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Australian Hi-Fi
Australia,
"With its 851E preamplifier and 851W, Cambridge Audio has built a pre/power combination that offers not only 'holy grail' audio performance, but also an almost complete suite of features and facilities. If you're in the market for separates (and you should be if you want seriously good audio!), this 851 duo should be high on your short list... if not at the very top of it. Highly recommended."

Andrew Everard
Reino Unido,
"Simply, this is one of the most transparent, thrilling and richly rewarding amplifier combinations I have encountered, with fine grip on the speakers with which it’s used, vast amounts of information delivered and never even the slightest sense of the music being held back or sold short."

Hi-Fi News
Reino Unido,
"These amps represent a genuine introduction to true high-end amplification at the same time offering real value for money. Features-wise they’re fully loaded."

Audio Appraisal
Reino Unido,
I normally struggle to summarize reviews – however, in the case of the 851E/W, it’s simple. Buy it, and thank me later. Chances are you’re already raising a phone to your ear and calling your local dealer for a demo – if that’s the case, this review has served its purpose. If not, I suggest you do so now… if anything, you owe it to your music collection.
Los detalles
< 0,00045% a 1 kHz, < 0,00057% a 20 kHz
< 110 dB, < 90 dBu
10 Hz - 100 kHz ± 0,1 dB
> 110dB
8 V RMS no equilibrada, 8 V + 8 V RMS equilibrada
100 ohmios (equilibrada o no equilibrada)
Filtro de paso bajo Butterworth de segundo orden y 200 Hz o plano
36W
Tipo Shelving (imitadores),Potenciación y corte máximos de tonos graves ± 10 dB a 10 Hz, Potenciación y corte máximos de tonos agudos ± 7,5 dB a 20 kHz
< 0,5 W
Negro o Plateado
115 x 430 x 385 mm (4,5 x 16,9 x 15,2 pulgadas)
8,1 kg (17,9 libras)
Azur 851E
PREAMPLIFICADOR
Lo principal de la etapa de preamplificación es aportar una coloración mínima. Tomar la señal de la fuente y pasarla a la etapa de amplificación de potencia con la mínima interferencia posible. Eso es exactamente lo que hace el 851E y, junto con un sólido control de volumen, retiene la pureza y precisión de la señal de sonido incluso en los niveles de escucha más bajos.