The trio includes the Azur 851E Pre-amplifier, Azur 851W Power Amplifier, and Azur 851D Digital to Analogue Converter.

These will be ranged alongside the EISA award-winning 851A Integrated Class XS Amplifier and 851C Upsampling DAC, CD Player and Pre-amplifier.    

The latest additions gives music lovers a moveable feast of great sounding, nicely priced Cambridge Audio models to audition. Synergy CEO, Philip Sawyer, told StereoNET Cambridge continues to roll out value for money, audiophile grade models that continue to set the pace in a crowded market place.

‘’Cambridge just racks up award after award thanks to its combination of competitive pricing, leading edge circuits and features and of course a compelling sound quality,’’ he said.

The Azur 851E Preamplifier & 851W Power Amplifier

These are a synergistic match that delivers a see-through musical performance with heaps of power on tap.

Unlike other hair-shirt rivals, the new models have a bundle of sensible, real world features such as the 851W's auto-standby mode that detects an incoming signal from the 851E. There also a flexible and configurable trigger, IR outputs and control bus, as well as Balanced XLR outputs on the 851E to make it easy to connect to modern power amps such as the 851W. 

The 851E is an authentic analogue preamp that adds nothing to the signal from input to its output stage evidenced by harmonic distortion and noise levels so low that they’re almost impossible to measure.  The 851E also improves over its predecessor, the highly rated 840E, with a more versatile and high-end-friendly range of inputs including three balanced XLR inputs, ideal for modern high-end sources, and an innovative, truly linear volume control circuit.

The 851W Power Amplifier is Cambridge Audio’s best sounding amp yet.  Its superb performance is due to the most refined version of Cambridge Audio’s proprietary, patent-pending Class XD (crossover displacement) system, plus high-end components such as two toroidal transformers and Terrapin impedance buffering modules to deliver serious levels of power with absolute precision.

Azur 851D Digital-Analog Converter

Cambridge Audio’s best DAC ever – this extends the brilliant digital audio handling and upsampling technology of the existing 851C by enhancing key components to make the best even better with improved dimensionality.  A comprehensive range of digital inputs means the 851D is ready for the highest-quality digital audio files from a wide array of potential sources including computers, smartphones, set-up boxes, media streamers, etc.  The result makes digital audio sound truly enjoyable.

In more detail…

851E Preamplifier

• New high end fully balanced solid state volume control
• Proprietary Terrapin amplification stages
• Balanced & unbalanced analogue inputs/outputs
• Fully customisable LCD display with nameable inputs
• Flexible & configurable trigger outputs/IR and control bus for custom install integration and power amplifier power syncing
• Available in Black or Silver
• RRP $1,999

851W Power Amplifier

• 200 Watts per channel into 8 Ohms or 500 Watts into 8 Ohms (bridged mono mode)
• Auto power up and down for flexible integration Switchable stereo or mono modes
• Terrapin impedance buffering modules for absolute consistent sound across sources
• Twin toroidal transformers – for the power amplifier and input circuitry
• RCA and balanced XLR connections
• CAP5 protection system
• Available in Black or Silver
• RRP $2,799

851D DAC & Digital Preamp

• 6 digital inputs
• 24/192 Asynchronous USB for PC connection
• BT100 support for aptX Bluetooth streaming
• Digital pre-amplifier
• Twin Analog Devices DACs (like 851C)
• ATF2 audio up-sampling to 24-bit/384kHz
• Available in Black or Silver
• RRP $1,699

For more information visit Synergy Audio Visual.