Classe Audio CA-5100
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Ships from | Twinsburg, OH, 44087 |
Ships to | United States |
Package dimensions | 32.0" × 24.0" × 18.0" (100.0 lbs.) |
Shipping carrier | UPS |
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Original accessories | Box, Manual |
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Beautiful five channel amplifier, both sonically, and aesthetically. This has been
used in a dedicated home theater coupled with a Marantz AV7702 Pre/Pro. Loosing the theater room, so I sadly have to
part with this beauty. It was always treated with care, and the
pictures don't do it justice. The amp is conservatively rated at
100W/Channel and should be able to drive any speaker you throw at it.
Each channel is able to be set for balanced (XLR) or unbalanced (RCA)
input.
This will come packaged in its
original box with the manual and substantial power cord as shown.
Please note that this is really heavy. I plan on shipping it by UPS
Ground on a small pallet. EDIT: Added a couple of photos showing the amp on the pallet that I will ship it on. Total weight is 102LB.
As reviewed by Steve Guttenberg, Sound & Vision (2006):
Classé's First-Class Power Amp, the CA-5100
The matching five-channel amplifier, the CA-5100, is a comparatively
straight-ahead design. You can attribute a large proportion of its
75-pound weight to its massive, custom-designed power transformer. To
ensure the best performance possible, the transformer has three
secondary windings, feeding separate power supplies for the left front
and surround, right front and surround, and center-channel audio
circuits. Classé's engineers replaced the internal fuses and DC blocking
caps commonly used in other amps to protect loudspeakers with what they
claim to be less sonically invasive control circuits. The amplifier's
100-watt-per-channel output stages are Class A biased to about one-third
of the total output power. So, when the CA-5100 is maxed out, the first
30 watts will be Class A watts, which eliminates switching distortion.
Did I lose you? That tech talk explains the CA-5100's sweet and
transparent sound. If you're using a seven-channel surround system, team
the CA-5100 with Classé's matching CA-2100 stereo amp ($3,500). Don't
for a second let their 100-watt-per-channel ratings lead you to
underestimate just how powerful these amplifiers really are. They can
rock!
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