Which CD player to buy? Cambridge CXC V2 in depth review, watch before buying!

Описание: Bought these Cambridge CD transport brand new for 550€ + 50€ for the extra remote R-851A/C. Here's my full and details review of this CD transport after 1 year of usage, using my personal CD player checklist and I create a blind test for you to evaluate sonical transparency. Click on the timestamps to go straight to the point.

Full checklist filled for this Cambridge CXC V2:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qiJG...
My blank checklist for you:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KDUv...

HiFiReport article:
https://www.hifireport.com/cambridge-...

Official promotional video:
   • CXC CD Transport  

Inside overview by hear-net-au:
   • Cambridge Audio CXC CD Transport featuring...  

Inside overview by MR:
   • Cambridge audio CXC v2 internals  

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:30 Gapless test
02:58 Speed Launching
03:33 Scratch Test Level 1
06:08 Scratch Test Level 2
07:40 Damage CD management
09:40 Sensibility to burning errors
11:22 Browsing smoothness
15:19 Remote overview
18:34 Remaining time feature
19:24 Repeat/Random/Program
20:25 Display brightness
21:11 Noise check
22:12 Menu
23:53 Antishock system
24:21 Heating after 3h reading
25:36 Heating after 1h, CD stopped
26:58 Drawer check
27:54 Outside casing
29:47 Internal components
31:20 Blind test
32:45 Answer of blind test
33:42 In depth checklist review
46:37 Fast summary
47:44 Outro

My recommandations:
This Cambridge CXC V2 have big pros but also very big cons. Be sure that those cons are not unacceptable for you, especially optical sensibility, before purchasing.

Notes:
My Scratch CDs:
Level 1: superficial scratched
Level 2: more heavy scratched
Level 3: Heavy scratch with holes on the data layer
Level 4: damage CD with insurmountable holes on the data layer

Blind test signal chain:
Blue: Sony cdp xe 330 - optical - Topping d50 III DAC - balanced TRS - ADC NI Komplete Audio 6
Green: Cambridge cxc v2 - Topping d50 III DAC - balanced TRS - ADC NI Komplete Audio 6
Red: "Samael Rain" song wav file extracted from the CD with Exact Audio Copy

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