Cambridge Audio's turntable and earbuds get a glow-up with help from Maharishi

Maharishi brings street style to Cambridge Audio's Alva ST turntable and Melomania A100 earbuds

Close-up of the Cambridge Audio Maharishi Alva ST turntable shot from the front and slightly above
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Cambridge Audio has collaborated with streetwear brand Maharishi to create two striking editions of its Melomania A100 earbuds and Alva ST turntable.

Priced at £139 and £649 respectively, the buds are available now with the record player following "later this year".

Cambridge Audio has teamed with UK clothing brand Maharishi and Soul II Soul legend Jazzie B to give its Melomania A100 earbuds and Alva ST turntable a splash of street style.

The results are as good to look at as they should be to listen to, thanks to bright details against an olive finish that draws from Maharishi's trademark camouflage patterns and reflects "a pacifist reinterpretation of military aesthetics".

I love the look of these, especially the turntable. It's a really unusual, utilitarian look that could be part of a street sound system, although of course it's really intended to be the heart of a home Hi-Fi.

Cambridge Audio Maharishi Alva ST and Melomania A100: key features and pricing

The Alva ST deck is an affordable belt-driven turntable with Bluetooth aptX HD for your headphones or active speakers, a die-cast aluminium platter, and an aluminium-topped damped MDF plinth.

It has a built-in switchable phono stage and its tonearm comes with a removable headshell. The new Maharishi version will be available later this year with an RRP of £649 (about $879 / €749 / AU$1,320).

Cambridge Audio Maharishi Melomania A100 earbuds in lifestyle shot

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The Melomania A100 earbuds are impressive and affordable. As we noted in our Melomania A100 review, their rather ordinary appearance distracts from what are very impressive-sounding earbuds. They continue the Cambridge tradition of delivering sound quality that punches way above the price tag.

To my eyes the new edition looks so much better in its striking olive and orange Maharishi edition, which gives the earbuds old-school Land Rover vibes.

Cambridge Audio Maharishi Melomania A100 earbuds in lifestyle shot

(Image credit: Cambridge Audio)

The pair's price is very slightly higher than price of the standard A100s, which launched at £119 / $149. The Cambridge Audio Maharishi Melomania have an RRP of £139 (about $188 / €160 / AU$282).

They're available now from Cambridge Audio, Maharishi and selected retailers.

Carrie Marshall
Carrie Marshall

Writer, musician and broadcaster Carrie Marshall has been covering technology since 1998 and is particularly interested in how tech can help us live our best lives. Her CV is a who’s who of magazines, newspapers, websites and radio programmes ranging from T3, Techradar and MacFormat to the BBC, Sunday Post and People’s Friend. Carrie has written more than a dozen books, ghost-wrote two more and co-wrote seven more books and a Radio 2 documentary series; her memoir, Carrie Kills A Man, was shortlisted for the British Book Awards. When she’s not scribbling, Carrie is the singer in Glaswegian rock band Unquiet Mind (unquietmindmusic).

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