• I love the midrange performance of this amp. Some people are bass freaks. Others want a little more brightness on the high end, but take my word, and audition the Classe' Audio CA-M400 with Sgt. Pepper's at your local dealer or, even better, at home, and you will know what I am talking about. This is a serious audiophile amp.
Low Points
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While this is nitpicking, the Classe' Audio CA-M400 is so well balanced
that no one thing really sticks out about it. With a Krell amp, I can
say it has the best bass. With an Audio Research reference tube amp, I
can talk about the magical highs. With the Classe' Audio CA-M400, the
performance of the amp is so consistent that there is no one element
that jumps out. You will have to decide if that is a plus or a minus
before you make the investment.
Conclusion
I know you are going to think I am crazy, but I believe the Classe'
Audio CA-M400, at $10,000 a pair, is an outright audiophile bargain.
Yes, you can buy a NuForce digital amp for a fraction of the cost,
which is a very nice option at its price point. However, when you are
nearing the top-of-the-food-chain prices for audiophile gear, things
start to get stupid expensive - think NetJets stupid. You do not need
to have a 25-hour card with a Hawker 800XP to be able to afford the
Classe' Audio CA-M400. You just need an audiophile system that strives
to reproduce music in your listening room that can legitimately make
you believe the performers are actually in the room, or you need a home
theater system with the latest surround sound codecs like Dolby TrueHD
and or DTS Master Audio that can resolve detail you never thought was
possible across seven channels of surround sound. In the end, the
Classe' Audio CA-M400 is about as good of a reference power amp as you
can buy at a fraction of the price of the uber-reference mono amps
currently on the market today.
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