volts for both 100 kOhm loads and 600 Ohm loads. Clipping occurred at just slightly
more than the knee voltage.
Turning the volume control up to 5.0 just about doubles the input voltage, and in use,
I never went much above -10.0 when watching movies or listening to music.
Conclusions
I have never heard better surround sound from movies or music discs than what I
experienced with the Classé SSP-800. This is definitely reference quality. Finally, one
can have audiophile-grade sound with multi-channel music, as well as with movies
that have high definition soundtracks (most Blu-ray movies these days), using the
HDMI input. It does not have all the myriad features present on most other
processors, but the vanishingly low distortion more than makes up for perhaps a little
more setup by hand rather than automation.
Extraordinary.
