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In Reply to: Another Crown experiment posted by E-Stat on March 28, 2016 at 18:07:49:
I think the pair retailed for about $3000 which was a very high end price in the early 70s. I had to have them so put my hard-earned summer job money down. I used them with Infinity 2000As first, and then Magneplanar T-1Ds.
Beautiful to behold with vanishing low distortion, .05% or less. Early op amp front ends coupled with gobs of NFB produced sounds like nails on a chalk board. Was especially awful with the very rare Crown ES 212 & 224 speakers that might have sounded decent given a chance.
The worst audio purchase I made in 45 years!
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