SSL 2 and 2+ £180 & £240
Solid State Logic’s large-format mixing consoles grace some of the world’s finest pre- and post-production, audio, video and broadcast studios, including Abbey Road, Real World and Westlake. These monsters can come with mortgage-sized price tags but, in recent years, SSL has taken the knowledge that goes into these ultra-high-end consoles and applied it to more compact and affordable products and rack gear aimed at smaller studios and semi-pro setups.
The SSL 2 and SSL 2+ USB audio interfaces, then, are something of a departure for the company. They’re aimed at the home and project-studio level of the market, where they’re up against an ever-growing crop of diminutive interfaces that boast similar functionality and capabilities (this likeness is due to most being based on the same core chipset, albeit with implementation-specific additions and modifications). The question is: is this just a strong brand badge slapped on a few
