New Cambridge Audio Digital Radio

Cambridge Audio has added an integrated DAB+, FM, and AM tuner to its new Azur series.

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The new Azur 650T DAB+/FM/AM tuner comes with a brand new DAB+ capable module supporting AAC+/HE-AAC broadcasts (Band III and L Band), a separate FM/AM stage, Wolfson 8740 audiophile quality DAC (Digital to Analogue Converter), oversize low flux toroidal transformer, enhanced NCT circuitry for enhancing low bitrate channels, Energy Star certified ultra low power standby circuit, and a brand new wrap-around casework design.

It also supplied with a Navigator remote that also controls Azur amplifiers and docked iPods, as well as an IR (Infra-Red) Emitter In and RS232 connection for custom install use.

The 650T maximises the quality of all DAB broadcasts using its intelligent circuit design and implementation of the Wolfson WM8740 Digital to Analogue Converter. Cambridge Audio’s NCT (Natural Contour Technology) has been further enhanced which helps counter the sometimes ‘flat’ presentation of compressed digital sources (such as some low bit-rate DAB radio stations). Two settings are offered: ‘Warm’, which adds analogue-like warmth to ‘digital’ sounding programmes and ‘Lively’, which breathes life into the sound quality of heavily compressed programmes.

The Cambridge Audio is available starting this month for $699.