Cambridge Audio Releases New Universal BD Player - Blu-ray Forum

FreddieFerric · 09-27-2009, 06:00 PM

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 · 03-28-2010, 03:32 AM

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 · 03-28-2010, 02:09 PM

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 · 03-28-2010, 02:15 PM

Quote:

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.

09-27-2009, 06:00 PM	#1
FreddieFerric Blu-ray Knight Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Mar 2008 Location:NOLA Home Theater Gallery:146 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:238 Blu-ray reviews:7 Trading Score:1	Cambridge Audio Releases New Universal BD Player 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 Last edited by FreddieFerric; 09-27-2009 at 06:05 PM.

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03-28-2010, 03:32 AM	#2
Travis Blu-ray King Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Recliner Home Theater Gallery:71 4K collection:126 Blu-ray collection:2055 DVD collection:241 iTunes collection:40 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:14	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?

03-28-2010, 02:09 PM	#3
gonk Senior Member Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Memphis, TN Blu-ray collection:111	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.

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