Archaea
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I like Crown amps, and I like the fact that based on my knowledge of them and the instances I've seen them in use, I expect they'll still be working in 20 years. My church has Crown amps that look like they were from the 1980's and they just kick on every Sunday without excuse.
I also like the idea that in real world testing we couldn't tell the difference between this Crown XLS 1502 and a Benchmark AHB2 when using a Marantz 8805 as a pre-pro in real world testing. We tested this 1502 amp, the Benchmark AHB2, a Behringer A800, and an old Halfer model, and darned if any of us could tell the difference. The Crown's fan never came on during our testing with a four ohm, low sensitivity Martin Logan Renaissance electrostatic panel.
What's not to like? Crown makes a great product.
Here's a link for anyone interested.
https://www.avsforum.com/threads/ka...e-night-events.1496367/page-450#post-60198218
post 8989.
I also like the idea that in real world testing we couldn't tell the difference between this Crown XLS 1502 and a Benchmark AHB2 when using a Marantz 8805 as a pre-pro in real world testing. We tested this 1502 amp, the Benchmark AHB2, a Behringer A800, and an old Halfer model, and darned if any of us could tell the difference. The Crown's fan never came on during our testing with a four ohm, low sensitivity Martin Logan Renaissance electrostatic panel.
What's not to like? Crown makes a great product.
Here's a link for anyone interested.
https://www.avsforum.com/threads/ka...e-night-events.1496367/page-450#post-60198218
post 8989.
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