Cambridge Audio Azur 640P Phono Stage – Silver

Here we have a well-regarded budget phono stage from British based company Cambridge Audio. The Azur 640P offers inputs for both moving magnet and moving coil cartridges and our unit is in good condition, noting a couple of minor blemishes – please refer to photographs. It comes professionally packaged along with PSU, reprinted manual plus our normal three month warranty.
Cambridge Audio Say….
The design of a high quality but cost-effective phono pre-amplifier presents a major challenge. Providing first-class performance on an unlimited budget is one matter; achieving the same performance within tight price limits is quite another, and requires all the expertise and experience that Cambridge Audio brings to its product design process.
We believe we have succeeded in our aim of creating a first-class affordable product.
The 640P is a Hi-Fi Choice ‘Best Buy’ and won ‘Best Phono Stage’ in What Hi-Fi? Sound & Vision magazine’s 2006 Awards. It uses superior amplification circuitry for its Moving Magnet (MM) and Moving Coil (MC) stages to provide the lowest possible distortion and noise. The 640P employs a comprehensively specified MM stage, as well as an MC input with the higher gain needed for compatibility with high-end cartridges. This raft of technologies combines to offer a hugely dynamic, involving and open sound.
Specifications:
Max Power Consumption: 5 W
Gain @ 1 kHz: 39 dB (MM); 55 dB (MC)
Nominal Output: 300 mV
Sensitivity For Nominal Output: 3.35 mV (MM); 0.5 mV (MC)
Total Harmonic Distortion 20 Hz – 20 kHz: < 0.005% (MM); < 0.002% (MC)
RIAA Curve Accuracy: < ± 0.3 dB, 20 Hz – 50 kHz
Signal To Noise Ratio: > 86 dB (MM); > 72 dB (MC)
Crosstalk @ 20 kHz: > 83 dB (MM); > 69 dB (MC)
Dimensions: 215 (W) x 133 (D) x 46 (H) mm
Weight: 0.9 kg