

The 80 watts of power the CXA80 puts out is hugely energetic. Whether you use it separately from its twin CXN, or together, you'll get to experience the absolutely fantastic sound quality it puts out. It is, as we mentioned, an 80 watt integrated amplifier with an included DAC. The CXN (V2) may decide what audio is playing, but it needs an amp like the CXA80 for you to hear it. It's the Cambridge Audio CXA80 that makes the noise here. In all cases, we'll indicate whether we're talking about one of the units, or both, and we'll make the usual appropriate comparisons. So yes: we're going to review them together. Using a CXN without a CXA80? That would be like separating twins. Using a Magni without a Modi is fine - like two best friends going to separate homes after a day playing in the park. Those two products are also designed to work well together, and designed to stack, but you never get the sense that they're inextricably linked.
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The CXN and CXA80 are different to something like the Schiit Magni 3 amp ( full review here) and Modi 3 DAC. Hell, Cambridge Audio themselves prominently display them together on their product pages. Turning on one turns on the other, if you use the remote. They ship with identical remotes that have sections for each particular model - meaning that if you only buy one, you'll have a whole section of your remote that is utterly useless. The CXN and the CXA80 were designed to work together. The thing is, these aren't just two components that happen to share a parent company. It's a $799 80 watt integrated amplifier with included DAC, and it will work with any existing speakers or components you happen to have. As we explain in more detail below, it handles just about any audio source impeccably, and will happily slot into an existing system. It's entirely possible to use the $900 Cambridge Audio CXN (V2) as a simple music streamer, connected to an amp and DAC of your choice. We'll be showcasing more alternatives in our roundup of the best music servers, coming soon. In this review, we break down the sound, design, packaging and accessories, specs and more of the CXN (V2) and CXA80. Cambridge Audio's CXN (V2) streamer and CXA80 amplifier may retail as separate products, but we've never seen another pair that work so well together. For the first, time, we're reviewing two products at once. Mqs.link_AcefBaseFlwers19982015Qbuz24441.This is going to be an unusual review. In the long run, however, the production on Cruel Summer is meatier than on Flowers. Finally, the bonus mix of the single “Cruel Summer” is arguably superior on Flowers than on Cruel Summer. Flowers also includes the song lyrics, which Cruel Summer lacks. Sun,” “I Pray,” and the melancholy “Captain Nemo,” while Cruel Summer’s ballad “Everytime It Rains” doesn’t appear on Flowers. Three tracks appear on Flowers that aren’t on Cruel Summer, and those are “Dr. “Life Is a Flower,” from Flowers, became “Whenever You’re Near Me” on Cruel Summer. For example, “Donnie,” a gem of a track which should have been a hit, is somewhat under-produced and unrealized on Flowers but truly shines on Cruel Summer, and other tracks, such as “He Decides,” also appear as earlier mixes on Flowers. Flowers contains 14 tracks as opposed to Cruel Summer’s 12, some of which appear in alternate versions. Japan and Australia received hybrid versions of the two albums.įlowers is the original version of Ace of Base’s third album, which in the U.S. An American version, titled “Cruel Summer”, was released on September 1 and contained remixes, re-recordings, and new recordings deemed appropriate for an American audience. It was released in June 1998 in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and August 10 in the United Kingdom. “Flowers” is the third album by Swedish pop music group, Ace of Base.
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