this is aimed straight at Teac and onkyo's mini devices (all o which also have iPod docks available too)
Ugly.....plain Ugly
We know, but what about the audio system attached to it?
Bitches don't know about good audio equipment
I heard you can use 8 tracks in it :)
Is this unit for home or car stereo? If it's for home, it looks nice. If it's designed for the car, then it looks a bit too retro for my taste. Touch screen is more my preference for a car stereo these days. In any event, the features look very nice for a home or car stereo.
Home unit. A nice integrated DAC, CD and amp is really useful for small places, like a small NYC apartment. Pair them with some efficient speakers and it's a good audio system.
Nuke the Spyware Spammer, hit the exclamation mark!
What software is that iPod Touch running? 1.0?
Damn, I wish the Fusion had an option for HDMI and Upscaling DVD from the Sonata. That would be a fantastic all-in-one solution. Normally I steer clear of combos (I currently have a NAD preamp, CA 2-ch amp, and PSB bookshelfs), but the CA amp I use I've had for nearly a decade and never had a single problem.
Don't use that language in front of a child!
@happy_penguin
It was the baby who was talking!
Looks like a really nice way to build a hi-fi for a bedroom/office/small apartment. Just add some good speakers for $300 or so and you're done. Cambridge makes really nice sounding gear.
Adding $300 speakers to a $550 amp would probably be a bad idea. Maybe $550 speakers on a $300 amp. Speakers are the component that produces the waves you hear after all.
That dock reminds me of the old zune dock.
now only if the ipods DAC was good enough to play through a home system
sorry ill stick with foobar or burning it to CDs for my audio playback.