Crown amps

Thnaks I'm going to give it a try. For the money I just can't see how I can go wrong.

Ok, I heard about this amp called Blue Ice by Technical hifi. I went to their website to have a look, and it seems to gone. I'm just curious who they are? I think I have settled on the Crown XTI-2000. It's a lot of amp for $700.00 bucks. Looks well built also. Has anyone here heard one?

Thanks for all the info. My Crown pre-amp has a maximum output of 12 volts, so driving any one of these things should not be a problem. What I may have to deal with is hum, but I figure if I keep my runs to 4 feet that shouln't be a problem either. If I were to get one I think I would go with the Crown XTI-2000. 475 watts into 8 ohms for $699.00. Everything I have read about there reliability has been great, I just have not read a lot about their sound quality. I liked the sound of the DC300a. If it sound like that I'll be happy. Has anyone heard one?

I'm going on my experience with their DC300a which by the way was also a touring amp. That is still one of the best amps I ever heard, and I have heard many including some tube amps. The more I look at some of these pro amps the more interesting they become. I live in Orlando and Disney World has an attraction called Philharmagic that is powered by Crown. The sound is absolutely top notch if your sitting in a good spot, four rows off the back wall center it's superb! I really am beginning to feel that these amps are one heck of a buy. Are they the best amp? No, but is the small difference in sound really worth all that money, probably not especially at 52 years old. I'm going to investigate these amps further, but I am finding it harder and harder to look back.

Well playing with the DSP is out for me seeing how I have Mac. The DSP really doesn't interest me though. The only reason's I'm going for the XTI, and not the XLS series is 1. proportional speed fans, 2. turn on transient muting, and three better looks. I really should check out that Carverpro zr 1600. Is Carver still making pro amps? What's the input sensitivity?

Well that sure is a wealth of info. It almost reminds me of those nightmare Bose hate agenda threads. Didn't mean to start a rant. Luckily I can take the amp home for a demo. If I like it I'll keep it, if not I'll just return it. I do have an Onkyo M504 amp sitting here to compare it with. Certainly not a great amp, but not the worst I ever heard either. That should give me some kind of reference. The M504 has a rubber low end, but the mids and highs are respectable. I wish I had some really good high end amp to compare it to, but I'm not that fortunate. I know there are real differences between amps I have heard them myself. I'm just curious what the difference between these Pro and even average consumer amps really are, because I have heard people say they can't hold a candle to an average consumer amp. I don't believe that right now. It's like some of these Bose 901 rants, people actually try and convince other people that $50.00 speakers sound better. Well I have heard both and that is just a plain Embarrassing comment. My speakers are the Polk LSI/25's.

I use to have a H/K Citation 12 years ago. It was a nice sounding amp. At one point I also had an H/K 2000, 930 receiver, and CDR26 c.d. recorder. They were all decent products. It's to bad H/K stopped making the Citation line of components, it would be interesting to see where they would have gone with it. I always had my eye on the Citation 16 I think it was 150/150 watts per channel. I'll have to see if I can find someone out here in Orlando who handles the Sampson line. I have also heard a lot of people saying good things about QSC.

The Xti Series damps out turn on transients. If Crown amps Hum, Hiss, and Crackled I don't understand how they could sell one. Can you elaborate on this.

Ellery911, You may be right. I just don't know that yet, and the only way to find out is to take home a demo which I plan to do next week. I think my LSI/25's are a decent speaker fully capable of revealing the difference's between two amps. The Crown Xti-series are digital at the inputs but analog at the outputs from what I understand. I really can't wait to try this amp if nothing else than to satisfy my own curiosity. Like I said if it's not to my liking, then away it goes. My backup plan is probably an Adcom. But if it is what I'm expecting then I'll walk away with one heck of a deal for $699.00. The fan won't be a big problem, I understand they hardly come on at all in a home setting.

Whoaru, What is your personal take on their sound quality?