classe twenty five and classe fifteen


Hi there I am curious to what the differences are between these amp I am guessing that they are built the same years and they have the same design philosophy but the twenty five is the higher model, i cant seem to find to much info on the 25, any info would be greatly apperated.

Thanks,Paul
paulficarella
Hey, Brf, I think the biggest change was the face plate (removal of DR from all model names) that would be the most obvious to most people. (Even the next gen of Classe (when the Fifteen change to the CA-150) was the same amp.

I like this Classe series and still own a Fifteen. Thought the bass is great, the mids and highs lack allot of detail but still sound okay, but no match for the inter detailed mids and highs from Krell of the same vintage. just mho.
The difference between the 15 & 25 are that the 25 has more pairs of output transistors.
The Classe 15's bass is no where near as good as the Krell KSA 250. In fact, very few amplifiers can match the bass impact and depth of a KSA 250. Besides, what do you know about bass....you own Merlins :-)
Yuck, yuck, yuck.

Dick Olsher(I think)reviewed it in Nov '94. I purchased a '15 based on this review after I returned form Daharan, Saudi Arabia(volunteered for 91 days temp duty to afford equipment since the pay was tax-free once you entered Saudi air-space).