Super 8 Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 What do you folks like? Anybody have any comments about Carvin? Is Crown the best? Who makes crappy power amps? What sort of advice would you give a person in their selection of a power amp? Would you buy a power amp used? Also, does anybody have any opinions on the present situation which exists between the US and Iraq? Super 8 Hear my stuff here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip McDonald Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 PM series Carvins always seem prickly-bright. Macro/Micro Crowns seem a bit harsh, probably from a ridiculously high damping factor. Power series seemed blurry for monitoring. DC sound like old vintage hi-fi stuff. From what I've heard I think I want a Bryston if I could afford it. By the way, shut up. Guitar Lessons in Augusta Georgia: www.chipmcdonald.com Eccentric blog: https://chipmcdonaldblog.blogspot.com/ / "big ass windbag" - Bruce Swedien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneKnife Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 Hafler's been beddy beddy good.... to me. "We are the Federales... You know, the Mounted Police..." ---"If you're the police, where are your badges?" "Bodges?..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
where02190 Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 Power amps for what application? FOH, montiros, onstage rig, studio monitors? Hope this is helpful. NP Recording Studios Analog approach to digital recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thrashole Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 Depends on what you are using it for. For studio monitoring I like Mcintosh. They are built like tanks and sound beautiful. for P.A. use i like either crown or QSC. The PM series CARVER pro amps have some issues with the power supply when teying to push subs. If I was building a P.A. I would use either a QSC PLX series or a K series Crown. Reach out and grab a clue. Something Vicious My solo crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K. Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 For FOH, I use QSC PLX 3402's, which I feel are an excellent buy for the money. For my monitor system, I use Peavey CS800S for no other reason than they are there and they're reliable. I DO very much like the Crown Macrotechs and probably would have 'em if they weren't so dang expensive. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperial Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by Chip McDonald: [b]PM series Carvins always seem prickly-bright. Macro/Micro Crowns seem a bit harsh, probably from a ridiculously high damping factor. [/b][/quote]Explain how damping has anything to do with "harshness". There are too many variables that effect damping. The cable size/run, varying speaker imped w/frequency, etc. If you have harsh sound (whatever that is), it is because you have an amp with to great of output imped., and not enough back EMF to limit cone moevment. I have never heard any engineer complain about the damping of a Crown amp. I have heard Chris Pelonis and other studio system designers say that they are harsh on top. Damping is not a factor really at high frequencies. Some guys will use Crown on the low end and the a Chevin or a Manley on top. For live sound Crown MA5000's are standard, and will blow the crap out of any class H amp out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wewus432 Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 I doubt if Chip is going to respond to that since he posted his comment in February, and he hasn't posted on here at all in about 2 months. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frost Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 I have crest amps. they are expensive for what you get and they break all the time. I like the crown macrotech amps tho they are heavy and expensive. I use them for permanent installs. I love my QSC powerlite amps. They are under $1k, have a nice airy top (not bright or edgy, just airy) full mids and they even rum bridged at 4ohms for my subs just fine. I havent blown one up yet and they sound great. They also are very efficient so I blow fewer fuses in venues that dont know what kind of crappy ower they have. The lower end QSC amps are also good for the cash. If I were really strapped for $ I would find a used carver pm series which are tanks and sound great. Oh yeah, I seem to blow up mackie amps pretty easily too. :wave: Frost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not Cereal Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 amps dont have damper pedals. piano's have damper pedals. sheesh. anyway, my vote goes to crown ce2000. tough as nails, powerful, sounds great FOH who makes crappy amps? AUDIO CENTRON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITGITC Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 [img]http://www.bryston.ca/reviews/4b/cz_sil_iso.jpg[/img] [url=http://www.bryston.ca/reviews/4b/cz_audio.html]Bryston 4B-SST power amplifier [/url] [i]The Bryston 4B SST is something of a legend among audio amplifiers. As our most popular it has attained international status as an amplifier suitable for the finest and most sophisticated sound systems. Whatever the venue, be it a recording studio stage, a broadcast facility, a home theater installation, or a state-of-the-art stereo system, Bryston has continued to be the number one choice. The 4B SST is a pure dual mono design and offers 300 watts per channel into 8 ohms and 500 watts into 4 with over 1000 watts available in bridged mode. [/i] [b][i]YUMMY![/b][/i] Gas :cool: "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent." - Victor Hugo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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