Considering that Classe went out of business at one point, I think you were fortunate to get it repaired at all.
I go out of my way to buy US-made gear and prefer point to point design, in part because I want it to last and be repairable.
Recently bought a used, near-state-of-the-art phono stage for $3k from an Audiogon member. It had a loud hum; might have been undisclosed damage, or could have been damaged in shipping. Cost $1500 to fix (effectively, an upgade to the power supply transformer.) 50% more was a painful, unanticipated delta! My point is that it was a point-to-point wiring design that may be repairable for a few hundred years. Classe, not so much.
I go out of my way to buy US-made gear and prefer point to point design, in part because I want it to last and be repairable.
Recently bought a used, near-state-of-the-art phono stage for $3k from an Audiogon member. It had a loud hum; might have been undisclosed damage, or could have been damaged in shipping. Cost $1500 to fix (effectively, an upgade to the power supply transformer.) 50% more was a painful, unanticipated delta! My point is that it was a point-to-point wiring design that may be repairable for a few hundred years. Classe, not so much.