GasMan Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 We need to upgrade our PA amp (using an old guitar amp at the moment).We are a small and impoverished Am Dram group and have Peavey ST-12 speakers.Sound Control have the Crown XS700 amp reduced from £850 to £249 and the XS900 from £999 to £299 This looks like a bargain to me but does anyone have any experience with these amps and which if any would you recomend? Many thanks for your help JOhn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundo26 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Crown are in the top end of the market and that sounds like a very good price to me!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Beech Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Certainly does. Whilst these are a budget range, they should still be backed up by the full warranty which I believe is 3 years on all products. I've not used these particular models though I can say very good things about the slightly more expensive XTI range of lightweight amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirch Sound Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Again, like rob, I have not used this range of amps, however I now own an I-tech 4000 amp and love it to bits. I have not herd a bad word against crown and, especialy at that sort of price, you carnt go wrong. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakkyboi Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 hey,we've got a crown amp in our school, Very good quality, but I dont know if this applies to all of the amps but our one seems to sound like an air craft taking off now and then when the fan starts, but I cant remember which amp we've got, but dont know if it happens to all of the amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
live Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I've got some Amcron Amp's that are approaching 15 years old and are as reliable as a 5 pound hooker!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliveybaby Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I often supply the smaller XS range to power delay fills and stuffseem very reliable so far and great for the money cliveybaby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil dekked Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 The XS series are re-badged C-Audio pulse series. Initially the Pulses had an inherent design fault but that was cured and IMO they are one of the finest sounding mid-top amps out there? Crown took the design and shed some of the extras ( card limiters, networking etc ) but it`s the same pcb and layout. Not too great on sub duty but better than most. Brit Row have racks of `em for monitors. xs700`s and xs1200`s. Lightweight , reliable down to 2 ohms and for that money a bargain! .p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackrose Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 im a harman pro deller and I have never ever had any problems with crown amps. never had a complaint at all so much so we use them on our own gigs and they are always good(I would however recomend the XTi amps but they do cost more) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avdavesound Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I'd stay away from the xti range for a while until they sort out the ribbon cable and a few other glitches.I have 10 of the xti range and they have me broke up! its at a point now I can't hire them out anymore. just not reliable!cutting in and out, volume spikes and drops, Time and Money! .just check the crown forums!I was mixing monitors a few months ago and during sound check I had 12 mixes, And slowly mixes started to come and go, and up and down in volume. the Band :D where looking at me saying whats this F**king W**ker at. and out of frustration :D :D I kicked the amp rack so hard I nearly broke my toes. but guess what I got all the mixes back except 1. but I had a spare amp so all was good. the main problems with them is the ribbon cable and the front LCD panel. pop the hood and take out the ribbon cable and re-terminate and then when your putting it back make sure you cable tie it down! the I-techs have there own set of problems which I won't go into!! but what an amp when they do work the sound quality difference between the xti and I techs is huge! so is the price. I've nothing against crown I think there the most reliable amp apart from the xti and I tech range. but its only a matter of time before they have all these problems fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Beech Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I'll look forward to mine developing this fault then.............................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avdavesound Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I'll look forward to mine developing this fault then..............................if you have them only 2 or 3 months you might be safe because I think they have a few of the problems sorted. mine are just over a year old. but still I recommend cable tie down the ribbon cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinE Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I reckon Crown's great reputation was built on the Macrotech amps (MA series) and their lighter duty Microtechs. These are the ones to strive for I would say..if you can afford them. http://www.prodjaudio.com/images/ma5002-l.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Beech Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I got the first batch in December, and will be buying the next batch in the next couple of weeks. I'll keep an eye out.I also know that the ones I got hadn't been stuck on the shelves for months either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GasMan Posted March 3, 2008 Author Share Posted March 3, 2008 Sound Control have the Crown XS700 amp reduced from £850 to £249 Thanks for all your adviceI got an XS700 on Friday and so far am very impressed. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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