I would also look at your pre-amp. The Classe is an extremely flexible and high quality pre. I had a earlier Classe CP-65, the top of the line before the Delta series, and,as much as I liked it, it did have some edgy forwardness in the treble. I replaced it with a Cary SLP-05 and the problem went away. Something like the Cary or a Conrad Johnson might smooth out the top end without introducing tub bloom. Rest of my system is Mark Levenson 432 and Sonus Faber Cremona. Very different, but is some ways, similar components. Anyway, just wanted to sugest you consider a tube preamp. Sorry, I know you probably got the Classe recently and I love its versatility.
What's a good alternative to Pass Labs?
Owner of the x250.5 (pass labs). It's a remarkable amplifier, it just doesn't seem to synergize all that well with my speaker. Something a little less bright (a little more forgiving) and something slightly less warm. It seems to get warmest in the mid-bass (bloat), and brightest of course in the higher treble. The mid-bass warmth/bloat exists at lower as well as higher volumes, the brightness starts to get bad at louder volumes. I think they that Pass is a warm neutral, so perhaps i'm just looking for something that's just neutral. Any advice is greatly appreciated!!
budget less than $10k. used or new ok.
budget less than $10k. used or new ok.