#Cambridge soundworks 765i portable

There's also a seek function for jumping from station to station. The right set of buttons offers a choice of source-Radio, iPod, Disc/Aux, as well as up/down radio tuning. The front panel's left set of buttons are reserved for radio presets-press one while listening to a station you want to store, you'll hear a 'beep' tone, and it'll be saved to one of three 'bands' (FM1, FM2, or AM). It should be noted that all of the front-panel jog functions are also accessible from the remote.FeaturesIf the i765 looks familiar, it's because it's basically just a refresh of the with the iPod dock integrated into the topside (instead of a separate outboard dock) and a built-in DVD player (instead of just CD). The overall layout is less than intuitive, but we were grateful that we could always find the volume up/down buttons in the upper-left corner. The loudness circuit boosted bass at low to moderate listening volume to create a rich, warm sound balance.The newly designed remote has 43 identically sized little round buttons and they're color-coded by function-iPod controls are gray, DVD controls are brown, alarm buttons are blue, and so forth. The centered knob controls volume by default, but clicking the nearby jog key, the knob toggles through a variety of other functions including bass, treble, and loudness tone controls. The display is linked to a light sensor that dims to eliminate glare in dark rooms. The buttons are tiny, identical size, and shaped so that they're hard to see in low light. Except for the Snooze/Mute button and iPod dock on the otherwise bare topside, all of the i765's controls are located on its front panel.ĬDs and DVDs load through a slot just above the large, 32-character LCD readout that sits above two clusters of eight buttons. The new model also boasts a slot-loading CD/DVD player, so it functions like a self-contained home theater in a box.DesignThe conservatively styled gray and black radio has a sturdy and solid feel and is 5 inches tall by 14 inches wide by 10 inches deep and weighs 13 pounds. The i765 is the latest and greatest entry from Cambridge's well-regarded line of stereo clock tabletop radios. Witness the new Cambridge SoundWorks i765 with an iPod/iPhone dock molded into its top panel. Outboard docks are yesterday's news and integrated docks have become de rigueur. It has subsequently gone through two newer owners.Remember when clock radios were merely clock radios? That was long before the iPod-ization trend took the world by storm. Creative ordered Cambridge to reduce the number of products sold under its trademark. Cambridge SoundWorks marketing also included catalog and internet sales, in addition to worldwide product distribution by partnerships with IBM, Gateway, and the parent company Creative Technology Ltd.

The company continued to manufacture loudspeakers for home theater and multimedia applications, as well as distribute other brands such as Sony and Marantz.

#Cambridge soundworks 765i portable

These products, along with other major brands of high-performance audio and video components, were sold through an online store.Īs of February 2018, the Cambridge Soundworks website redirects to, where a product line of portable bluetooth speakers is sold.Īs of 2020, all Cambridge SoundWorks retail showrooms are closed. Its products were designed in California, with Research and Development and Acoustic Engineering in Massachusetts. Įventually, Cambridge SoundWorks manufactured over 60 different models of home stereo, home theater, multimedia speakers and assorted electronics products. In 1997 Cambridge Soundworks was bought by then Creative Labs. The unique selling formula developed in its first store proved successful and eventually spawned the opening of 30 showrooms in New England and metropolitan San Francisco. This made it one of the first companies to sell consumer electronics on the Internet.

In 1994 it sold its first products on the Internet, using the CompuServe network. In 1991, the company opened its first retail location in Newton, Massachusetts. Ĭambridge SoundWorks began offering its products (such as the Ensemble I, II, and III satellite speaker systems) by catalog and multi-page magazine advertisements. From its inception, the company's success was significant and its products received critical acclaim. It was founded with the specific mission to design and manufacture well-priced, high quality, high performance loudspeakers and audio products to be marketed directly to the consumer. Kloss had founded or co-founded a number of earlier loudspeaker and consumer audio companies, including Acoustic Research, KLH and Advent Corporation. Cambridge SoundWorks was co-founded in 1988 by Henry Kloss, an audio engineer and businessman, and colleague Tom DeVesto.