Way back yonder in the 80's and 90's I was playing bass in a band full time. The PA had 8 Crown DC300 power amps. They ran clean and with no problems for decades. Crown is the industry standard. The best amps made.
Great video. I would love to see a video on creating the 12 volt trigger as I have two of these to run two subs. Also, I have the same tray table but I think everybody does.
I have couple of the Crown 2502's. I can max the volume without pushing a signal to the amp... I only hear a slight hiss with my ear almost against the tweeter. Not enough that you could even hear in a dead silent room. I have had vintage audio equipment of pristine status that was on par with the Crowns. My speakers sensitivity are 98db SPL too. I have owned quite a bit of high end gear. The Crown's can hold their own. For the money, they can't be beat for power, efficiency and features. Not yet... The Crowns match very well with the Emotiva PT-100 (which has a decent DAC built in, or use of a different good DAC (Aune X8 Magic DAC, JDS Labs EL DAC II, The ES9038Q2M SABRE32 Reference DAC, AK4490 - AK4499 etc.) and also using tubes as a buffer, if you want a fuller bodied richer sound. I would use good quality JBL or Klipsch speakers at least. People can get Audiophile grade gear on the cheap these days!!! What can be had for $5,000 today, would have cost you $50,000 or more 20yrs ago. Think about it...
The Crown has a ADC/ DAC from the 90's which has only a measly 48Khz sample rate - and you can't hear the sound is being totally strangled... ?? ....and you recommend feed it with a AK4499 @ 768Khz... LMAO
I said...or use of a different good DAC. Do what you want or feel is best for YOU. Have you tried this amp using different dac's? How would you know what it sounds like?
@@fx-studio I recommend you check out " Z Reviews "here on youtube....He practices what he preaches. He is reputable. He is honest and practicle.....with OCD. Look at his hardware and what he uses. He reviews high end hifi audio hardware. Check out his rig. He uses 3 Crown amps in his main system.
I have the XLS2502s and loved them until I took a chance abd bought the Crown XLI2500 power amplifier. There was a huge jump in musicality and I'm hooked on Class AB for life...just my 2 cents...
I have the xls 1000 old model and I always wondered why the xls 1000/1002 is 1100 watts in 4 ohms bridged but the 2500/2502 is 2400 watts both off by 100
I have 2 of thease but how I bi amp is a split XLR y jack (1 into 2 ) with another split XLR y jack (1 INTO 2) JOINED TO THE 1ST XLR Y JACK from the left signal output of an eq or other signal source (mixer etc) so that turns 1 output into 3 but only 2 is needed to bi amp you will have an extra XLR out aux (do the same for the right side then of course plug 2 of the 3 left XLR output Jacks into the left line in 1 to each amp and same for the right
Thanks for the video. Could you talk a bit more about the crossovers? Are you connecting these to speakers with a passive crossover and if so do you set them on the amp as well to not have it waste energy on producing a signal that wont be used by the speaker anyway.
Well, of course you may connect these speakers with a passive crossover. But you don't have to. With the activated crossover function (Crown) you are connect directly to the membran (speaker). That's the way I connected the 2 subwoofers in my hometheater. With another 2x Crown: are connected the huge Infinity Kappa monster in bi-wiring mode. Even they have a passive crossover built inside, it sounds incredible!
@BrianRiotHobbies hey, I know it's been a while but can you still share the 12v trigger mod? Inquiring minds would like to know, thanks! Great video though, lots of info, no interference from background music👍
Please hook up these amp in your home theater . and tell us what you experienced with these crown amps in term of sound quality. Or any distortion. Will wait. Thank you
I connected this for my broken amp of my sub. The problem is my sub amp had adjustable phase and this doesn’t have. I used to get deeper bass at 60 degree and I’m looking for solution for right bass for my home. :(
Does the amp save the settings after you turn it off, or you’ve to do the setting every time you are setting up the PA system? I’ve this amp, and I plan to use it to run my two subs, Peavey 118, 400 watts, 8 ohms. Is it good to run those two? And how do I set the inbuilt crossover to get the desired Bass volume?
Already bought one coming this Friday. Best price on Amazon using Prime for free shipping to Hawaii. Almost bought an Mc Intosh MC-462 for $6000.00 glad I didn't.
Hola buenas yo tengo un marantz Sr 6014 y los altavoces son Sonus Faber Principia 7 que modelo de Etapa Crown de la serie xls recomendáis? un saludo des de Madrid
You gave me the exact information that I needed. Im gonna do the biamp setup like you. I need amps because my power hungery towers keep putting my receiver into protect. They are the polk rti A9 rated at 500watts rms so no receiver can really make these speakers happy. Do you think I should get 2 of these or maybe 2 of the 1502? Thanks for the help man
I went for the 2502 just so I would have lots of head room or maybe someday repurpose them as subwoofer amplifiers. You would do well with the 2002 but can't go wrong with the 2502.
@@BrianRiotHobbies ya ill get 2 of the 2502s. I already have an xli3500 on my subs. Or I could buy one of these and run the tweets on the receiver. Tough decisions 🤔
Dam my amp weighs 40 plus pounds and only 300 watts at 4ohm per channel I have a small room and it sounds great but I want more power what are some good speakers for this amp I gotta get it
Hey Brian, I’m looking for an amp to hook up to the back of my av receiver pre outs, to power 2 crewing Vega xls215s they are rated 500w max 250 rms will this work in that kind of setup or will I need other components? Or should I look for a different preamp. any suggestions will be appreciated thanks.
Xls215 are 250rms 500peak dont worrie bout the peak power..i think xls215 can run on 4ohms or 8ohms if i can remember.check cerwinvegas site they have all specs on there models.
Nonsense, a PWM is always analog technology on the two switching transistors! Only the DSP of the switch should be digital here. Has anyone ever looked inside the empty tin box? That would have easily fit into one height unit, even with 4 channels! How it looks, everything is spit with glue. There are parts in it for a maximum of 50 €. I never spend so much money on this shit !!! With Class D you can only use 3/4 of the power - especially with the half-bridge circuit used here and this joke of a power supply! No bass comes out of that !! The crossover is useless because there is no adjustable delay! This sheet metal cube has absolutely nothing to do with sound! Crown should be ashamed!
You have that backwards good sir. pro audio line level signals can even be higher than 1.4v at times and consumer grade can be lower than .775v at times. You want to make sure the amps sensitivity matches your equipment or you will not get the full power out of it. This is an awesome feature that Crown built into this amplifier so that it can be paired with consumer-level equipment such as my Marantz receiver which is consumer-level. If I were to leave this amplifier in its 1.4 Volt Pro setting you will be getting around half the power the amplifier is actually capable of. I hope this helps.
I know what i am talking about, i own an xls1502, an macrotech 1200 and a bose 1500 amplifiers, and all of them are set for .775v so dont try to lecture me about pro audio because you are wrong
@@toniradolovic I mean no disrespect but check the bottom of page 10 of the owners manual on the crown website where it states. "The INPUT SENSITIVITY feature enables the playback from sources with inherently low output levels to drive the amplifier to full power by selecting ".775 - HIGH." It is recommended that this remain set at the default NORMAL setting for all other audio sources to provide optimal system performance. The HIGH setting is often used with source devices that use RCA connections.
According to my experience: Brian is right! Using the Chinch input with a cable - let's say from a Denon 8500H - you need to set to .775 Volt (otherwise the speakers work not so loud) for a harmonyc audio environment.
@@karlkuhlschrank3046 nope you are wrong, those hhome theater amp have higher output signal voltage then pro audio equipment...so pro equipment has signual output under 1.0v and home theater has signal output voltage closer to 1.4v or even higher than that
