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RE: Pro Gear power amps

Posted by Inmate51 on September 23, 2014 at 04:03:00

In Reply to: Pro Gear power amps posted by bonzo on September 22, 2014 at 14:05:32:

You might be on to something. On the other hand, pro audio amps are often designed with different criteria in mind. The most reliable ones won't fart if you accidentally drive it into a 2 ohm load at full power. But that's often at the expense of "hi-fi" sound quality. Can y'all say "global negative feedback"? ;)

However, unlike what another poster wrote, you don't always get what you pay for (especially in the hi-fi world). Does a $10,000 amp with a cool-looking faceplate and a blue meter sound better, or just different, or neither, than a $1,000 amp? Asthetics - visual appeal - has a lot to do with price. I think you get that.

I say you should continue to explore your idea. But, as always, LISTEN to them, preferably with a good source and good speakers. Then, YOU be the judge. After all, the amp is for YOU. Don't be sucked into the myth that more expensive automatically means "better", unless you're insecure. To paraphrase my grandfather: "An amp by any other name is still an amp". :)

To your list, add Yamaha. Offhand, I don't know if Crest is still around, but they also used to make some good pro amps.

The problem with considering pro amps for hi-fi use is that they aren't ever publicly put into a home hi-fi system for auditioning or for review. So, you really have to do your own homework. I'm familiar with QSC and Yamaha in sound reinforcement settings, and they're great (even though the sound guy was clueless). But I've never heard them in a home hi-fi. See what I'm sayin'?

Marketing is a fascinating world. Advertise in one arena, and that's where your business will come from. Advertise in a different arena, and that's where your business will come from.

I don't know about Crown's current (hehe, "current", get it?) offerings, but their vintage stuff like the DC300A and their next gen stuff is not hi-fi material.

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