I replaced my Classe SSP800 in August with an Anthem AVM60 PrePro and a Hegel P30 Preamp with home theater bypass and it has worked out very well. I found the Anthem AVM60 has superior steering to the Classe and the ARC2 Room EQ is much better than the Classe SSP800 manual EQ. Surround sound movies sound fantastic. And it is nice that Anthem can pass 4k HDR through The HDMI versus running a separate hdmi cable for the video to the 4k tv. Two channel music sounds fantastic played through the Hegel. This was my solution and it has worked out very very well.
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