Cambridge Audio AXA35

Affordable integrated amplifiers have been Cambridge Audio's forte for the best part of 30 years and, while they have also moved upmarket recently, the AXA35 is the latest in an unbroken line of more terrestrial models stretching all the way back to the original A1.

The larger of two integrated amps in the AX Series (after the AXA35, they become receivers), the Cambridge Audio is one of the more classically specified devices available.

'Classical' is not a polite term for 'minimalist' in this case, though. This integrated does without a digital section, but has four RCA line inputs, a moving-magnet phono stage and a record out. Around the front you will find another input via a 3.5mm connection. Something else about the AXA35 that is potentially handy is a USB-A socket that can deliver 5V, either as a phone charger or potentially as a means of driving a USB voltage source.