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(Image credit: Future) Cambridge Audio Alva TT V2: audio performance You get a very high-quality (and pricey) cartridge included in the box with the Cambridge Audio Alva TT V2. Which means that if you want a turntable that can sit where you want it to, rather than where it insists on being, and deliver the audio goods wirelessly, well… Cambridge Audio continues to be the only game in town.

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So it’s specified to support the aptX HD Bluetooth codec, and can stream at an authentically high-resolution 24bit/48kHz. Unlike the majority of Bluetooth-equipped turntables, which are generally entry-level devices that prioritise convenience over all else, the Alva TT V2 is deadly serious about wireless streaming.

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There’s also a switch to turn Bluetooth connectivity on or off, plus a button to initiate Bluetooth pairing. This is an improvement on the original Alva TT, the ‘always on’ phono stage of which seemed a little unhelpful. So if the owner’s system already includes sufficient amplification, it’s possible to compare the V2’s onboard amplification with that of the system into which it’s playing and make a decision based on perceived sound quality. Turn it on and the V2 outputs at a line-level any amplifier can handle turn it off and the signal will need to be boosted by pre-amp circuitry on board an amplifier or by an external phono stage. There’s also a switch for the integrated phono stage – this circuitry is based closely on the well-received Alva Duo stand-alone phono stage Cambridge Audio introduced a while back and, unlike the original Alva TT, it’s optional.

There’s power input and a pair of stereo RCA analogue outputs for connection to an amplifier, which are both pretty much par for the course. On the rear of the chassis are a number of items of interest. That’s what this turntable has, and while it takes a turn or two longer than you might be expecting to come up to speed, once it’s there it’s unshakeable. Cambridge Audio asserts the best way to guarantee rotational stability is to specify a medium-torque direct-drive motor in conjunction with a high-density platter. On the inside, the Alva TT v2 uses a direct-drive mechanism to turn that chunky platter – but this is no DJ-centric turntable for hooking into a mixer. It’s pre-fitted with a cartridge, of course – a high-output Cambridge Audio moving coil option with a replacement cost (according to the brand’s website) of £499. For this V2 model, the tonearm now features anti-skate as well as counter-weight adjustment and has a detachable headshell for ease of cartridge-replacement. On top of the plinth there’s an extremely hefty polyoxymethylene platter, and off to one side an entirely fresh design of tonearm. The whole thing is covered by a hinged, smoked-plastic dust-cover. A hefty, smoothly finished chassis is topped by a tactile aluminium plinth with the ‘Cambridge’ logo punched into one corner and three buttons (‘power on/off’, ‘33.3’ and ‘45’) nicely recessed into another. That’s not to say it doesn’t look good, or a lot like the outgoing Alva TT, though. This turntable is designed to look like a turntable, albeit a nicely constructed and finished one, and as such is never going to be an interior decorator’s favourite item. (Image credit: Future) Cambridge Audio Alva TT V2: design and featuresĪs far as true ‘design’ is concerned, nothing about the Cambridge Audio Alva TT v2 is going to surprise or startle you. Naturally, you can use the Cambridge Audio Alva TT V2 with dust cover or without.