I owned the Classe 301 for a few years until I moved up to the Omega. I did not feel that it lacked bass in anyway. Of course when I ran a pr. of Thiel MCS 1's I added a Genesis 900 sub but when I ran this unit with full sized floor speakers I felt that I no longer needed a sub. I ran MIT speaker cables with the 301 and felt the bass to be very full and controlled I would strongly recommend the 301 and when I can afford one I will buy it for my system!
Classe ca 301 is the low end weak.
This unit seems to be build like a brute powerhouse yet I have heard a few reviewers that claim weak bass does anyone own this unit, I am considering purchasing it or a bat vk-500 my system is b&w 804 bryston bp 25 sony scd 1. other considerations would be threshold t 400 my price range is $2200 max.