Classe Home Theatre Audio / Video Systems

Classe' has done the seemingly impossible with the CT-M600's. They have made an amplifier that is capable of satisfying the most discerning audiophile yet allows for placement into a conventional rack with ease and minimal thermal management issues. Forget the ability to place them into your closet without worrying about heat, these amps sound simply amazing and are among the finest amplifiers I have heard.

Those of us with single systems for stereo playback, multichannel music, and film-sound reproduction are presented with a dilemma. We can choose the best-sounding multichannel controller we can afford and accept its performance limitations with stereo music sources. Or we can add a separate two-channel preamplifier for CD and LP playback so that those signals never pass through the multichannel controller.
Now there’s a third option: Classé Audio’s SSP-800.

The Classe SSP-800 is a remarkable achievement, combining a comprehensive feature set, outstanding user interface, advanced technology, and most importantly category-defining sonic performance. Frankly, I'm surprised this level of build and sound quality doesn't cost more.

The SSP-800's odd selection of features and intriguing GUI can make it a little tricky to live with but the end-result more than justifies the effort. Incredibly refined yet at the same time revealing, its sound is potent, addictive and boasts a truly masterful top-end.

Of all prestige home cinema components, few have the pulling power of Canadian brand Classe’s distinctive delta series. With this massive wrap-around aluminum body and touchscreen LCD front-panel controls, the Delta CDP- 300 is, for many reasons, a remarkable DVD player. This is what DVD is all about when executed properly. Gorgeous, beautifully built and impressively specified, the Classe is a find wine amongst plonk.

Receivers are for bedrooms. In a true high- performance, audiophile-grade theater, you need real power to move some air with your speakers, meaning that even if you have a pair of your favorite monoblock amps perched on a slab of granite, you still have five more channels of audio to power. That brings me to the $8,000 Classe' CA-5200, one of the most refined, powerful and graceful multi-channel amps to ever grace my equipment rack.

Classe has gone all-out with this design, whether it’s the brushed aluminum finish, the elegant heatsinks, or the eye-catching flight cases that the amplifier nestles in when traveling. This is an amplifier built for a lifetime and maybe even beyond. It sounds that way, too.