I listened today at my dealer to SSP-800, CA-5300, 804Di, DB1 + HTM4Di centre and 805Di surrounds. Sources were CDP-202 over analogue and Arcam blu-ray over digital.
Really couldn't pick between the CDP-202 and SSP-800 DACs. Listening to opening of Mahler 8 which is dense with voices and orchestra both were astonishingly lifelike and engaging. Confirms what people have said about quality of what SSP-800 does with digital signal. The dealer was surprised.
Also watched and listened to some Mozart and Puccini opera selections on Opus Arte sampler blu-ray and combination of sound and visuals was again outstanding. The DB1 added depth and richness to the sound without drawing attention to itself.
Playing with the menu interface we weren't able to configure stereo listening to use the DB1 as well, other than with processing modes which degrade the signal. What I'm hoping for is a configuration where there's no processing of the main L+R signals but the low frequency response is extended with the sub. I believe this is one of the things Classe are suggesting you can do with the new CP-800.
Do any of you configure the SSP-800 for stereo plus sub in this way? And if so how do you do it without losing quality for the main L+R channels?
Looking at the online manuals I believe it's a matter of setting L+R mains to full, enabling "e-bass" and then presumably using the digital correction in either the SSP-800 or the DB1 to integrate the sub bass with the 804Dis.
Has anyone tried that and with what success? Where do you configure equalisation to integrate everything?
Really couldn't pick between the CDP-202 and SSP-800 DACs. Listening to opening of Mahler 8 which is dense with voices and orchestra both were astonishingly lifelike and engaging. Confirms what people have said about quality of what SSP-800 does with digital signal. The dealer was surprised.
Also watched and listened to some Mozart and Puccini opera selections on Opus Arte sampler blu-ray and combination of sound and visuals was again outstanding. The DB1 added depth and richness to the sound without drawing attention to itself.
Playing with the menu interface we weren't able to configure stereo listening to use the DB1 as well, other than with processing modes which degrade the signal. What I'm hoping for is a configuration where there's no processing of the main L+R signals but the low frequency response is extended with the sub. I believe this is one of the things Classe are suggesting you can do with the new CP-800.
Do any of you configure the SSP-800 for stereo plus sub in this way? And if so how do you do it without losing quality for the main L+R channels?
Looking at the online manuals I believe it's a matter of setting L+R mains to full, enabling "e-bass" and then presumably using the digital correction in either the SSP-800 or the DB1 to integrate the sub bass with the 804Dis.
Has anyone tried that and with what success? Where do you configure equalisation to integrate everything?
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