Never knew of this model’s existence.
Anyway, it appears to be a clone of the Denon, AVD-2000 based on the LED readout and the rear panel arrangement.
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| Author: | horiss [ 20 Feb 2023, 19:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Cambridge AC-3 unit |
| Author: | ldfan [ 21 Feb 2023, 00:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge AC-3 unit |
Never knew of this model’s existence. Anyway, it appears to be a clone of the Denon, AVD-2000 based on the LED readout and the rear panel arrangement.
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| Author: | admin [ 22 Feb 2023, 23:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge AC-3 unit |
AVD-2000 + added DTS capability indeed! => Cambridge Audio V500 Julien |
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| Author: | ldfan [ 23 Feb 2023, 18:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge AC-3 unit |
admin wrote: AVD-2000 + added DTS capability indeed! I actually missed that tidbit regarding DTS. Definitely wouldn’t mind finding one of these someday. |
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| Author: | jakeheke [ 24 Feb 2023, 10:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge AC-3 unit |
Is a very nice looking bit of kit. |
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| Author: | laserfanhld-gb [ 24 Feb 2023, 20:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge AC-3 unit |
Briefly off topic, back in the mid 90s - early noughties I used a Cambridge Dacmagic 2 in conjunction with my original Pioneer CLD-2950 & DVD-717 running as CD transports, and the styling of the Cambridge was identical to this unit, from memory not a bad sounding piece of kit either for the money back then. |
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| Author: | yaffle2345 [ 09 May 2023, 17:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge AC-3 unit |
admin wrote: AVD-2000 + added DTS capability indeed! I'm dubious about whether this has DTS capability. Was just looking at one on eBay, and the front panel actually says "DTS READY" - which I suspect is a reference to the 6-channel analogue pass-through and a possible future plan to produce a matching DTS decoder which would take advantage of that. There's no mention of DTS in the manual, from what I could see. So my guess is it is just a badged Denon AVD-2000 with no additional features. |
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| Author: | admin [ 09 May 2023, 18:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge AC-3 unit |
yaffle2345 wrote: I'm dubious about whether this has DTS capability. I missed the "Ready", it is not DTS-capable indeed. Updated the Cambridge Audio V500 entry. Julien |
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| Author: | ldfan [ 10 May 2023, 22:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge AC-3 unit |
admin wrote: I missed the "Ready", it is not DTS-capable indeed. I missed it too; the writing is so small on the unit to pick up on that (or we just needed a clearer pic). Anyway, no sense in looking for one of these now since that now makes it a simple clone of the Denon unit. |
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| Author: | admin [ 11 May 2023, 03:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge AC-3 unit |
And this listing provides info on the US version Cambridge Audio V500 as well as close-up pics of the DACs to finish documenting the unit: Internal DAC for Stereo => PCM1702 x2 (Burr-Brown, 20-bit mono) Internal DAC for Multi-channel => PCM67/69A (Burr-Brown, 18-bit 2ch) Attachment: 1463286-00b8effb-cambridge-audio-v500-digital-processor.jpg [ 191.11 KiB | Viewed 1976 times ] Julien |
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| Author: | ldfan [ 11 May 2023, 07:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge AC-3 unit |
That sounds about right Julien  Here is the block diagram for the Denon AVD-2000.....  If you want, I have the product brochure where this diagram came from you'd like a copy. |
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| Author: | admin [ 11 May 2023, 07:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge AC-3 unit |
ldfan wrote: That sounds about right Julien Here is the block diagram for the Denon AVD-2000..... I know the diagram but they would only mention the PCM1702 for stereo and then "2 extra 18-bit DACs for SL+SR and C+SW" without giving away the chip ref  Julien |
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| Author: | horiss [ 11 May 2023, 11:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge AC-3 unit |
Hi…I was the guy who posted that video. I had never noticed the ready part under the DTS logo and I’ve owned the unit for years. To be honest I only used the unit as a switch box, and for some AC3 playback, which it is quite good at. After reading the above I set up the unit and played a DTS disk which failed to light up the lights. I wonder what you were supposed to add to the unit to make it really DTS ready? |
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| Author: | yaffle2345 [ 11 May 2023, 14:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge AC-3 unit |
horiss wrote: I wonder what you were supposed to add to the unit to make it really DTS ready? My guess would be the Denon AVD-1000 DTS decoder which seems tailor-made to partner with the AVD-2000 (Cambridge V500) - it even passes through non-DTS signals on its digital output it seems, so a perfect match.Although the hardware database here shows a golden Japanese model, a Google shows it was also available elsewhere in a black finish. But whether Cambridge Audio got around to producing their own badged version to match the V500 is another question again. |
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| Author: | admin [ 11 May 2023, 17:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge AC-3 unit |
yaffle2345 wrote: Although the hardware database here shows a golden Japanese model, a Google shows it was also available elsewhere in a black finish. Found a 230V/50Hz version in black on Google, added here => Denon AVD-1000 Also found a Denon AVD-2020 that seems to simply be an AVD-2000 with side wood panels (same operating manual). Julien |
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