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Cambridge, great sound, not so sure on reliability

Awesome sound, terrible reliability. Brief summation is that when it works it was amazing, sounds a lot better than my Apple 4k 3rd gen. Spacious and open sound, beautiful detail... But it has issues with Air Play and Amazon Music where it will either disconnect and reconnect, or today, just produce NO sound out of any app other than the Internet Radio. Factory reset, nothing. Re-install their app on phone, nothing. Disconnect and reconnect to wi-fi did nothing. Anyway, I can't find much info on net to fix so I decided this isn't worth my time messing with when my 4k works fine and I'll find a better unit down the road.

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Scott, we're sorry you're disappointed with your music player. Whenever you are not completely satisfied with anything you purchase from Crutchfield, please contact our Customer Support team at 1-800-955-9091. Purchases from Crutchfield can be returned or exchanged within 60 days of the purchase.

Cambridge Audio MXN10

Easy to install and to connect with Qobuz. The sound is incredible, particularly for the price - plenty of air, great soundstage width and depth. I'm looking forward to hearing old favorites anew - and discovering new favorites via Qobuz.

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Cambridge Audio MXN10

So far so good. I have this set up to stream mainly from my Itunes as it supports higher bit rates. Sounds great so far. The app works pretty good too.

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Impressive Music Streamer

I have been looking for an upgrade to my existing Pioneer N-50 DLNA certified network audio player over the past couple of years and have considered similar offerings from Bluesound, NAD, Cambridge Audio and WiiM, ranging from several hundred to a couple of thousand dollars. The MXN10 incorporates an ESS SABRE ES9033Q DAC capable of playing hi resolution files up to up to 32-bit/768kHz, which stood out as a differentiator over most. My music collection is comprised of CDs as well as a FLAC lossless format copy stored on a Synology DS220J NAS. A Parasound P4 preamp, A23 amplifier, NAD C545BEE CD Player, Monitor Audio Silver RX-8 Speakers and Monitor Audio Radius 380 Subwoofer round out my system. Although the 192khz 24bit DAC in my N-50 did a great job of rendering the FLAC files; I felt playing the actual CD in my NAD CD player provided a warmer, more complete soundstage. So, for more casual listening, I would stream music from my NAS, but play the CD version if I wanted a more immersive audio experience. This has changed with the introduction of the MXN10 to my system; which provides a noticeable soundstage improvement to my NAS based music files, with better highs, midrange and bass clarity. Needless to say, this has convinced me that CD quality sound may be had from a NAS music collection with the appropriate music streamer such as the Cambridge Audio MXN10.

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Bad investment

Software won't download so I am not happy. So, I am trying to download the software and read the online manual at the same time. Whose stupid idea was not putting the manual on paper in the box?

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Keith contacted our Customer Support team and set up a return. Purchases from Crutchfield can be returned or exchanged within 60 days

MXN10 - "WOW"

This is an amazing little streamer. It was a little difficult to get connected to my wireless network, I tried using my Android phone first and I was unable to get it connected. So then I tried my Apple iPhone with the provided instructions and I was connected in a matter of seconds. I would definitely use an Apple device for the initial wireless connection if possible. Once I was successfully connected, I was able to use my Android phone for everything else. The MXN10 sounds absolutely fantastic. I connected to my NAS device and I was able to stream 192kHz 24Bit music (Flac files) with ease. I also connected a 1TB SSD filled with DSD (.dsf) files and the sound was terrific. The MXN10 has a slightly warmer sound than my Bluesound Node 2i. I am extremely happy with my purchase!

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Nice.but..

Setup was okay. Sound is excellent. Lack of basic feature awful.

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Sweet Piece of Audio Gear

I have this unit connected to the internet via ethernet, and via RCA to a Hegel H160 integrated amp, which is powering Harbeth Compact 7ES-3 speakers. Before purchasing the MXN10, I was using Airplay to stream directly to the Hegel from Tidal. The sound was good, but with some noticeable deficits. With the MXN10 hooked up, I'm now playing files via Cambridge's native StreamMagic app. The sonic improvements are obvious and significant: tonal accuracy, detail, soundstage, etc. are all notably upgraded. There is a sense of sonic integration and richness to recordings that wasn't there before, making the listening experience really satisfying. I find the app fine overall, and only wish it exactly mirrored Tidal's interface because I enjoy some of the personalized suggestions that aren't available via StreamMagic. I haven't used any other features of the unit yet, so can't comment on those. The MXN10 is an excellent upgrade for my system and an incredible value for the money.

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Great component, frustrating interface

Not as detailed as my separates playing LP's and CD's, a little softer, but as it opens doors to genres and bands I don't own, it's good enough to keep me happy. Would've given 5 stars, but has to be one of the most miserable interfaces I've worked with. Had to bring in a pro (buddy who's been in the 2-channel and home theater business for over 40 years) to finally get it connected to my wifi and playing, and even he had to work at it. Was considering the CXN100 as an upgrade based on reviews, but hesitating cause I'll have to go through setup again.

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Cambridge Audio MXN10

Convenient and musical way to stream internet radio and use Spotify. Like the small footprint of the unit and really good sound. Only in use for a short time but I'm very happy with this purchase so far

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Cambridge Audio MXN10

Sounds clearer with more detail than my apple airport it replaced. The app is really nice. No complaints.

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Cambridge Audio MXN10

Lows, mids, and highs all great.

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Cambridge Audio MXN10

I purchased this based on strong recommendations and was using a Wiim Pro for about 2 months. Got delivery, hooked it up and had some issues connecting to it via the app. After fiddling around with it, I finally got it to work. Not many settings and the user interface is easy to navigate, especially with my Synology box that stored all of my music files. Ran a few test tracks from Apple Music and my local files and noticed an immediate improvement in sound - warmer, more detailed and life-like. Great product for the price. Giving 4 stars because of the lack of documentation on setup/ease of setup.

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Very Clean Sound and Great Interface

I bought this unit as an upgrade from a DragonFly Red. Initially my intent was simply ease of use. The streaming aspect of this unit meant I no longer had to plug in to my receiver using an aux. From that standpoint alone it is worth every dollar. The Stream-Magic app works seamlessly with Tidal, and it makes my listing experience more convenient than I ever imagined. It's also important to note that you can control the output volume via Tidal when using the Coaxial output, which is exactly what I was looking for. What took me by surprise was how good it made ALL of my music sound. My setup is a Technics 5760 receiver and Cerwin Vega VE12 speakers that have been upgraded with better drivers & crossovers. It may not be 'audiophile quality' but it is, in my opinion, a very good sounding system with great value. This unit let me hear, firsthand, how important the input signal is. The detail and soundstage are cleaner than I ever thought it could be. With my DragonFly, some recordings sounded so poor that it was barely listenable. That is not the case with the MXN10. This unit makes every track I play sound great. On top of that, Tidal now has some 24 Bit FLAC songs that sound nothing short of incredible with this unit. It really makes me wonder if I should take it a step further with the DAC Magic. For now, this unit has exceeded my expectations, I can confidently say that it is one of the best additions I have ever made to my stereo. Thanks to Crutchfield for recommending this.

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Easy setup

Connected to an Arcam A5 via coax, sound is spectacular. App is easy to use and am now streaming from Qobuz with no issues. App setup found my Synology NAS with no input from me and can now also stream .flac rips direct . Thrilled with the purchase!

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Lousy user manual/setup instructions

User manual and setup instructions are pretty poorly written - lots of details missing. Otherwise the unit works fine once you get it working

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Clean set up, works flawlessly

Great app, solid connection to Tidal and Airplay, perfect setup for my office. I'm really happy with my purchase

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Glorious and holographic sound!

The player was easy to hookup and there is no remote. The instructions to set up the player to Blue Tooth are very skimpy, difficult to follow. I have not been able to set it up in Blue Tooth yet but was still able to play by installing my music service Qobuz to the downloaded StreamMagic app. However, all the trouble with the set up is worth it once I was able to play the unit. The sound is livelier, more holographic than that of my previous BlueSound Node player. I found myself listening to the selections in my playlist in Qobuz all day long. Sounds as good as an excellent CD player. Highly recommended!

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Cambridge Audio MXN10

Hugh upgrade over the WiiM pro, and then I added a Geshelli J2S 4499 and oh man that combo is easily on my amp and speakers a good 80%+ upgrade to my front end! And as they say, "source first", if you buy it you'll be happy you did. Watch the Old Guy HIFI on YouTube about why this thing is worth at least $1000.00.

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Pretty Great!

This unit far exceeded my expectations. I had read about it in "Stereophile" magazine, and it was rated class A. Few items under a small fortune get this rating. I thought what the heck try it out. Amazing sonics, the Stream App was pretty easy to set up even for a luddite such as my self. It ran great with Roon and Tidal. I ran this both through RCA cable to my VTL pre amp/Nakamichi PA-5 amp, and through Digital Coax to a Topping DAC Balanced to MC352 integrated. In a world of many disappointments, this was a pleasant surprise.

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Cambridge Audio MXN10

Just received & hooked up. Easy to set up. Sounds great!

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Excellent Long-Term Option

The Cambridge Audio MXN10 is a fantastic streamer with an easy setup. The best part about Cambridge's products is they consistently support their tech with updates well into the future. The sound on this streamer is warm and inviting. It marries well with a variety of low and high watt amplifiers and speakers! It's a great all-arounder, well-made full metal body, and shoots well above its price point. So great we bought a second one.

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Cambridge Audio MXN10

This is the third Cambridge Audio product I have purchased from Crutchfield. First off, Crutchfield is an excellent company; easy to contact and very helpful with questions regarding products. For the MNX10, I am running it through a Cambridge Audio DAC Magic 2000 using a Toslink optical cable, which allows me to utilize the DAC in the DAC Magic. I have Tidal has my streaming service. Set-up was quick and and easy, and the sound quality is excellent with very good imaging. I would prefer a dedicated remote rather than using the Stream-magic app. I recommend this product.

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Sorta happy but will look elsewhere

This is a nice unit at a good price. It streams reliably from either a USB flash drive or over wireless from my Plex server and sounds great using the internal DAC. All good. Where it has trouble is talking to home servers. Right now it gets a 2 star deduction for undocumented restrictions on album naming used on servers. My collection is ripped using keb and abcde on a Linux machine and then stored on an Ubuntu server running Plex. All music on this server streams perfectly to tvs and computers that have the Plex app perfectly. Sadly the MXN10 appears to use Microsoft centric file system libraries (FAT32 and NTFS) which cannot handle certain characters in file & song names. When it sees a song with these characters it won't enque the song or album. To get past this I will probably have to rename a lot of media by hand. The other issue that when accessing a new flash drive plugged in the back the unit becomes 100% unresponsive until it's done. With a 256GB flash it essentially never respond in a reasonable time. One other point - this devices uses a phone app. If the app every becomes unavailable the unit will become an unusable lump of electronics.

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Phenomenal

Jumped up from Wiim pro plus It's like night and day.The wiim sounded good but Cambridge sounds great

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Big sound in a small package

Great sound, reasonable price, easy set up. The Cambridge Audio Streamagic app is stable and easy to use

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Cambridge Audio MXN10

Just what I wanted. I have the output of this unit connected via Toslink optical cable to my Schitt Bifrost DAC. Analog output of the DAC is connected to my Schitt Midgard headphone amp then onto my Meze 99 Classics headphones. Sweet! Thanks Crutchfield.

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Excellent streamer that's easy to set up

Purchase and shipping experience was excellent (as usual with Crutchfield). The unit is great - super easy to set up and the IOS app is very intuitive. Cambridge has some great online resources that enabled a non-tech savvy person like me to be able to play music from my PC hard drive (that's in another room) through the streamer. Connections to Spotify, Mixcloud etc work really smoothly. Sound quality vastly improved compared to the Bluetooth link I was using before.

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Affordable HiRes Streaming

I bought the MXN 10 about a month ago. So far I am very pleased with my purchase. The StreamMagic software is fantastic. The software is very easy to use and multiple family members have their own access to stream their own content. Initially, I used RCA cables to connect my streamer to my Marantz AV 7706. I was unimpressed with the onboard DAC on the MXN10. I switched to a coaxial digital cable to use the DAC in my Marantz and was blown away. I stream HiRes Flac files from Qobuz and the sound is next level. I am very happy with my purchase and I do recommend this product.

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Great plug and play streamer + DAC

The CA MXN10 is a great option for someone looking for a quality streamer + DAC to add as a source to their stereo. I returned the unit for one reason, the digital output does not support volume control, this is probably fine for most people who want to use their DAC and preamp volume controls. My DAC & preamp supports Volume Control Bypass, which allows the digital source (Think Roon, AirPlay, Spotify Connect) to control the volume. However with the CA MXN10 using the digital out this feature is disabled and I have to use the pre-amp remote volume control. However with RCA Line out you can control the volume so if that works for your setup that gives you even more flexibility. The DAC is good, and you'd need to spend ~$1500 or more on DAC to get something that is actually better. It supports a large variety of formats, and for fun I had Roon upscale all my music to DSD 256 and play it out the MXN10 and without any issues. I used it for 3 weeks during the holidays, so lots of use and I never had an issue with the unit. I only used the CA StreamMagic app for settings, we used Roon (90% of the time), Spotify Connect, and Airplay for our playlist / listening. I did test the USB input from my iPad and MacBook, and I tested the optical in, no noticeable issues or unexpected audible differences with any of the inputs/outputs. I did 99% of the streaming with it plugged into an ethernet so I cannot comment on the wifi capabilities of the unit. I preferred

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Sounds great, super value, one issue.

I had to unplug the wifi extender to get connected. It would be helpful to have that mentioned in instructions. Once connected, the MXN10 performed beautifully. Very nice addition to my system at a reasonable price.

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Just Do It

Easy to set up. Sound quality is great. The app is easy to use and well made. A huge jump up from the Andover I was using for this in all aspects. Internet radio feature is something I didn't expect to care about but I use quite a bit for just putting on music without thinking about it too much. I have not had a single issue with connectivity since setting up.

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Cambridge Audio MXN10

Great sound for the price point.

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Cambridge Audio MXN10

I use for music and prefer sound quality over volume. I can hear improved sound when using Cambridge MXN10 DAC. Even better than Node X. Node X does have sub out (did not sound as good as AVR) and remote. I compared them side by side. It's great Crutchfield let's you use before you buy and have people to talk to. I had to learn how to use the advisors knowledge rather than them just putting stuff in my cart. I understand their side of the operation, but I don't see how they can profit from that business model.

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Cambridge MNX10

Love the MXN10 !! Amazing sound quality along with easy setup ! and the Streamagic App works flawlessly !!

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Dora

I went down the network streamer rabbit hole. I tried the Ifi Zen streamer and also a WiiM Pro. The Ifi Zen is a complete waste of time. It is wonky with it's network connection, and I didn't like those annoying red/blue/white led lights on the front of it. It is a horrible unit in my opinion. Having to power cycle that unit, turn the screw in the back to setup mode, reconnect to the network became a pain in the rear end. The WiiM Pro on the other hand is not bad for the price. The app is pretty good and you get a lot of input/output connectivity options. The Cambridge Audio Mxn10 is better built than the WiiM, the Cambridge app gets a slight nod over the WiiM Pro app. Cambridge also released an update that allows you to control the volume from within the app itself. The Cambridge does sound better than the WiiM Pro, whether connected to my Parasound P6 using its built in dac or the internal dac of the Cambridge. I demo'd all 3 in home at the same time. It's not a night/day difference, but it is noticeable when A/B'n products back to back. I found the Cambridge unit on sale as an open box unit and was able to save 150 bucks on the retail price. If you can score the Cambridge for less then retail, its the obvious best choice. If not, I'm not sure I'd pay 3 times the price of the Wiim Pro. It's a solid, good sounding unit!

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Wonderful audiophile piece of equipment

Wow. I had an iFi Zen Stream that loved to "brick up" and, totally frustrated, I tried a "low cost" WiiM Pro as a substitute. Immediately after plugging in the WiiM I could tell it was not as good as the Zen Stream (returned that to Amazon). I then discovered that Cambridge Audio had recently introduced the MXN10 so I thought I would give it a try. It was easy to set up, connect to Roon and my NAS music files and WOW, they sound as good or better than the iFi stream. I compared its internal DAC to my Schiit Bifrost (which I like) and the MXN DAC is every bit as good as the Schiit (they are actually identical to me in A-B comparisons, and even have the same gain). My power amp is a Bryston. The StreamMagic iPhone/iPad app is also very user-friendly and well designed. You can't miss with this unit. High audiophile quality and performance for a great price.

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Perfect for the price

Does everything I wanted for a great price. Streaming Tidal and internet radio at CD- or higher-resolution. Using the onboard DAC to conect to the analog input of a Denon receiver. The sound is awesome with a set of Bowers & Wilkins bookshelf speakers.

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Cambridge Audio MXN10

Easy set up. I wish there was an app to control it with phone.

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Cambridge Audio MXN10

Excellent all in one for the price. Matched with Klipsch 5s. Easy set up, seamless streaming.

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Recommended

Excellent sound quality. Very easy to set up. User friendly and very stable app.

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Cambridge Audio MXN10

Definitely a home run at this price, sounds great, Stream Magic works smoothly, USB drive with my HD flac files, network media HD on pc , Tidal, Amazon music, and all playlists on my iPad. Thank you Cambridge & Crutchfield for great service again..

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No Volume Control !

I would Warn anyone looking to purchase this streamer, you are not able to control the volume on your phone or via the app. Regardless if you're in a music streaming app or on AirPlay, other streaming services, it doesnt work. Not sure why they wouldnt have this capability, even Sonos has this embedded

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StreamMagic!

Had this streamer for about a week now......its exactly what a network player should be. Easy to connect, plays all of my music from every source and the app is super intuitive and easy to use. Could not recommend this player more.

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