I have an ssp-800 with a Levinson 433 and 2x 431 amps in my HT. Stereo listening makes me warm and fuzzy but admittedly, from the HT standpoint I’ve looked high and low for a replacement and it’s all because of U4K video resolutions. From a purely sonic standpoint I couldn’t part with the Classe. In the end, I ended up with an outboard HDMI switcher, Crestron HD-MD6X2-4K-E 6x2. They do have smaller ones. I couldn’t be happier with the decision. In a perfect world, I’d forego golden convergence (audio, video and IP networking) for discrete components but manufacturers don’t seems to want to embrace such an old school line of thinking. The challenges of delay can be a real pain but where there’s a will there’s a way.
Classe SSP-800 - Time to move on?
I'm looking for some advice...
I've been a happy owner of a Classe ssp-800 for the past 8 years. Its been a terrific unit and I've found it to be a very musical. Initially I focused on buying a high in audiophile processor that could also function reasonably well as a 2 channel preamp as it made a lot of financial sense at the time.
Since then my system has grown and changed a lot and I now have a dedicated Ayre preamp in the chain for my 2 channel listening which works great.
So my question is with all of the new home theater audio formats(and 4k) coming out and with room correction built in to a lot of processors now does it make sense to move on? I've been specifically looking at the Anthem AVM 60, but am open to suggestions. The whole idea of room correction sounds really good to me.
I would love to hear from some of you previous Classe SSP 800 owners to see if you had any remorse after selling your processor.
Thanks
I've been a happy owner of a Classe ssp-800 for the past 8 years. Its been a terrific unit and I've found it to be a very musical. Initially I focused on buying a high in audiophile processor that could also function reasonably well as a 2 channel preamp as it made a lot of financial sense at the time.
Since then my system has grown and changed a lot and I now have a dedicated Ayre preamp in the chain for my 2 channel listening which works great.
So my question is with all of the new home theater audio formats(and 4k) coming out and with room correction built in to a lot of processors now does it make sense to move on? I've been specifically looking at the Anthem AVM 60, but am open to suggestions. The whole idea of room correction sounds really good to me.
I would love to hear from some of you previous Classe SSP 800 owners to see if you had any remorse after selling your processor.
Thanks