Cambridge Audio Azur 851C

alaTest has collected and analyzed 2 user reviews of Cambridge Audio Azur 851C from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 5.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other Home Theater Systems on Amazon.com.

An incredibly capable performer, but a touch too clinical for our tastes

Bought this a couple of weeks ago, and loving rediscovering my CD collection. A very clear and precise sound, great for classical music, especially solo piano and other solo instruments (Bach cello suites a revelation). Good for jazz too, but perhaps a...

Previously had an azur cd player 12 years ago and amazed at the improvement in this one. Excellent definition of notes yet a mellow and non clinical sound

I purchased this item 10 days ago,paired with Cambridge Azur 851A amplifier-very detailed sound and the bass is just amazing. Everything sounds as if it was a fresh recording, I am rediscovering my music collection(Spacesynth; Italo Disco; Depeche...

Bought the 851c to go with the 851a amp & what a brilliant combination they make,it is so solidly built just like the amp too,& I love the fact it displays the track titles for the length of the whole song on cd's supporting cd text and what a...

have had the 851 C a couple of weeks now does everything it says on the tin it couples well with my 851 A and monitor audio silver 500 speakers thanks to Dylan at York branch

Had Cambridge audio 651A and 651C changed my amp to the 851A and monitor silver 200 speakers . I was hovering over the 851C making a difference to this setup but on buying I actually got to listen to both one after other . And the answer is I was...

I had thought that my previous Phillips CD player (which eventually succumbed to old age) was good: now when I listen to my collection - predominantly classical and jazz - I can hear detail which had previously been hidden. On one track I can now...

I received this from Richersounds two months ago and it is a lovely machine - matches my other CambridgevAudio azur components brilliantly and ives lovely sound via 840A amplifier and Castle speakers.

Relatively this is an expensive bit of kit, but it does justify the cost. My interest is only classical and jazz, and on decent recordings - as an earlier poster said - the size of the sound stage and the amount of detail and resolution can make the...