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Classe CA-2300 voltage change

Hi everyone,

I am a semi-happy owner of Classe Audio equipment, and have been dismayed but the complete lack of support since B&W sold off Classe. In particular, I own a nice CA-2300 amplifier that I bought int he US when I lived there, but after moving to the UK, I have been trying to get its voltage changed for over 5 months... The last I heard is that it would have to be shipped to the Netherlands "so Classe could get a look at it" with no guarantee they would do the voltage change nor any indication of price! Not exactly convenient for a 100lbs amp...

Would anyone know who / how to get the voltage changed? Is there any decent repair shop that could do this in London? All the high end shops I tried are completely clueless. I am also decently good with electronics, and at this point would mind opening the amp myself if I can get my hand on a service manual.

Thanks in advance for any tip,

Xavier
xaviermt

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teo_audio
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Depends on if the unit was built with a universal or multi-tap transformer or not.
smaller companies tend to spec the transformers with multi-taps due to the problem of small lot production and international sales. That way only one single transformer needs to be specified for the build. Odds are it's a multi-tap and can be internally re-wired.
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