RE: Experience with reliability of Classe CA-200? - AbeCollins - Amp/Preamp Asylum

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RE: Experience with reliability of Classe CA-200?

In Reply to: Experience with reliability of Classe CA-200? posted by mr.bear on February 13, 2014 at 14:27:50:

I have owned several Classe amps over the years and all have been very reliable. But that was several years ago so I couldn't say how well they age beyond about a decade or so.

I can tell you that the CA-200 came in two styles, with the heat sinks in back, and the newer style with the heat sinks on the sides. The CA-200 with the heat sinks on the sides came out just a bit before they released the newer CA-201.

The CA-201 had two different styles as well! The older style had the flat front face plate. The newer CA-201 had the very squared off edges with horizontal grooves in the front face plate.

If you can find a newer style CA-200 (heat sinks on sides), or the CA-201, you'll have slightly newer amps. If you can find the CA-201 with the grooved front panel, that will be the latest in that series of amps.

Just as a side note, I had the CA-100 and then the CA-200. With my Thiel CS1.5 speakers the CA-100 was good but the sound really opened up effortlessly with the CA-200. I also had the CA-300 but didn't notice much difference between it and the CA-200 driving my Thiel CS1.5's.

My Older style CA-200 with heat sinks in back

My Newer style Classe with heat sinks on sides. This is actually the CA-300 but the CA-200 with heat sinks on sides looks very similar but not as tall.

Older style CA-201. Internet picture

Newer style CA-201. Internet picture

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Topic - Experience with reliability of Classe CA-200? - mr.bear 14:27:50 02/13/14 (8)

Thanks for the reccs, all! (nt) - mr.bear 12:57:24 02/19/14 (0)

RE: Experience with reliability of Classe CA-200? - BCR 03:30:55 02/15/14 (0)

RE: Experience with reliability of Classe CA-200? - fantja 11:43:01 02/14/14 (0)

RE: Thanks for the info, but did you have to,,, - mr.bear 07:41:16 02/14/14 (1)

RE: Thanks for the info, but did you have to,,, - AbeCollins 22:01:26 02/15/14 (0)

RE: Experience with reliability of Classe CA-200? - AbeCollins 15:53:44 02/13/14 (1)

RE: Experience with reliability of Classe CA-200? - kathrynatrand@hotmail.com 20:38:52 03/01/14 (0)

I've been running a CA-100 since 1995 - kavakidd 15:41:10 02/13/14 (0)

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RE: Experience with reliability of Classe CA-200? - AbeCollins 15:53:44 02/13/14 (1)

RE: Experience with reliability of Classe CA-200? - kathrynatrand@hotmail.com 20:38:52 03/01/14 (0)

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