Отзывы о Сетевой аудиоплеер Cambridge Audio Edge NQ

Quite good.

Never disappointed with Cambridge. Top notch!

I bought this as an open box unit but it came perfectly packaged with no sign that it had been used. The shipper even got it to me ahead of schedule and that made my weekend.

The audio quality of the unit is very good for such a low priced DAC although I am more likely to use the DA function of my DEQX preamp. The Cambridge Audio unit will serve to provide additional digital inputs since the DEQX can only handle one. The nice thing about the unit is that when it passes through the digital signal it remains completely unaltered The resolution of 192/24 sources is passed through fully. Not that I am certain I can hear the difference in such high-resolution sources, but it's nice to know that the Dac Magic Plus doesn't tinker with the source.

With it's usb input, you can download high resolution audio files (FLAC's), and play them back through a professional or consumer sound system. It's a huge step up in quality from using the headphone output.

Working great - both for alsa and for pulseaudio. READ THE INSTALL NOTES to ensure you switch it to high performance :)

Would have given it 5 stars if I didn't have to go online to figure out how to switch it from the default headphone setting to the RCA outs to hook up to my preamp. A couple of more printed words on the quick start sheet that came with it would be nice. Otherwise, does what it should and greatly improved the sound over my PC sound card.

Didnt take long to setup but I did have to download software from there website.

Feb 2019 update

I have been using this DAC for 5 years now. I recently ripped all of my CDs to FLAC format and listen through USB connection. This configuration is much better than CD themselves and way better than MP3 format. One unfortunate consequence is that it is also a little harsher for my taste. Long story short, I ended up using an external passive pre-amp instead of using this DAC as pre-amp. In addition, I prefer "min" filter to be "better".

Original review:

I have a reasonably good audio system consisting of mostly Stereophile "B" grade components. The Theta DAC is still very nice but I was thinking things should have improved in the last 18 years. Came across this Cambridge Audio purely by chance as photography has taken most of my attention these days. The Parasound preamp I am using is probably the weak link since it does not have balanced output. I have been looking on and off for something just like this to bypass the preamp all together. I have heard of good comments of Cambridge Audio but never had a chance to listen to any components before.

Just received the unit but will have to wait till the weekend to hook it up to the main system. I am using it right now with my PC and listening through my AKG headphone. It is amazing and beyond by expectation. The sound is balanced and not harsh or fatigue. The sound stage could be a little larger but it has not been broken in I assume. It is definitely not PC sound and much closer to that of my main system.

March 15 2014 update:
Been listening to it for the better part of today after warming it for several days. The sound is very articulate and sweet. The old DAC and pre-amp was warmer, may be a little too warm in comparison. It is not analytic cold. So I'd say it is quite neutral. It allows the music to come alive. It reminds me of my old passive pre-amp (plain volume control between DAC and power-amp). While the sound stage is a little narrower than the Theta, it is deeper and more vivid like I could reach out and touch the artists. Bass is more substantial such that I had to turn my sub woofer way down. The old system is more lay back as far as musical attack is concerned but for this system, it is fast and yet not harsh at all. It is very enjoyable. The one thing I wish it had is a balance dial but lacking it is not a deal breaker. I can't imagine spending more unless the rest of the system (including the listener) is much more sophisticated.

Have spent the last few days using this unit and I am very satisfied. The DAC was very easy to setup and get going. I connected it to my iMac 27 inch via a USB cable. Immediately I found that it was connecting up at only USB 1.0(allowing only up to 96K)according to the Mac. I then got out the manual and found out USB 1.0 was default and a procedure had to be followed to configure for USB 2.0 to allow the Mac to send up to 192k FLAC tracks. I followed the easy steps in the manual and got it going in a couple of minutes. I was then able to play WAV and FLAC 96/24 tracks from the Mac. Sound quality was outstanding. Beautiful non fatiguing sound with a very good stereo image. Even compressed 384k AAC tracks sounded very good. My vinyl is probably going to see a lot less usage now.

The only cons I can see with this unit is that for setting up some things, like the USB2 for example, you have to refer to the manual for the easy procedures since it is not intuitively obvious from the controls what procedure needs to be followed. That is a very nitpick gripe though. This unit does what it is supposed to do and provides excellent sound quality.

The only reason I gave it four stars is because it doesn't come with the required usb bluetooth receiver. I pretty much bought it for that purpose and aside from the extra hundred dollar cost it works and sounds excellent. Pretty cool listening to my iPhone 4s music files thru my big Carver home system and I can use my phone like a remote control for volume and music selection. Streaming pandora sounds even better. Who needs an expensive music server when this turns your phone into the same thing. Have my CD player and dvr running thru this too and it's a major improvement in sound quality and detail over not using a dac at all. Worth the expense if you have the extra six hundred bucks to burn.

I purchased two of these, one for my office, one for streaming music from a streaming music player, both turned out to bring out the detail in the music driven from the Net and my PC. wouldn't go without them....makes all the difference when listening to streamed music....

Operación muy fácil y un sonido claro y con frecuencias bajas muy bien definidas. Lo único que le falta es un control remoto.

My desktop can be considered as hi fi with this DAC. A very impressive box that will make you want to rediscover your digital music sources and music downloads. I paired this with an Audioquest Cinnamon A/B USB 2.0 cable to connect to my computer as it deserves a quality audiophile cable given the price of the DAC.

This is a great product that links my Samsung TV and WD network drive to my audio setup resulting in great audio reproduction of stored music. Its a very versatile product with multiple inputs including usb inputs from a laptop or desktop. It all performs as specified. Very pleased with this product and great service form Cambridge/Amazon.

Connecting Brennan B2 to my roksan would have been good to have a choice of connect cable included in the purchase works just great

I bought this to connect my smart TV to my old school amp. It is well built, does the job and the sound quality was a revelation. The set up was really easy but I would recommend reading the online manual. Hopefully we’ll have years of listening pleasure from this bit of kit. There was a bonus in that it arrived two days before it was due and I had the weekend to play with it. Thanks Cambridge and Amazon for great service.

Love this DAC, I have it attached to my HIFI system and use it to play songs downloaded on my laptop. Sounds great and well worth the money.

Sampling some digital recorded music/and some analogue recordings also. Overall very pleased with purchase.

brilliant for producing those bone rattling lows, as well as all other bandwiths using my sony shake33. very happy with it for the money and next doors dont speak to me now so a massive bonus lol. but overall it sounds good, looks good, and i now can hear sounds that my led tv could not produce alone. and for gaming its an awsome upgrade for your audio system.

Feeding it from my PC using JRiver media center, the improvement over other dacs I have used is noticeable.
The only reason not for 5stars is the volume control which has no output level markings. Even with this small frustrating part it is still an excellent bit of equipment.

Nice unit does exactly what I wanted and now can play CD quality music from my laptop using a FLAC enabled music player.

Great product, fairly compact but also very well built. Currently using it via a usb connection to my iPad as a dac/amp combo and its great! Would absolutely recommend Cambridge audio as an established audiophile brand.

Still a great bit of kit.l, for the price. If you don't mind not having a remote control this does the job.

Das Gute zuerst: Cambridge Audio liefert wirklich ein tolles Gerät mit guter Ausstattung und vor allem mit ausgezeichnetem Klang und das zu einem sehr akzeptablen Preis. Das Gerät funktioniert ohne Probleme und die Installation ist problemlos.
Der Lautstärkeregler ist fummelig und mechanisch wenig vertrauenserweckend. Immerhin kann man durch Druck auf den Regler die Tonausgabe schnell ein- und ausschalten. Das Gerät hat keinen analogen Eingang, sodass es als allgemeiner Vorverstärker nicht verwendet werden kann.
Nun zum eigentlichen Problem: Der mitgelieferte Audio Treiber verträgt sich mit meinem Microsoft Surface Pro 4 und MusicBee oder FooBar2000 leider nur eingeschränkt. Die ASIO Ausgabe kann ich nicht verwenden, da immer wieder ein lautes Knacken den Musikgenuss stört. Ich habe daher auf WASAPI exklusiv umgestellt, was problemlos funktioniert und eine sehr gute Qualität liefert.