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Cambridge Audio EXA100 amplifier on a hi-fi rack, in a listening room, with TR�s �Money no Object� badge

Output connections include analog stereo RCA and balanced XLR along with a BNC digital port

Cambridge Audio wants your $2,199 / 1,999 / around AUS$3,900, naturally.

Fundamentally, this is an integrated stereo amplifier of the pop in thats been around for decades.

Cambridge Audio EXA100 integrated amplifier: what makes it special?

Rear panel of the Cambridge Audio EXA100 integrated amplifier

Output connections include analog stereo RCA and balanced XLR along with a BNC digital port

Two things, fundamentally: the way the EXA100 looks and the way it sounds.

Plus, it matches nicely with the EXN100 online grid streamer.

And naturally you do.

Rear inputs of the Cambridge Audio EXA100 integrated amplifier

It creates a big, open and properly organized soundstage, too.

Throughout the frequency range, the EXA100 is tonally convincing and very nicely balanced.

Cambridge Audio EXA100 integrated amplifier: is it worth it?

Close-up of the dial knob of a Cambridge Audio EXA100 amplifier, on a wooden shelf

The Cambridge Audio EXA100 screams ‘general hardcore hi-fi credibility’

Well, it all depends.

Close-up of the aluminium mesh panel on the Cambridge Audio EXA100 integrated amplifier

Remote control for the Cambridge Audio EXA100 integrated amplifier