If you read it online it must be true.... :mrclunk said:I used to buy Crown's but i've read (online) that they're new stuff isn't very well built..
Where should i be looking?
Only need 200W ish per channel.
Any one heard of a company called Citronic?
thanks
Brian Roth said:I know a few studios using Bryston amps and are very pleased. Those amps also have a 20 year warrenty.
Bri
and at least a few more brands. Peavey was making class D amps before I went to work there in the mid 80s.abbey road d enfer said:Market for power amps has shifted to high-power class D for sound reinforcement. Big players today are Powersoft, Lab Gruppen, Crown.
Powered cabinets are also gaining popularity for live sound reinforcement. KISSStudio is marginal. Almost everybody uses amplified boxes today.
Thankfully they are not like the old DC300s. DC coupled power amps are not good around speakers. :-[ Crown did a later series (CE1000/2000) that just about lifted the DC300 topology verbatim. At least they lost the DC coupling in the remake.Mid-power amps can still be found in installation products. Powersoft have their range of Duecanali. Smallest is 2x400W @8ohms.
For budget, you have Crown XLi, Behringer, QSC and a number of distributor's brands (T-amp). They are certainly not built like the DC300's were. Today they are more like commodities. Face the fact: your new amp may not last 20 years.
Indeed, but (at least on our side of the ocean) they are the most seen.JohnRoberts said:and at least a few more brands.
Indeed, class D is not born yesterday, but a quantum leap happened not too long ago when digital modulators appeared in them, along with the performance improvements of power devices.Peavey was making class D amps before I went to work there in the mid 80s.
Not so much in high-power systems than mid/small size. The main constraint is the weight limit of rigging points. Even if amplifiers have enjoyed drastic weight reduction, it is still beneficial in terms of weight to have them separate. It'll probably change one day.Powered cabinets are also gaining popularity for live sound reinforcement.
Unfortunately I got to watch the progression of class D advancement play out over decades in painfully slow motion. Way too slow to deliver on the promised benefits of class D (lighter weight and most importantly cheaper) last century when I was tasked with selling them.abbey road d enfer said:Indeed, but (at least on our side of the ocean) they are the most seen.
Indeed, class D is not born yesterday, but a quantum leap happened not too long ago when digital modulators appeared in them, along with the performance improvements of power devices.
IIRC the OP is talking about a music room system for students, a modest powered cabinet may not be crazy, and harder for the students to kill.Not so much in high-power systems than mid/small size. The main constraint is the weight limit of rigging points. Even if amplifiers have enjoyed drastic weight reduction, it is still beneficial in terms of weight to have them separate. It'll probably change one day.
To my knowledge, Meyer sound is the only major proponent.
JohnRoberts said:Powered cabinets are also gaining popularity for live sound reinforcement.
abbey road d enfer said:Market for power amps has shifted to high-power class D for sound reinforcement. Big players today are Powersoft, Lab Gruppen, Crown.
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