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CLASSÉ 175-A LIMITED FACTORY WARRANTY

 (North America only). 

 
 

 

Classé Audio Inc. warrants this amplifier to be free from defects in materials and 

workmanship for a period of

 FOUR YEARS

 from the date of manufacture, provided that any claim in 

virtue of this warranty be made in writing within such period.  

 

Subject to all of the conditions stated herein,

 A LIMITED FACTORY LIFETIME WARRANTY IS EXTENDED ONLY 

TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER WHO PURCHASED THE AMPLIFIER IN NORTH AMERICA AND WHO CLAIMS UNDER THIS WARRANTY IN 
NORTH AMERICA. 
 

IMPORTANT: WARRANTY REGISTRATION, AND A COPY OF THE "AUTHORIZED DEALER BILL OF SALE", MUST BE RECEIVED 

AT THE CLASSÉ FACTORY (address below) WITHIN TWENTY (20) DAYS OF PURCHASE, TO VALIDATE THIS WARRANTY. 

 

In the event of failure of this amplifier, resulting from defects in materials and workmanship, 

Classé Audio Inc. will repair, recalibrate, or at its discretion, replace the unit providing that all the 

conditions contained in this warranty are met. 

 

In order to initiate service of any kind, it is necessary to

 OBTAIN PRIOR FACTORY AUTHORIZATION, AND 

SHIP THE UNIT PREPAID TO THE CLASSÉ FACTORY.

  For units coming from outside Canada, contact the factory 

for our forwarding address. Units shipped directly to our Canadian address from outside the country 

will be stopped at the border, causing extensive delays or return of the unit to the sender. 

 

The warranty shall be void and of no effect in the event of any of the following: 

 

 

1)  Operation not in accordance with this manual; 

 

 

2)  Accident, abuse, tampering, or unauthorized 

 

 

    modification, as determined by Classé Audio Inc.; 

 

 

3)  Removal, defacing, or falsifying the serial number plate; 

 

 

4)  Shipping without the complete factory packaging; 

 

 

5)  Transfer or sale of this amplifier by the original owner; 

 

 

6)  Non-compliance with any of the other conditions hereof. 

 
 

CLASSÉ AUDIO INC. SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, 

OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE SET-UP, 

OPERATION, FAILURE, TROUBLESHOOTING, OR REPAIR OF THE AMPLIFIER 

AND/OR ANY OTHER EQUIPMENT USED THEREWITH. 

 

THIS WARRANTY, ALL CLAIMS MADE IN VIRTUE HEREOF, AND ALL ISSUES 

RELATING TO ANY SUCH CLAIM SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE 

PROVINCE OF QUÉBEC. 

Summary of Contents for 175-A

Page 1: ...CLASSÉ AUDIO 175 A POWER AMPLIFIER 175 A OWNER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...me design goals Similar circuits are then tailored to different power levels etc Differences between less expensive models and more expensive models are parts quality and compliment power supply extravagance and the amount of filtering etc as well as features and packaging This means that for years Classé has been constantly sonically fine tuning and technically upgrading this circuit design and i...

Page 3: ...175 A OWNER S MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS UNPACKING SET UP 4 GENERAL CONNECTIONS 5 CONNECTIONS FOR REGULAR OR BALANCED INPUTS 7 WARRANTY 8 SPECIFICATIONS 10 WARRANTY REGISTRATION 11 ...

Page 4: ...sible Place the 175 A at or near its final set up position allowing 8 inches at the rear for tightening the speaker output connectors The power transformer in the 175 A is located at the front center of the unit Ideally a few feet should separate this area from components which potentially could pick up hum These include preamplifiers turntables and interconnect cables In terms of providing adequa...

Page 5: ...S MANUAL STEREO Check the setting on the STEREO MONO toggle switch located above the input jacks on the back of the unit The lever should be closest to the position marked STEREO Input and output connectors are clearly marked on the back of the amplifier Left Right connections are oriented from the front of the unit Stereo output connections are marked above the connectors Use only high quality in...

Page 6: ...O The MONO input is the left channel input as marked The unused right channel input is automatically disconnected The output connections are marked BELOW the connectors The MONO positive is the left positive the MONO negative is the right positive Repeat the above MONO settings and connections on the second 175 A to be used for the other channel Please remember that the negative output connection ...

Page 7: ...automatically disable BALANCED INPUTS A balanced preamplifier and balanced interconnects are also required For use with balanced preamplifiers other than Classé the wiring of the 3 pin XLR connectors must be matched to that of the Classé 175 A which are wired as follows PIN 1 GROUND PIN 2 POSITIVE NON INVERTED SIGNAL PIN 3 NEGATIVE INVERTED SIGNAL If the pin configuration of the preamplifier diffe...

Page 8: ...ice of any kind it is necessary toOBTAIN PRIOR FACTORY AUTHORIZATION AND SHIP THE UNIT PREPAID TO THE CLASSÉ FACTORY For units coming from outside Canada contact the factory for our forwarding address Units shipped directly to our Canadian address from outside the country will be stopped at the border causing extensive delays or return of the unit to the sender The warranty shall be void and of no...

Page 9: ...ono operation thick curved faceplate with sculpted one piece handles Available in both Satin Black and Soft Shadow Silver finishes 175 A SPECIFICATIONS Frequency Response Sensitivity Input Impedance S N Ratio Rated output 8 Ohms 4 Ohms 2 Ohms Dimensions Gross Net Weight Gross Net 20 Hz to 20 KHz 0 1dB 1 35 Volt in for rated output 70 KOhms More than 100 dB Stereo Mono 175 700 Watts 300 1400 Watts ...

Page 10: ..._____ AUTHORIZED DEALER________________________________________________________ PURCHASER S NAME_________________________________________________________ STREET ADDRESS____________________________________________________________ CITY________________________________STATE PROV ____________________________ COUNTRY________________________ZIP POSTAL CODE__________________________ I BECAME AWARE OF THIS...

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