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Cambridge Audio Alva TT V2 review: Vinyl streaming
Apr 20, 2025
Verdict
The money you spend here could buy you a turntable that sounds a little more complete than the Cambridge Audio – but it won’t buy anything approaching the brilliance of the Alva TT V2’s specification.
Extensive specification by turntable standards
Poised, detail and engrossing sound
Built to last
Not the last word in audio excitement
Sounds better when hard-wired
lots of price-comparable alternatives
Key Features
Bluetooth
24bit/48kHz aptX HD Bluetooth streaming
Phono stage
Integrated, switchable phono stage
Cartridge
High-output moving coil cartridge pre-fitted
Introduction
In 2019, Cambridge Audio committed hi-fi heresy with the launch of its Alva TT turntable. Yes, it was recognisably a record player; but its integrated phono stage brought a degree of convenience to the notoriously inconvenient format.
Even more remarkably, the Alva TT featured aptX HD Bluetooth streaming at an undeniably high-resolution 24bit/48kHz standard – which meant a thoroughly unturntable-like level of flexibility where positioning, connections and so on were concerned.
Three years later, here’s the Alva TT V2. At a glance, it’s very similar indeed (except for the price tag, that is); but there have been changes, amendments and upgrades. So do these maintain Cambridge Audio’s position as purveyor of the world’s most convenient (and thus least audiophile) audiophile turntable?
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