written by jeffthedog on 24/02/2013
Wanted a cd player that could play CDR which my old pioneer couldnt. Out of the box the case and unit look great , simple but purposeful. I like the simple display for track number and nice blue hue. One small issue was the remote wouldnt work after installing the battery . And no instructions as to which way the battery goes in but they tell you to make sure it goes in right way! lol. Then remote wouldnt work till I tapped it a few times. Now it works . Compared this directly to an older Rotel player and was sound was distictly more bass, and wider range, although the rotel had a stronger mid I thought. I was having problems with distortion in speakers when pushing volume with old cd player but this CD5 seems to have cured that I can push the volume at least 20% more now . Cant complain about that!!
written by cambridge audio freak on 25/11/2004
Cambridge Audio CD5: I bought my CD5 for my birthday (15th) from Richer Sounds for £50. Best 50 pounds i've ever spent. Along with it I bought the Cambridge Audio A5 amplifier, they sound brilliant together and are of the same design so look very smart. Richer Sounds service was brilliant, I have also purchased a pair of Gale Silver monitors and am also very pleased with them.
written by Nick Neptune. on 19/11/2002
Player has provided great service for some 18 months, and then decided it wouldn't read the TOC (Table of Contents) when loading a disc. The was traced to the spindle motor, the CD5 uses a SONY KSS-213C Mechanism. I traced a replacement mechanism without Laser for £20. But then found CPC electronics (www.cpc.co.uk) sell the original part for only £4.76 +VAT. The CPC part number is "AVMT11". The part number on the motor is "RF-310T-11400". The CPC sell this motor as a generic CD spindle motor, but when i arrived in the post, it was the exactly the same manufacturer and model number of the motor is was replacing. Now the CD player works great again, and sounds better then ever. I guess the worn motor was causing the servo system some stress, and hence effecting the sounds staging.
written by hopper. on 12/10/2001
I bought the Cambridge Audio CD5 cd player from richer sounds on special, £69 bucks...
The CD player has a basic design with no fancy lights or buttons/switches.
The sound from this little gem is beautiful, could not fault it, for an entry level machine.
using it with a marantz pm66 se ki amp and celestian dl5 speakers.
written by Nick Mercury. on 29/07/2001
I bought the Cambridge Audio CD5 CD player on special from Richersound to replace an ageing Pioneer PD-S801 player that cost me £350 about 7 years earlier. The player RRP was £230 but i got mine for £100 (on special). As soon as i got it out of the box i was impressed with the fullness of the sound. The bass was deep and full, the voices projected nicely and treble was clear and not painfull. Generally a great purchase. By the way, my system is basically based around a "World Audio Design K5881" class A valve Amplifier and my speakers are KEF Cresta 2's.
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