I was talking about the cxa80 amp , the cxa81 is a diff end kettle of fish
Ah missed that, sorry . The WM8740 in that thing is also quite well established. If the OP had the CXA80, I would probably draw the same conclusion.
I was talking about the cxa80 amp , the cxa81 is a diff end kettle of fish
Sorry to bring up this old thread, but has the OP tried reversing the polarity of their speakers? The DAC in the CXA61/81 produces a signal with inverted polarity unfortunately. Swapping the +/- connections on the speakers and switching the phase on the sub if they've got one may improve the sound.
Crappy thing is the amp has normal polarity for the analog inputs....
That is interesting. Do you know how things are while using the Cxn V2 with XLR cables to the Cxa81?
I dont know if Wolfson chip is better then Sabre. Sure is better the dual Wolfson dac configuration (cxn2) than mono Sabre (cxa81)
Do you have the Cxn V2?I was more interested in the inverted polarity that he mentioned by using the Cxa81 DAC .
I wonder if this is the case with the Cxn V2 as well
Do you have the Cxn V2?
Why?Sure is better the dual Wolfson dac configuration (cxn2) than mono Sabre (cxa81)
Do you have the Cxn V2?
Do you have the Cxn V2?
If you can use this YouTube video to determine if this is the case
play that and touch your speaker cone as it plays. the cone should push out on "+" and pull in on "-"
Btw Cambridge has informed me that they will put out a firmware fix for this soon. I'd email them in a couple months to ask if it's ready.
I don't think so. The claimed audible differences among DACs are extremely exaggerated (in my point of view). In a well designed blind test, I think people will only manage to hear a difference between DACs in extremely rare cases.The real question is: i will hear real sound improvement doing that?
Huh, weird! sounds like yours works fine then. My CXA61 plays with reversed polarity.Not yet. I've ordered the Cxn last week.
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I've just tried this with my Cxa81 , optical connection . And the cone pushes out when the + is on screen. I connected the speaker wires the correct way as well.
Huh, weird! sounds like yours works fine then. My CXA61 plays with reversed polarity.