Classe Audio CA-M300 as New with Warranty

For sale is 1 highly rated Classe Audio CA-M300. Rarely do these mono-blocks come up for sale and for good reason! This 1 is just 2 years old and is in as new, mint condition with Warranty. Included in this sale is 1 of fan cooled mono-block amp, power cable, accessories, paper owner’s manual, thumb drive with a pdf owner’s manual and all the original packaging. The amp will arrive to you packaged as if new! All for 1/2 of the retail price of this amp.

The CA-M300 is rated at 300 wpc into 8 ohms, 600 wpc into 4 ohms. It will drive and sound great with any speakers! This one drives my B&W 804 Diamond (which dip to 3 ohms) with full dynamics and with ease. It is fan cooled which ensures they will last almost indifferently. This amp has bested everything I’ve owned thus far including; a Krell Evolution 2250e, Krell S-150 Mono-blocks, Bryston 4B-SST2, Ayre V3 mkII, Gamut D200 mkIII, Naim NAP200, Quad 909, PS Audio HCA-2, Bel Canto eVo2 GenII, and Bel Canto S300 power amps, and LFD NCSE, LFD Mk4, Perreaux Eloquence 250i, Arcam Apha 10, Arcam FMJ A23, Krell KAV300i, Ayre AX-7e, Naim Nait 5 and Resolution Audio Opus S30 integrate amps. I would describe its sound as amazing. Highs have every last ounce of detail without being bright or etched. Midrange is dead neutral. Bass goes deep and is extremely accurate. It images fantastically and do the pace, rhythm and timing thing as well! In short, they make music come alive and pop! The Krell Evolution 2250e use to be my personal benchmark amp with its extended highs, natural mids and punchy bass. This Classe amp sound very similar and add marvelous 3D imaging to the mix.

There is no need for me to go on and on. Here is what the experts said:
"The Classe amplifiers have remarkable performance in several key areas and could be a perfect match with complimentary components and rooms. Like the house sound of some products from Audio Research Corporation, the Classe CT-M300s could be a welcome addition in many systems. Overall Rating: 8.5 LPs" – Ten Audio

Price is fair and firm. No trades please. Paypal add 3%. Paypal payment only unless you have positive feedback on Audiogon. More information below. I will deliver within 150 miles of Detroit. Please don’t hesitate to ask me a question about these amps. Buy with confidence from a 15 year Audiogoner! Thanks for looking, Kevin

Classe amps are used to voice B&W speakers so they work particularly well together. I would go so far as to say, you have not heard your B&W speakers at their best if you have not heard them driven by Classe amps! The Classe CA series exterior case was even designed by the same industrial designer who designed B&W Nautilus and Diamond series rounded speaker encloses.

Overview:
Our Delta series amplifiers embody all that Classé represents: innovation, technological achievement, consummate craftsmanship, and iconic design. But they are not just the latest in the distinguished line of Classé amplifiers to be launched since 1980. They are new, revolutionary and unique.

Performance first
The original Delta series amplifiers won more than critical acclaim. Elite audio professionals use them to master music and movies that the whole world has enjoyed. Our newest amplifiers are even better. Objectively, pure technical measurements prove they deliver our highest performance ever. Subjectively, they simply blow audiences away.

The Classé design team has created the ultimate environment to amplify an audio signal. The entire amplification process occurs on a single board, creating the most direct and transparent signal path conceivable. Our uniquely miniaturized driver stage is virtually noise free, so every nuance of the original signal reaches the output stage. Here, vast quantities of clean power are controlled with absolute precision. Suddenly, the world’s finest speakers sound even better.

Performance fast
There is a relationship between temperature and performance but it is widely misunderstood. Audiophiles say that optimal performance is obtained when an amplifier is “warmed up,” but what does this actually mean? When is it warm enough and when is it too warm?
The exposed heatsink fins found on conventional amplifiers are passive.They can’t help circuits reach their ideal temperature or keep them there throughout a listening session. They run at a temperature wholly defined by their environment and how loud they are playing. This can be far from ideal.

Heat management in Classé’s new Delta series amplifiers is provided by the ICTunnel™ (pronounced Icy Tunnel), a sensor- and microprocessor-controlled technology inspired by the heatsinks found in high-power laser and medical equipment. Mounted inside the unit, the ICTunnel™ actively regulates the amplifier temperature to ensure both optimum performance and reliability.

From room temperature, the amplifiers warm up fast. They reach their ideal temperature in less than fifteen minutes and remain there regardless of how hard they are driven. No conventional heatsink can do this.

In a Class by itself
Ground-breaking performance, prodigious power, sophisticated control and rock-steady reliability—Classé’s new Delta series is a giant leap in amplifier design. Thanks to exclusive ICTunnel™ and audio technologies, only Classé amplifiers can consistently deliver top performance and reliability in every installation.

Specs:
All tests un-weighted and 500kHz measurement bandwidth (except SNR).
Frequency response 1 Hz – 100 kHz, -3dB
Output power 300W rms into 8Ω (24.8 dBW)
600W rms into 4Ω (24.8 dBW)
Harmonic Distortion