Sound depends on the designer. The earlier Classe amps DR 8,9 and were designed by Dave Reich and were extremely musical amps but slightly dark sounding. The later 1990's Classe 10,15 and 25 were almost opaque sounding by comparison and even non-audiophile friends of mine said so in direct a-b comparison. The later 1997 version CA series ahd a diffirent sonic signature. Certainly not dark but appeared to emphasise the highs and seemned to have an electronic sheen( concur with martin collins on this). I have not heard the latest classe series but they are designed by a swiss designer who was responsible for the OMEGA series.
CLASSE - Great amps or highly flawed?
Some love them. Others criticize:
Highly colored.
Midrange nice, but euphonic & not accurate.
Highs rolled off, and given an electronic sheen.
Overall dark sound.
Imaging only so-so.
Lack transparency.
Textured sounding.
Bass somewhat lacking definition & loose.
What's your opinion??
Highly colored.
Midrange nice, but euphonic & not accurate.
Highs rolled off, and given an electronic sheen.
Overall dark sound.
Imaging only so-so.
Lack transparency.
Textured sounding.
Bass somewhat lacking definition & loose.
What's your opinion??