I would agree @jeffbij , but these amps are beasts. Shipping them is a pain. Hard to find repair on this stuff, for me anyway. My Classe went to NY, and when it broke twice I was done. It was an SSP 800 however, and I am sure way less reliable than their amps. I sold my CA2300 stereo amp after that, and new or used Audionet amps at any level sound better (to me). There are many other good choices.
Is the problem end of life or the new processor?
My Classe Cam 350s are starting to have problems. One was running fairly warm & I noticed the Aerial speaker it was powering had a small tear or the glue had failed at the bottom woofer. I disconnected it while to speaker bass driver is being replaced.The other 350 has started to go into protection mode periodically. Is this just end of life at 22 years or something else? The only thing recently new is replacing my pre-pro with a Marantz AV-10. All the cabling seems undamaged.
Happy to receive any thoughts as I try to decide repair vs replace.
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I wouldn't write them off just yet. Have them checked out/evaluated by a compentent repair shop. It could be something easy and cheap to repair. They could just need a good deep cleaning. (I'm guessing that they stood on or close to the floor for the majority of their lives.) Even at 22 years old, if in good running order, they are nice amps. I have a pair of the CAM 200's that I'm in the process of refreshing myself. Most of the parts are still available from Classe. Where are you located? I'm sure that there is someone here that can point you to a good service/repair shop close to you.
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Hello @mjm1951 Based on my history of older Classe components needing repair, I would buy new better amps. Carefully chosen, they will sound better. Looks like you keep things a while, which is great. Buy new amps and keep them forever! What is your budget? |
