Worth fixing?

Simply put, this was a budget unit from new and it’s a poor idea to invest more money in it ,

The FMV of the unit in working order is a nominal amount that faces expensive pro  tech time costs at prevailing rates. Add in the further cost of a replacement laser unit (…if you can even still source another one ,,,) and you under water cost-wise from the get-go.

MY TAKE

Accept that it has hit its end of useful life and the expected repair costs kinda kills a reason to plan any repairs,  so just move on. You can easily find a better unit for the expected amount you will face to attempt repairs.

I`ve been there, and done that.

Agree with prior post. Unless its over a couple of grand, brand new, not worth fixing.

Look at current models from Rotel, Denon, Marantz, and Yamaha.

I had a nice basement system including a Classe Tuner 1 and a Classe CA 100 amp.

When the tuner failed, I left it with the repair shop and after a month they said it needed a part that had become unavailable. I looked up the part and it had been made in Europe and out of production for a while. So I bought another Classe Tuner 1 used.

Some years later, the CA 100 amp lost a channel. After three months, my repair shop said Classe had changed ownership and no longer supported repair of pre-acquisition products. So I replaced it with a used working unit.

I eventually gave the system to a son in college. When he moved and threw it all away, I didn’t feel too bad.

Of course, I never bought another Classe product.