Cambridge Audio
CXN (V2)
Introduced 2018$900 MSRP
The Cambridge Audio CXN (V2) is a long-running, award-winning network streamer built around dual Wolfson WM8740 DACs and Cambridge's proprietary Adaptive Time Filtering (ATF2) upsampling, offering balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA outputs alongside broad streaming-service support. First launched in 2015 and substantially revised as the "V2" in 2018, it remains in Cambridge's current lineup and was inducted into What Hi-Fi?'s Hall of Fame.
MSRP
$900
Used market · Good
$525
-42% vs MSRP
as of Sep 1, 2026MSRP to used market
From $900 at launch to $525 today.
Specifications
- Weight
- 3.5 kg / 7.7 lbs
- Outputs
- Balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA analog; S/PDIF coaxial and TOSLINK optical digital
- DAC chip
- Dual Wolfson WM8740 24-bit DACs
- USB input
- USB Type B, USB Audio Class 1.0/2.0 (user-selectable)
- Dimensions
- 430 × 85 × 305 mm / 16.9 × 3.4 × 12.2 in (W × H × D)
- Network wireless
- 100Mbps Ethernet; 2.4GHz Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) via included dongle; optional BT100 Bluetooth dongle (SBC, aptX)
- Formats supported
- ALAC, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, DSD64, WMA, MP3, AAC, HE-AAC, AAC+, OGG Vorbis
- Power consumption
- 30W max; <0.5W standby
- Streaming services
- Spotify Connect, TIDAL, Internet Radio, UPnP, AirPlay, Google Chromecast, Roon Ready (requires subscription)
- Digital filter upsampling
- 2nd-generation ATF2, upsampling to 24-bit/384kHz
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