The Cambridge Audio Azur 540P is a high quality Moving Magnet design featuring single-ended 'Class A' gain stages and discrete transistors instead of the more common integrated circuits. This gives less cross-talk and interference across the signal path. The 540P employs an active RIAA equalization system. The rear panel benefits from gold-plated input connectors to minimize signal path interference and reduce surface degradation. An external power supply comes standard. Single-ended 'Class A' gain stages deliver stellar performance.
"Brilliantly Competent," Says What Hi-fi? Magazine
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"Brilliantly Competent," Says What Hi-fi? Magazine
In this age of music file downloads and portable MP3 devices, the trusty turntable is currently enjoying a renaissance. True to form, Cambridge Audio is answering the demands of audiophile vinyl lovers with the Azur 540P compact MM phono preamplifier.
Although Cambridge Audio terms the 540P an 'entry level' preamp, its performance is anything but lower rung.
In fact, the musical press has started to take note of this highly musical component. "A brilliantly competent preamp," raves the February 2005 issue of England's What Hi-fi? Sound and Vision magazine. "Musical and involving, this phono preamplifier is another indication of the Cambridge renaissance."
Hi-Fi Choice Magazine "Best Buy"
England's Hi-Fi Choice magazine dubbed the Azur 540P a "Best Buy" in the March 2006 issue. The reviewer called the Azur "a great phono stage for the money, capable of putting a good budget turntable on a par with a digital source of twice the price."
Single-ended 'Class A' Gain Stages
The 540P extends the functionality of Cambridge Audio's critically acclaimed integrated stereo Azur amplifiers and AV receivers. But it will bring out the best in any quality integrated amp or receiver while make your vinyl recordings really come alive.
The 540P is a high quality Moving Magnet design featuring single-ended 'Class A' gain stages and discrete transistors instead of the more common integrated circuits. This gives less cross-talk and interference across the signal path. The 540P employs an active RIAA equalization system.
- Nominal output: 300 mV
- Gain @ 1kHz: 39 dB
- Sensitivity for nominal output: 3.35 mV
- THD 20 Hz - 20 kHz: <0.009%
- RIAA curve accuracy: <+/-0.65 dB 25 Hz-20 kHz, 20 Hz-50 kHz (subsonic filter off)
- Signal to Noise Ratio: >85 dB using Audio Precision RIAA-1 with grounded inputs
- Crosstalk @ 20kHz: >76 dB
- Maximum Power Consumption: 5 W
- Dimensions: 8.5" wide, 1.8" high, 5.2" deep
- Weight: 1.8 lbs.
