I have had my SSP-800 in a Stereo / HT setup for 7 years. The continuing changes to the HDMI standards makes for some difficult and expensive decisions trying to find the right time and product to make a configuration change in higher end systems. For me, the only reason to change is to get 4K HD video thru a one box solution. I remain happy with the Stereo and Home Theatre processing capabilities of the SSP-800. I am looking for a quality HDMI video switch that supports the current HDMI standards and all audio processing modes. With that approach, I could bypass all video switching in the SSP-800 yet retain the audio quality - at a fraction of the price to upgrade. Can anybody offer an HDMI switch recommendation?
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