{"product_id":"cambridge-audio-exn100-network-player-lunar-gray","title":"Cambridge Audio EXN100 Network Player - Lunar Gray","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDigital Source Component of the Year 2025 – \u003cem\u003eStereophile\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRecommended Component 2025 – \u003cem\u003eStereophile\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBest Music Streamer £750-£2000 - 2024 – \u003cem\u003eWhat Hi-Fi?\u003c\/em\u003e Magazine\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBest in Class Award - \u003cem\u003eavforums.com\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\"Five Stars\" – \u003cem\u003eWhat Hi-Fi?\u003c\/em\u003e Magazine\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\"Five Stars\" – \u003cem\u003ethe-ear.net\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRave Review-Grabbing Streamer with \"Sensational Connectivity\"\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eYou know an audio product is amazing when it starts grabbing rave review before it's even hit the market. The EXN100 is the music-streaming centerpiece of Cambridge Audio's new EX system, delivering an experience that goes beyond Cambridge's highly praised CX series. Wait until you hear how amazing hi-res music files truly sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eExpertly refined at Cambridge Audio's London HQ, the EXN100 is a huge leap forward. Its performance is rivalled only by Cambridge's flagship Edge series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\"Recommended Component\" Honors\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eStereophile\u003c\/em\u003e honored the EXN100 by awarding it the magazine's coveted Recommend Component status for 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eAccording to Tom Fine, \"If you want to hear streaming sound truly hi-fi, without breaking the bank, I suggest you check out the Cambridge EXN100. It may be just the ticket to freshen and expand your relationship with music. The great sound of the DAC+output stage and the highly functional input and output choices make it an excellent value.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eIt also won a Digital Source Component of the Year Award 2025 from \u003cem\u003eStereophile\u003c\/em\u003e, which notes, \"Right away, I was impressed with the EXN100's sound. It is quick, precise, and complete, like the MXN10 but even more so. It seemed like I got even closer to hearing everything there was to hear.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAward-Winning Performance\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"The Cambridge Audio EXN100 streamer is exhaustively featured and slick to use, and the addition of HDMI will be a draw for many looking for a one-stop versatile streaming source for their home audio set-up,\" notes \u003cem\u003eWhat Hi-Fi?\u003c\/em\u003e, November 14, 2024, which presented the EXN100 with the magazine's Best Music Streamer £750-£2000 honors for 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"Its impressively clear, open and refined presentation will draw even more fans and, with a bit of creativity with partnering kit, will deliver an engaging, involving performance that can’t be bettered at this price.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBest in Class Award\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"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 \u003cem\u003eavforums.com\u003c\/em\u003e, honoring the Cambridge Audio EXN100 Network Player and EXA100 Integrated Amplifier with a Best in Class Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eTop Rating of \"Five Stars\"\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eEngland's \u003cem\u003eWhat Hi-Fi?\u003c\/em\u003e magazine honored the EXN100 with a top rating of Five Stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"The Cambridge Audio EXN100 streamer is exhaustively featured and slick to use, and the addition of HDMI will be a draw for many looking for a one-stop versatile streaming source for their home audio set-up. Its impressively clear, open, and refined presentation will draw even more fans and, with a bit of creativity with partnering kit, will deliver an engaging, involving performance that can’t be bettered at this price.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eIt also grabbed a top rating of Five Stars from \u003cem\u003ethe-ear.net\u003c\/em\u003e. \"A certain five stars here for the Cambridge Audio EXN100 which does well what it sets out to achieve… Sonically, the EXN100 extracts enormous levels of details from recordings and reproduces them in an enjoyable, lifelike way with sufficient warmth to keep the listener engaged.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\"Owner-Friendly Enjoyment to Cost Ratio\"\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"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,\" notes Michael Lavorgna, \u003cem\u003etwitteringmachines.com\u003c\/em\u003e, November 7, 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSo Many Ways to Connect to the Music\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThere are so many ways to connect to the music with the ENX100, beginning with wired Ethernet or WiFi. For interfacing with your components, it features USB, HDMI eARC, TOSLINK optical, and S\/PDIF digital inputs. A USB Type-A input connects to USB storage. HDMI eARC elevates the audio from your favorite TV shows and movies. It’s a sound upgrade you’ll feel as much as hear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eCut the cords without cutting the quality. Enjoy aptX HD Bluetooth for rich, wireless streaming from devices such as a Cambrdge Audio Alva turntable. With Chromecast built-in and AirPlay 2, streaming directly from your phone or laptop is just as effortless – and just as stunning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePlenty of Output Options\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe music comes into the ENX, and look at all the ways it comes out to feed integrated amps, power amps, powered speakers, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eOn the output side, it offers single-ended RCA and balanced XLR outputs plus an unbalanced RCA line out that can be switched to fixed or variable mode. Digital outputs consist of coax and TOSLINK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eExpertly Explore a Universe of Music\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe Cambridge team of audio experts pushed the ESS Reference DAC from the celebrated CXN100 to its limits, meticulously fine-tuning every element of the signal path.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eEnjoy sound quality second to none as you effortlessly explore a universe of sound with seamless support for Spotify, TIDAL, Deezer, Qobuz, Internet Radio, and more – thanks to our cutting-edge StreamMagic platform. It’s Roon Ready, too. Whatever your playlist, the EXN100 reveals new depths to every note.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePump Up the Volume\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe EXN100 can also act as a digital preamp with the tick of an option in the StreamMagic app. Activate EXN100’s Preamp Mode to make it a digital hub, with volume control via the StreamMagic App, the included wireless remote, or the front panel rotary dial. It’s a versatile partner for any power amp or vintage system and is an easy way of bringing a legacy hi-fi right up to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe StreamMagic App is a free download that gives you full control of EXN100, and it's a gateway to discovering more of the music, podcasts and radio stations you love. Your next great listen is just a swipe away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\"An Outstanding Digital Player\"\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"The Cambridge Audio EXN100 is an outstanding digital player. You could simply use it as a streamer by connecting its analog or digital outputs to a preamplifier or integrated amplifier,\" observes Roger Kano, \u003cem\u003esoundstagesimplifi.com\u003c\/em\u003e, March 15, 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"However, I feel that its value, and the value of other similar high-quality streamers, is in their ability to act as streaming preamplifiers. It may lack bass management and room correction, but the EXN100 still sounded great in my system when connected directly to my power amplifier and speakers, both of which cost many times its moderate price.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eI Can See Clearly Now\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe EXN is so intuitive to use. You'll be thrilling to powerful music performance right away. A big 1280 x 720 hi-res display screen on the front panel gives you a larger, clearer view of album artwork. Or you can switch it to display Cambridge Audio's iconic VU meters option. It’s never been easier to see what you’re hearing!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\"Absolutely Phenomenal\"\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"[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 \u003cem\u003ehi-fi+\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, August 26, 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eA Design for Life\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eIt’s not just performance and features that make the EX range exceptional. The design is a cut above, too. Enjoy style and substance with premium aluminum casework and a gloriously tactile knurled control knob. The overall build quality is superb, too. Just as you would expect from the experts at Cambridge Audio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\"Excellent Transparency of Sound \"\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"Together, the EXA100 and EXN100 will grace your living room with some excellent music, with excellent transparency of sound and a plethora of digital inputs at your fingertips,\" reports Janine Elliot, \u003cem\u003ehifipig.com\u003c\/em\u003e, March 7, 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"My last comment in the notebook that I wrote in was 'refined,' which sums up the performance: natural, fast and with excellent attack and decay of notes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\"A Polished and Fast User Interface\"\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"The Cambridge EXN100 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… It is beautifully machined and a real treasure to just look at,\" observes Felix, \u003cem\u003eheadfonia.com\u003c\/em\u003e, September 2, 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"Most important for any audio product is its sound quality. The EXN100 has a slightly warmer tuning with emphasis on a smoother sound, where especially the mids sound most appealing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge Audio","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45981574594733,"sku":"NEW-CAEXN100","price":1799.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Demo","offer_id":45981574627501,"sku":"DEMO-CAEXN100","price":1499.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/3708\/1773\/files\/CAEXN100_01_angle_2024__01467.1732043675.1280.1280_6c62822a-0257-464e-9536-592c92cca29e.jpg?v=1778158893","url":"https:\/\/www.audioadvisor.com\/products\/cambridge-audio-exn100-network-player-lunar-gray","provider":"Audio Advisor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}