“I am enjoying the warm sound I get from my Cambridge CXA81 integrated amp which has no phono stage. I thought the Alva Duo would be a good fit all things being Cambridge. I was about to return the Alva Duo because it didn't give me the same warmth. However, after approximately 40 hours of use the bass notes and some warmth appeared and my LP's sounded as good as my CD's.”
“Accurate, detailed and extraordinarily quite. Adjustable gain would earn this 5 stars. System includes: Cambridge CXA81, Rega Planar 2 with Audio Technica VM540ML & Ascend Acoustics Sierra towers with Raal tweeters. Highly recommend.”
“I'm happy with the Cambridge Duo, it's good, it's not great. It does lack some punch, but it has excellent definition. I'm one of those people that ascribes to the theory of burn in, so I'm looking forward to finding out what changes are waiting once it has a little age on it. At the end of the day, it's worth the money.”
