Half a decade after the CX range redefined performance at its price point, it’s time to reimagine, re-engineer and reinvigorate. The all-new CXA61 and CXA81 integrated amplifiers build on the foundations laid (and the Awards won) by CXA60 and CXA80, but with a fresh and progressive perspective.
The CXA61 is 60 watts per channel of pure excitement. It’s a punchy and upfront listen, without giving away detail or precision - so it’s just as much at home in the mosh-pit as it is in the conservatoire.
Warranty:
1-year manufacturer's warranty
Features:
60 Watts per channel with Class AB amplification for detailed and powerful audio performance
High-Quality DAC - Connect digital sources directly via TOSLINK and Coaxial
Bluetooth aptX HD built-in for a high-quality wireless connection
4 x RCA Analogue connections for all your sources.
USB Audio Input accepting up to 32bit/384kHz & DSD 256 digital files from Mac or PC
Video Review:
LET YOUR MUSIC MOVE YOU The CXA61 is designed to bring you closer to the music you love. It’s designed to put you right at the heart of your favorite recordings, telling you the story of every note in the most natural, most effortless, most detailed way imaginable. Analog or digital, lo-fi or hi-res, the CXA61 lets the music take you where you want to go.
UNCOMPROMISED SOUND The CXA61 has been engineered, refined, and finessed with only one objective in mind: to deliver the most thrillingly musical sound you’ve ever experienced. Every choice of component, and every engineering decision, has been made to minimise coloration of the sound and maximize its accuracy. Cambridge Audio has drawn on every one of its 50 years of experience to make the CXA61 its most accomplished integrated amplifier yet.
ALL OF THE MUSIC Because it’s designed to deliver the maximum musical experience no matter where the music is coming from, the CXA61 has an entirely re-engineered digital board featuring the industry-standard ESS Sabre ES9010 K2M digital-to-analog convertor. The CXA61 can bring digital audio files up to state-of-the-art 32bit/384kHz and DSD256 resolutions vividly to life, combining convenience with performance in a way unheard-of until now.
POWER WITHOUT CORRUPTION An oversized toroidal transformer gives the CXA61 a muscular 60 watts of power for each channel. Painstaking engineering gives it super-low levels of distortion and supreme electrical efficiency. The result is an amplifier with limitless reserves of power, ready to maximize the dynamic potential of any loudspeakers and able to play at any volume level without stress or distortion.
COMPLETE MUSICAL FREEDOM Pair any Bluetooth device to the CXA61 to stream up to aptX HD-quality audio. Because there’s no need to compromise your musical experience when you decide to cut the cord.
SONIC INTEGRITY The CXA61 features a reimagined power amp stage with optimized capacitors values, and a revised volume pot designed to offer minimized crosstalk. The result is a clean, short and pure signal path that allows your music unmatched coherence - at any volume.
PARTNER FOR LIFE The amplifier is the heart and the engine of any system - and the CXA61 can power your favorite speakers and form the center of your musical experience for years to come.
Technical Specification:
POWER OUTPUT
60W RMS into 8 Ohms, 90W RMS into 4 Ohms
DAC
ESS Sabre ES9010K2M
FREQUENCY RESPONSE
<5Hz– 60kHz +/-1dB
ANALOGUE AUDIO INPUTS
4 x RCA, 1 x 3.5mm MP3 input (front panel)
DIGITAL AUDIO INPUTS
1 x S/PDIF coaxial, 2 x TOSLINK optical, 1 x USB audio, Bluetooth (integrated)
COMPATIBILITY
TOSLINK optical: 16/24bit 32-96kHz PCM only, S/PDIF coaxial: 16/24bit 32-192kHz PCM only, USB: audio profile 1.0/2.0 (default 2.0), up to 32bit 384kHz PCM, up to DSD256 or DoP256, Bluetooth: 4.2 A2DP/AVRCP supporting up to aptX HD (24bit 48kHz)
