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The volume control system on your SSP-300 solves this problem by responding
differently based on the specific circumstances (e.g. how quickly you are turning the
knob and where in the volume range you are). After extensive testing, we feel we have
created factory default settings that most people will find intuitive and a real pleasure to
use. However, if you feel you would like to fine-tune its performance further in order to
suit your particular preference, you may easily do so.
highly refined
circuit design
All Classé analog amplification stages are based on circuits that have been extensively
optimized over many years of continuous development.
By starting with excellent circuit designs and working with them over the years, we are
able to discover the many small refinements that add up to superlative performance, in
a variety of applications. Altering a voltage here, or using a slightly different part there,
may make all the difference between solid and absolutely outstanding performance.
This level of refinement only comes with a great deal of experience, and is not available
to those who flit from one trendy notion to the next. It accounts in no small measure for
both the consistency of sonic performance among Classé products (as they are all based
on similar analog gain stages), and for the consistently excellent reviews these products
receive from owners and reviewers alike.
extensive listening tests Excellent measured performance is to be expected in world-class products, and Classé
products deliver that performance. However, experience has shown that technical
excellence alone is insufficient to guarantee subjectively musical results.
For this reason, all Classé products are laboriously fine-tuned during the development
process by carefully controlled listening tests. Our ears are still some of the finest
laboratory test instruments available, and nicely complement more traditional
engineering test equipment. In the course of optimizing the circuitry for a product,
hundreds of decisions are made based on the subjective impression given by substituting
one high quality part for another.
As an example, we may listen to half a dozen 0.1% tolerance film resistor components
of the same value, from several different companies. Standard tests may show them
all to provide identical results in terms of noise, distortion, and so forth. Yet, almost
invariably, one selection yields some small improvement in the subjective reaction to the
performance of the product under development. Less often, even a single such change
can result in a surprisingly large improvement.
Multiply those various improvements by the dozens or even hundreds of such decisions
that must be made before the product can be finalized for production, and you have a
remarkable improvement, indeed – all based on careful listening tests, which we view as
a necessary complement to the solid engineering you might rightly expect from Classé.