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Classe Reliability : Your Opinions?

What has been your experience with the Classe products that you've owned? How do they compare with industry benchmarks such as Bryston?

I've owned 2 Classe products previously, a CAP 100 and a 15 Both performed flawlessly over the many years that I owned them. Not a single problem, not even a blown fuse. I bought the 15 when Classe products came with a life time warranty. I always have wondered whether the lifetime waranty was withdrawn for commercial reasons, or due to an increase in the frequencey of repairs.

r3fico
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jmcgrogan2
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I've owned a Classe CDP1, CP-60, CA-200 and CAV-75 and have never had a day of trouble with any of them. I don't know why the lifetime warranty was withdrawn, but I would guess for financial reasons. They still do maintain remarkable build quality, IMHO.

Regards,
John
jrd351
332 posts
 
research shows that the average hi end consumer keeps a component for about twenty minutes. a lifetime warr was overkill.
barry
25 posts
 
Excellent company with excellent product & worthy competitor of Bryston. Like the latter before it made a sales stunt out of it Classe continues to interpret warranties on the customer's behalf very liberally. My guess is that it reduced its legal responsibilities just to be on the safe side. Cautious people those Canucks!
r3fico OP
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As another member pointed out to me, the term "Lifetime Warranty" could be interpeted in many ways and probably opened a can of worms for Classe's lawyers.

For those of you who have had a chance to experience the last 3 generations of Classe amplifiers I'd like to know your opinions. Any thoughts on comparisons between the 10/15/25 generation of amplifiers versus the CA 200/300/400 and CA 201/301/401 generations? Not just in terms of musical characteristics but also in terms of reliability and build quality.
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