Overview

The Myryad Cameo System, is a Audiophile system in a smart and compact design. The Cameo is sold as a system; Despite this fact, it's still a separates system - you purchase three components (CD, tuner and Amp), a system remote and two cables to link everything together for synchronised operation, It's stylish and well-built combination, with more than a whiff of the 'lifestyle' about it.

AMPLIFIER
The Cameo's amp delivers a quoted 50W per channel into 8ohm and 100W into 4ohm. It uses high current output transistors to ensure easy compatibility with 'speakers, and features five line inputs and one switchable MM phono/aux, plus a single set of gold-plated `speaker terminals for that touch-of-audiophile sophistication. A headphone output, discretely placed at the bottom of the unit in the thin black arc, completes the facilities.

CD PLAYER
The CD player features a 24bit/96kHz Crystal DAC, seven separately regulated power supplies and a 100% DC-coupled circuit. As far as outputs go, there's a single digital coaxial to complement the single analogue stereo pair. CD text, if present, is also shown. The window display is of the tried and trusted 'music calendar' type - easy to read and understand.

TUNER
This is based on the FM-only, top of the range Myryad MT100 but has the added appeal of RDS facilities. Up to twenty nine presets are programmable. Unlike the MT100 there's no rotary tuning knob, but the system remote control ensures you don't have to leave your chair to select another station. The central display window shows your choice of station with commendable clarity. When in standby mode the tuner displays the time.

Colours

Silver

Specification

About the brand

Even if it's been available on the market only for some years, Myryad has gained in a short time the local public and critique approval and trust.
The company is sited in England, and it's been founded in 1996, by the Evans brothers, Chris and David; the two of them have a notable experience in the field, as they collaborated for a long time with NAD and Arcam, two well respected names in British high fidelity.
Even in the marketing department we find a key character: Chris Short has been co-owner of Mordaunt-Short in one of the best periods of that company, and he's also been Tannoy's chairman.
So Myryad is a company which was born already mature, and their products reflect a complex and articulate approach to music reproduction, built on solid ground and on a deep know-how. That's no trivial matter, a deep knowledge of the field, and of the matters moving and driving it, determining its evolution over the years.

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