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HIGH

E]IID

CLASSE CT-SSP SURROUND PROCESSOR

AND

CT-5300

AMPLIFIER

qA$I

C-5t00

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Five

channels

driven continuouslv into

8-ohm

loads:

0.10/o distortion at 292.9 watts

1o?b

distortion at 322.1 watts

Frequency response

RCA input:

-0.03

dB at 10 Hz

-0.00

dB at 20 Hz

-0.03

dB at 20 kHz

-2.63

dB at 50 kHz

Frequency response

XLR input:

-0.03

10 Hz

+0.00

at 20 Hz

-0.01

20 kHz

-2.53

dB at 50 kHz

his

graph

shows that

the o-5300t left

amplifier channel, with two

channels drivino 8-ohm

loadl reaches

0.1

percent

distortion

at 390.2 watts and t

percent

distortion at 434.8 watts. Into 4

ohms.

the

amplifier consistently engages

Drotection

at 190.0 watts and

cannot

be driven further. An input level

102.1 millivolts was required

produce

an output of 2.83 volts into

an 8-ohm load indicating

an overall

gain

+28.87

decibels

using

the RCA

input. When using the XLR

input, a

level

of 101.8 millivolts was required

produce

an output of 2.83 volts into

an 8-ohm load, indicating an

overall

gain

+28.90

d8.

THD+N

from the amolifier was

les

than 0.023

percent

kilohertz

when driving 2.83 volts into

8-ohm

load

using the RCA input.

When using the XtR input

under the

same

conditiont

THD+N

was

less than

0.003

percent.

crosstalk

kHz dfiving 2.83

volts into

an 8-ohm load was

-91.28

left

to right and

-90.88

dB right to left using

the RCA

inputs

and

-108.76

left to right

and

-107.35

right to left

using

the

XLR

inputs.

The

signal-to-noise ratio with "A"

weighting was

-110.62

dBrA using

the RCA

input and

-1

1 1.02 using the

XLR

input.-ilJP

good.

The CT-SSP gets some

amazing palpability in

the

bowling-alley concert, where

the

lead

guitarist's

Telecaster is

particularly

full of bite.

The

CT-5300 exhibits that

jump

factor

that's

all too

hard

to come by and

makes scenes come alive. In the

case of

Crazy

Hearf, it makes you

feel like

you're

that bar or that

stadium, watching

that concert.

It's not

just

the macrodyramics of

a concert setting where the Class6

system excels, but the micrody-

namics exposed in the subtle

incidental instrumental music

used when Bad travels

his next

gig.

With the Class6,

it's

all

very

intimate.

I teeYou

I didnt get to se e Avatar in a

cinema when it was released

theatrically, but the

Class6

system

certainly

gave me

a sense of the

first-run experience. I was

completely entranced for the

length

(and

do mean length) of

the movie, and the DTS-HD

Master Audio

soundtrack was

just

as wonderfi.rl as the picture. The

first helicopter recon mission

proved

the system's

power

and

0.@2

0.@t

0.m5

o.@2

0.m1

agility. The foreign sounds

Pandora's

jungle

and

fake

Sully's

breathing, as

well

as the distant

conversation of his group

members, were vividly real and

resolute. The celestial orchestra-

tion

Sully's

first

encounter with

Neytiri was

enough to

give me

goose

bumps.

There's no

denying

audio's role in cinema.

Theres also no denying that if

you want the very best, you need

to seek

out the Classd CT-SSP

surround

processor

and CT-5300

amplifi er.

Classd-defi

nitely not

dismissed.

Clilid Audio

1 4) 636-6384

classeaudio.com

Dealer

Locator

Code CLS

permanently

changing the

configrrration. Those

qpes

on-the-fly

changes only affect

the source youte using and only

until you switch sources. Ifyou

then bring up the volume level

ofthe surround

channels,

you

might

discover that there is in

fact a lot of information

in those

channels, but it's

seriously down

in level. This

maybe what the

production

crew intended, but

I'm not a purist when it

comes

to home theater. It's

all about

the fun.

I love

movies that show

snippets in the lives of

fictional

musicians, like Prlre

Countryfrom 1992. It's not a

great

movie,

to be sure, but

when

George Strait takes the

stage, the

sound blows you

away, even if it is

onJy Dolby

Digital

5.1. Now it's

Jeff

Bridges'

turn in Crazy Heart,

a movie that borders

on,

well,

no it

ls depressing

(and

watching

him smoke

just

about made my

lungs

collapse). But when you

finally get

some music, its all

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