Cambridge Audio Releases New Universal BD Player

[FreddieFerric]

Didn't see this posted, so I thought I'd give all a heads up on this new offering from Cambridge Audio. A bit more expensive than the Oppo that just came out. I'm going to the Cambridge site to spec this unit.
Unit is called the 650BD.

http://whathifi.com/News/Cambridge-A...hing-receiver/

Summary and Specs: http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/summar...&Title=Summary

[Travis]

Anyone out there own this?

Wondering about it as a CD player. For my system below, would this be a good match or should I get a Marantz CD5003 or NAD C515BEE? What will give me better results for CD playback?

[gonk]

The player appears to be extremely similar to OPPO's BDP-80 (same DAC's, very similar board layouts, same rear panel except for the addition of IR input jack). There's a thread at AVS for it, but not a lot of owners there. If you paired it with a Marantz SR6004, I suspect that you'd get best results using a digital connection - same with the BDP-80.

[Travis]

Originally Posted by gonk

The player appears to be extremely similar to OPPO's BDP-80 (same DAC's, very similar board layouts, same rear panel except for the addition of IR input jack). There's a thread at AVS for it, but not a lot of owners there. If you paired it with a Marantz SR6004, I suspect that you'd get best results using a digital connection - same with the BDP-80.

Gonk,

I'll go check out the AVS thread.

Oh, and love your avatar.