Streamers from Cambridge Audio - AXN10 & MXN10

[SiR]

AXN10 - Network Player

StreamMagic Gen 4 Module – swift playback & high quality sound ESS SABRE ES9033Q DAC – for the latest streaming capabilities High-quality Internet Radio – thanks to MPEG-DASH support Spotify Connect, TIDAL & Qobuz built in – for the best possible sound Roon Ready – easy browsing of your digital...

www.cambridgeaudio.com

MXN10 - Network Player

StreamMagic Gen 4 Module – fast music retrieval & high-quality sound ESS SABRE ES9033Q DAC – for the latest streaming capabilities High-quality Internet Radio – using MPEG-DASH support Spotify Connect, TIDAL & Qobuz built in – for best possible sound Roon Ready – simple consolidated browsing of...

www.cambridgeaudio.com

 

[Murlidher]

Mxn10 has got good reviews and it’s seem to be a good pick. It’s in my radar 60k MRP

 

[navin advani]

What do these players (or the NAD) do that the WiiM Pro Plus and Arylic S50 Pro+ cant?

 

[Phew]

What do these players (or the NAD) do that the WiiM Pro Plus and Arylic S50 Pro+ cant?

Better sound quality

 

[chander]

Not to derail the thread and turning this into a "which is better thread" but to answer @navin advani 's question.

1 - If you already have a good DAC and just need a Streamer transport Wiim pro is fairly difficult to beat till a very substantial price point.
2 - If you are looking for a Dac + Streamer AIO - then you can definitely skip Wiim Pro. It's analogue output is not nice sounding.
3 - I am hazarding a guess that the AXN & MXN will be similar sounding to CXN V2? If that is the case as a transport - you will perhaps hear no difference at all compared to Wiim Pro. As a DAC + Streamer CA products will sound better than the Wiim Pro.

The one advantage that either AXN/MXN/CXN will have over the Wiim Pro is the ability to attach a USB harddrive that Wiim doesn't allow. Other than that I see absolutely no advantage whatsoever.

**My experience is based on owning the CXN V2 for a month or so. However once I had my DAC in place, I couldn't pick Wiim Pro vs CXN V2 as a transport hence stuck to Wiim Pro. CXN V2 being around 7 times the cost here in India.

 

[aljojohn]

good buy comparing chinese streamers, streammagic app is excellent

 

[Ajitsank]

What do these players (or the NAD) do that the WiiM Pro Plus and Arylic S50 Pro+ cant?

Not to derail the thread and turning this into a "which is better thread" but to answer @navin advani 's question.

1 - If you already have a good DAC and just need a Streamer transport Wiim pro is fairly difficult to beat till a very substantial price point.
2 - If you are looking for a Dac + Streamer AIO - then you can definitely skip Wiim Pro. It's analogue output is not nice sounding.
3 - I am hazarding a guess that the AXN & MXN will be similar sounding to CXN V2? If that is the case as a transport - you will perhaps hear no difference at all compared to Wiim Pro. As a DAC + Streamer CA products will sound better than the Wiim Pro.

The one advantage that either AXN/MXN/CXN will have over the Wiim Pro is the ability to attach a USB harddrive that Wiim doesn't allow. Other than that I see absolutely no advantage whatsoever.

**My experience is based on owning the CXN V2 for a month or so. However once I had my DAC in place, I couldn't pick Wiim Pro vs CXN V2 as a transport hence stuck to Wiim Pro. CXN V2 being around 7 times the cost here in India.

What DAC are you pairing with WiiM?

 

[chander]

What DAC are you pairing with WiiM?

Currently settled with RME ADI2 DAC FS as I needed XLR for analogue.

However I have tested both of these with many DACs and as transport there is no apparent difference.

 

[navin advani]

As a DAC + Streamer CA products will sound better than the Wiim Pro. The one advantage that either AXN/MXN/CXN will have over the Wiim Pro is the ability to attach a USB harddrive that Wiim doesn't allow. Other than that I see absolutely no advantage whatsoever.

You have a point. The Cambridge MXN costs about 60k, the same as a Wiim Pro (20K) + Topping E70 Velvet (40K). Cambridge gives you a one-box solution.

 

[navin advani]

What DAC are you pairing with WiiM?

I use an old Topping D70S (2xAKM 4497) via SPDIF (Sommer Vector Plus 1.3 Coax). The D70s is connected to my amplifier via Sommer Stratos. If you think the cables are overkill, it's only because I had the cable lying around.

 

[Saviosiddharth]

wiim pro plus or cambridge audio mxn 10...which is good for pioneer sa-8800 vintage amplifier

 

[chander]

Either will be fine - MXN 10 will be perhaps better as an AIO.

wiim pro plus or cambridge audio mxn 10...which is good for pioneer sa-8800 vintage amplifier