Posted by Chris R. [ 24.7.128.67 ] on December 19, 2003 at 21:46:12:
Hi Folks,
I'm 1/2-heartedly shopping for a power amp and looking pretty
closely at the Crown amps from PE, specifically the CE1000. From
reading the specs, is seems that even Crown is moving away from the
FTC requirements of specing power, distortion, etc. at 20-20KHz.
The only amps that have these sorts of specs are the Studio I and II
which cost an arm and a leg. Same deal with HT amps. They all
seem to be rated at 100W/ch X 5 channels or more, but if you check
the back by the power cord, they claim a max 375W input. Have they
discovered cold fusion in the form of an audio amp? :^)
I doubt it. So back to the original question, are the Crown CE amps
at least decent? Quiet? It *has* to be quieter than the 100W Klipsch plate amp I'm using now. Any other relative bargins in
power amps around? QSC seems to get good comments. Which series?
Thx, Chris