Brochure

These were the words of Mike Viglas in 1979, sending
him on a path to the founding of Classé Audio.
Mike was passionate about many things, especially music.
He loved showing off his latest Hi-Fi system at parties.
Then, the inevitable happened. BOOM! Lights flickered,
and silence. As the guests pulled capacitor wadding
from their hair, Mike, embarrassed, vowed that it would
not happen again. There had to be a better way.
How to get both performance and reliability from high-
end audio gear? This was top of mind when Mike met
David Reich, a talented young engineer building his own
solid-state amplifiers. Mike was instantly taken with
the sound of David’s amp and together they set out to
realize that vow. Classé was founded.
The DR-2 was introduced in 1980. It was a 25W stereo
amplifier operating in class A, widely recognized as the
purest form of amplification. It inspired the name of the
new company and other models followed. Classé quickly
earned a reputation for both reliability and its open,
natural, authoritative sound.
Forty years on, Classé remains at the forefront of audio.
The iconoclastic and talented Classé Design team in
Montréal now has a global reach, being larger and
more diverse than ever. Precision manufacturing at the
legendary Shirakawa Audio Works in Northern Japan
allows today’s Classé to deliver on the performance and
reliability always demanded by Mike Viglas.
We are passionate about our mission and think Mike
would be proud of what we have achieved.
“There has to be
something better.”