SSL 2+ 5-stars Reviews

Great Interface

Does exactly what its suppose to. Sounds great to.

Best A/I for under £300.

Absolutely brilliant interface. Preamps are crystal clear and unit has more than enough gain on board. Especially for those quite SM7B's

Neat little audio interface

After about a month of use, I really struggle to point out something that I find difficult to live with, considering how much it costs for the results it gives. Having the controls on the top is more convenient for my use case, since I have instant view of the state of it at a glance, and don't have to kneel down to look at tiny screens and fiddle with menus, or try to figure what's the level on a knob with a diameter of a toothpick on the front instead of the top of the device. Which brings me to the lack of the software mixer, which may be a deal-breaker for some, but to me is a convenience since you do all the routing on the hardware itself and don't need to dial anything with mouse and keyboard on a monitor, except the buffer size on the audio driver. 2 permanent licenses for Pro-level SSL plug-ins, plus 8 others for 6 months trial is a deal on it's own, plus the rest of the software bundle that comes with registering it online.

Pros:

To me, being bus powered was my number 1 goal towards portability and my intent to use it. Preamps sound very honest, 4K button gives that hint of 'air' in the microphone, and any signal coming through it. Also having 2 separate headphone outputs is an extra that you'll appreciate greatly when you really need it. I've run 2 pairs of 250 ohm headphones simultaneously, and it is more than capable of driving them at more than adequate volume levels. 2 sets of RCA and 1/4 jacks outputs is welcomed too for flexible monitoring. Knobs feel solid, and the big one literally goes to 11, LOL.

'Cons':

It's fairly well put together in general, only maybe the 4K and +48v/line/hi-z buttons feel a bit wobbly on touch, but I've seen much much worse build devices that cost 5-6 time than this one. 10dB jump VU meters is not hugely informative for precise levelling of coarse, but I kinda see it more as a sort of a visual resemblance from other SSL products, but it's definitely a way to guide you if your input signal is clipping or coming in too quiet.

In overall, it does what it says on the tin very effortlessly and leaves you smiling, with some spared cash in your pocket. You'll be hard pushed to not like it in this price range.

SSl 2+

It's a real good audio interface for the price you pay.

After a month I am still happy with it.

Also, the vst plugins you get with it are great.

The only downside is the one trs jack output.

Before I forget the 4K add a high-end sound to your microphone. Its sounds ok with better microphones.

Low Cost - High quality Interface

I am very pleased, it's just a basic interface with 2 inputs, but it does it's job and has a very low signal to noise ration. It's enough to drive my Shure SM7B, and the "4k" button makes the SM7B sound much brighter then usually. The Headphones amps are sounding very good and can drive 250 Ohms Headphones with 30% Gain. The knobs look way less good then how they feel. They sit tight don't feel cheap. The big knob for the speakers comes in handy as well.

Overall a good interface for a good price! Would recommend.

Great usb audio card with high quality sound

I would have loved to have 4 inputs, so that I could plugin and input 2 mic channels and one stereo pair of my synthesizers, but actually, but for the same money I prefer higher quality of sound rather than multiple inputs or features. So this is 2 channels only, but the features are abundant. The visual meters showing the level of signal are godsent and I wouldnt want a card without it. The two independent headphones out are also godsent and there is an extra monitor too. Great card!I already made some recordings with it, using the mic preamps, and using a dynamic and also a condenser microphone, very happy with the quality! As soon as SSL will come up with a 4+, I will buy it immediately too... :) Skvělá audio karta!

Sounds great, especially at this price point!

The SSL 2+ is a fantastic sounding, well performing audio interface with high quality components.

Incredible sounding preamps.

Easy to use plug and play design.

Low latency.

Competitive price.

I highly recommend this piece of gear!

The perfect upgrade

I purchased my first audio interface, the Yamaha AG06 five years ago. After accumulating various outboard analog equipment, and developing a deeper understanding of sound engineering, I decided to finally upgrade to a newer interface which would give me more possibilities than what I was used to.

I was about to buy the MOTU M4 because of it's amazing specs, but then the SSL 2+ was introduced. On paper - the MOTU M4 has better specs, but when considering the software that comes with the SSL 2+, I couldn't pass up on it.

I recently bought the SSL SIX and so thought that this was the logical decision to compliment it.

Having two headphone outs, two clean preamps, real analog circuit when the 4k switch is engaged, two phantom power switches, multiple outputs, zero latency monitoring and the big nob that goes to 11 makes this a nice feature packed product.

I like the design, it feels sturdy, and it comforts me to know that the analog to digital converters are of top quality.

At this price point, I do not think you can go wrong. It will be another 5 years before I get my next interface.