I picked up my brand-new-to-me Cambridge A5 Intgerated Amplifier the other day, and I absolutely love it. It’s paired up with a pair of Eltax Monitor III speakers.
This is all to replace my Logitech 2.1s that I got last year. The whole lot cost £56 (thanks eBay!!) I think I’ve done pretty well given the price. The Logitechs are great for multimedia (and pack tonnes of bass), but I decided to get something a little more faithful to the original sound for production/mixing etc. So far, I’m very impressed. The sound quality is outstanding, and everything is still really clear either turned down low or maxed out.
As a budget amp, the A5 is brilliant. While there are certainly better quality products out there, I think it would be tricky to find something the pushes 60 WPC at the quality this does.
Basic spec:
- 60 Watts per channel
- 5 inputs
- Tone controls & bypass switch
- Tape/Monitor loop
- Recording output
- Pre-amplified output
- Dual speaker outputs for bi-wiring
The monitor IIIs are also well known as high quality, low price speakers. The only drawback of the Monitor IIIs is the lack of sufficient bass, but this is because I’m used to the Logitech sub. I worked out that I could hook up the input of the Logitechs to the Rec-out on the A5 to get some extra punch for games. The levels are a little too low, but it will be fine until I can afford a more powerful active sub, or get my hands on a Cambridge A1 (or something similarly cheap and cheerful) and a passive sub.
Basic spec:
- 150W Music/90W Nominal power
- 50- 22k Hz Frequency Response
- Bi-wireable
- 89dB Sensitivity
- 4-8 Ohms Impedance
The whole lot is connected with Linn K20 speaker cable. Personally, I’m skeptical as to how much a difference expensive cable can make, but it was free with the amp!
Probable next purchases: Ear plugs & £1500 worth (about 2 or 3 metres) of ‘Hi-Fi’ quality Pure Oxygen Free Copper Shielded Inert Somethingorother Bi-Spiral phono leads.
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