Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amplifier

dorokusai
dorokusai Posts: 25,577
edited April 2004 in Electronics
This is my new toy that will be taking place of my beloved NAD's :D I wanted to simplify my computer rig...and check out some new gear. I have really started to like this brand recently, as I bought an A300 Integrated and T500 Tuner, for my step-dad this year. He is running a pair of Monitor 10B's with it, at 50wpc, and they sound fantastic. The 640A(zur) line is claimed to be even better, and has received some real nice reviews.

Audio Advisor - 640A

I sure hope it does, because I have sold the NAD's :confused::)
CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,757
    edited April 2004
    I like it better in silver. ;)
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2004
    I bet you do :D
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited April 2004
    Awesome! I've read some great reviews on that puppy.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited April 2004
    Originally posted by F1nut
    I like it better in silver. ;)
    I'll have to go along with Jesse on this one...

    640A-Amp.jpg
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited April 2004
    Looks sweet.
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • smglbrth
    smglbrth Posts: 1,481
    edited April 2004
    Let us know how "she" does after burn-in!
    I was thinking of Parasound as an upgrade for the office. The Pre 850 and 750A amp down the road a little waise....
    This would sure be a cheaper alternative.

    Nice looking gear!!
    Remember, when you're running from something, you're running to something...-me
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited April 2004
    Who cares about what color the effin faceplate is.

    If the gear does it's job, you should be enveloped in listening, not looking.

    Lookin' good Mark, NEAT piece of gear.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,757
    edited April 2004
    Alright grumpy, just cause you don't give a donkey's arse.........besides, it was a inside joke. :D
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • izafar
    izafar Posts: 819
    edited April 2004
    Congrats man! I have read many good thins about this. What speakers will you be driving with it?
    -izafar

    Goldenear Technology Triton 1 - Benchmark AHB2 - Benchmark LA4 - Auralic Vega - Auralic Aries Mini - Marantz TT-15S1 - Clearaudio Nano
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited April 2004
    Originally posted by F1nut
    Alright grumpy, just cause you don't give a donkey's arse.........besides, it was a inside joke. :D

    Inside, outside, who gives a flip. Break any gear with your cloven hoofs today?

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,757
    edited April 2004
    Only broken gear 'round here is that defective thing you sent me.;)
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2004
    Damn you two sound like Mark and Russman...I mean...aw screw it :)

    I will let you all know how she plays, and the speakers being driven are Mission MS-50...the speaker that came with the Denon Mini-Stereo combo some time ago. It's a bookshelf.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • gmorris
    gmorris Posts: 1,179
    edited April 2004
    I like the egg shaped Bass, Treble & Balance knobs. Just in time for Easter! Hippety Hoppety!
    Bob Mayo, on the keyboards. Bob Mayo.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2004
    Gmorris - LOL, I never really thought about that :)
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited April 2004
    Originally posted by RuSsMaN
    Who cares about what color the effin faceplate is.

    If the gear does it's job, you should be enveloped in listening, not looking.
    I don't care what Russ thinks, I like to look at my gear too...and silver goes back to the days when I first got into this madness...silver faceplates and blue lights...so I like it! (Doro, yours isn't ugly...I just like the silver better)

    Besides this stuff is a lot like women...she doesn't necessarily have to LOOK good to BE good...but if she's a babe too...all the better!
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited April 2004
    I'm with doroputz... I like my electronics like I like my coffee, black and strong...
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2004
    I hooked it up last night, very pleased with the quality. I will get formal later, this is just a picture of the new setup.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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