#Cambridge soundworks cd player portable#

The jog dial controls volume by default, but clicking the nearby 'jog' key toggles it to a variety of other functions, including bass, treble, and loudness. The display is linked to a light sensor, so it dims in dark rooms-correcting an oversight of the always-bright display on the 730/740 model. A 32-character LCD readout sits above two clusters of eight buttons each, separated by a jog dial that's 1 inch in diameter.

#Cambridge soundworks cd player portable#

It tips the scales at a hefty 11 pounds, but we're not complaining-it's a tabletop radio, not a portable you'll be moving from room to room.Д®xcept for the snooze/mute button on the otherwise bare topside, all of the Radio 735i's controls are located on its front face.

Like that venerable model, the 735i is available in white or black and measures out at 5x14x10 inches-so make sure your nightstand or bedside table has enough real estate. Aside from that dock, the Radio 735i is basically a dead ringer for its predecessor, the Radio 730. Like most of the products in the rarefied tabletop radio world, the Radio 735i is pretty straightforward: It's an AM/FM radio with a dual-alarm clock radio and an outboard iPod dock thrown in to boot. So the company has added an iPod dock to both models, and updated the model numbers accordingly.Д®nter the Cambridge SoundWorks Radio 735i ($300, reviewed here) and the Radio CD 745i (which adds CD playback for an additional $100). Since the debut of those two Cambridge models, however, the need for iPod integration has become an even more critical feature for lifestyle-friendly audio products. Two of our favorites were from Cambridge SoundWorks-the company's Radio 730 (Read review ) and Radio CD 740 ( Read review )delivered some of the best sound quality we'd heard from a tabletop radio.

In past few years, however, the market has been crowded with competitors including Tivoli Audio, Polk Audio, and Boston Acoustics, not to mention upstarts such as Chestnut Hill Sound. ( ) - The realm of high-end tabletop radios once seemed to be the sole domain of Bose.