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"Recommended" Award - headfonia.com
Editor's Choice Award - Hi-Fi Choice Magazine
Best in Class Award - avforums.com
"Screaming Bargain" Streaming Integrated Amp
Cambridge Audio's EXA100 integrated amplifier took three years to develop. More than a thousand dedicated days of tuning at Cambridge's London HQ has created a massive step up in power and performance from the CX Series amps. This is truly the ultimate amplifier for the modern age.
Boosted by trickledown technology from Cambridge's flagship Edge M monobloc power amplifier, the EXA100 uses its 100W of beautifully refined Class AB amplification to drive even high-end speakers with ease.
Award-Winning Performance
"There is a balance and effortlessness to the EXA100 that I recognise from the Edge A, which I have lived with for a number of years," notes Hi-Fi Choice magazine, giving the EXA100 and EXN100 its Editor's Choice Award."
"Taken across their prodigious functionality, superb sound quality and utterly hassle-free interfaces, there really isn’t very much at the price that can do as much as the EX units or as well as they can and, if you feel that they might be overkill as a pair, the good news is that they are no less effective individually. Cambridge Audio’s exceptional run of form continues unabated and these EX models might just be its strongest showing yet."
"One of the Best Values Available"
The EXA100 went on to win a Reviewers' Choice Award from Roger Kanno soundstagehifi.com, September 1, 2025.
"The Cambridge Audio EXA100 integrated amplifier offers exceptional amplification quality and an accomplished DAC section for an attractive price. I was deeply impressed by its level of performance and build quality."
"Although the EXA100 lacks some of the functionality and connection flexibility found on many streaming integrated amplifiers, it can be paired with the EXN100 streamer, its EX-series sibling, which does provide those features. If you don’t require them, the EXA100 is one of the best values available in an integrated amplifier with DAC."
"Compellingly Satisfying"
"These two units warrant the same score judged on their own. Both of them take the seriously capable CX models and elevate them to something closer to the Edge units at less than half the price," reports Ed Selley at avforums.com, honoring the EXA100 and EXN100 with a Best in Class Award.
"They combine sensational connectivity with handsome looks and excellent build, and they deliver a sonic performance that is continuously and compellingly satisfying. They sound great together if you wish, but it's their abilities as single units that means the EXA100 and EXN100 warrant a Best in Class badge."
"Owner-Friendly Enjoyment to Cost Ratio"
"The new EXA100 integrated amp incorporates some trickle-down tech from the Edge series with its 100 Watts per channel of Class AB power built around the same amplifier modules and power transistors as found in the Edge M mono power amps, which I also reviewed along with the Edge NQ Preamp/Network Player and said, 'If you take price into account, this level of design, build quality, and performance makes the Cambridge Edge stack a screaming bargain,'" notes Michael Lavorgna, twitteringmachines.com, November 7, 2024.
"I’ve been not so quietly impressed with the Cambridge Audio Edge gear I’ve reviewed, and I am very happy to say that the new EXN100 Network Player and EXA100 Integrated Amplifier continue that tradition. When you add everything up—features, fit ’n feel, price and performance—you can expect to be wearing a similar smile when bathing in its owner-friendly enjoyment to cost ratio."
Sounding Great Since 1968
Back in the Summer of Love in 1968, Cambridge Audio's P40 amplifier was the very first to feature a toroidal transformer – and this transformed audio forever.
The EXA100’s advanced toroidal transformer is amply shielded, super-quiet, and flanked by heavy-duty heat sinks for impeccable performance that’s more than worthy of extending the P40 legacy.
"A Fantastic Integrated Amplifier"
Favoring the EXA 100 with a "Recommended" Award from headfonia.com, reviewer Felix notes, "Cambridge Audio has a long history of creating excellent gear, their many awards speak for themselves. But personally, I think the EXA100 is one of the nicest developments. They trickled down some of the technologies found in their flagship Edge range into a more accessible price range."
"It is a fantastic integrated amplifier, and should you ever have the need for a power amplifier, you can have it with a simple flick of a switch without the requirement to buy a new one."
Complete Connectivity
With its comprehensive range of inputs and outputs, the EXA100 lets you listen in sublime quality, however and wherever you want. Balanced XLR inputs and three RCA inputs offer a premium analog connection, while two sets of speaker outputs can power music in two different rooms. Bass-heads can even add a subwoofer to the dedicated pre-out.
From its exceptional hi-res ES9018K2M DAC to its HDMI eARC, coaxial digital, and TOSLINK inputs – along with Bluetooth aptX HD – the EXA100 is a digital audio powerhouse. Whatever music service or source device you choose, the EXA100 will breathe new life into your digital sounds.
Switch it to 'Power Amp Mode' and you'll find that the EXA100 pairs brilliantly with any preamp, providing flexibility you never knew you needed in either a stereo or multi-channel system.
"It Sounds Surprisingly Ballsy"
"In every circumstance, with every type of music and from every music storage format, the EXA100 manages to combine a pleasing level of insight with the sort of brio that makes every listen an event," observes Simon Lucas, techradar.com, November 12, 2024.
"I think it’s a very well done integrated amplifier that is doing enough to stand out at its very competitive price point," notes Terry Ellis, pursuitperfectsystem.com, May 2025. "Its sound quality is an excellent balance between energetic and lively with composure and control so you can turn it up and enjoy a very dynamic music experience without it making your teeth go on edge and did I say it sounds surprisingly ballsy? I think I did, I hope I did."
Gloriously Over-Engineered
From its precision build to the technology inside, the EXA100 is gloriously over-engineered. Whether it’s a four-layer PCB or a reservoir capacitor, every component is specially selected and expertly implemented. Cambridge Audio sweated the small stuff, and it matters.
The innovation doesn’t stop on the inside. This jaw-dropping amp looks as powerful as it sounds. The EXA100 has a stunning new design, complete with a milled aluminum front panel and a tactile knurled volume knob you can’t keep your hands off.
No less important is the 'bulletproof' reliability of the EXA. To ensure a longer, happier listening life for its amps and the speakers they power, Cambridge Audio developed an exceptional proprietary protection system called CAP. It uses an array of different methods to detect potential issues, such as power and temperature overloads, and take preventive action. So, you can just relax and enjoy the music, worry-free.
"Absolutely Phenomenal"
"[W]hatever my slight reservations about the overlap in functionality, it doesn’t prevent these two products being absolutely phenomenal devices in their respective categories," observes Ed Selley in a joint review of the EXA100 amp and EXN100 streamer for hi-fi+ magazine, August 26, 2025.
"However much they might look like their more affordable CX brethren, the EX models bring enough of the brilliance of the Edge devices down to a more affordable price as to be very special indeed. The Cambridge Audio EXA100 and EXN100 might still result in a feeling of déjà vu but when you have spent some time with them you might be surprised that feeling comes from above rather than below."
"An Audio Partnership of Excellence"
"The Cambridge EXN100 [streamer] delivers a polished and fast user interface, a load of different digital inputs as well as support for the most important streaming services out there… "Together with their own EXA100 it forms an audio partnership of excellence," notes Felix, headfonia.com, September 28, 2025.
