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Oh, No the avatar will have no influence on my decision. I've owned Crown equipment since the 80's. I still use a Crown straight line two preamp
If any of us are having trouble driving our XLS amp because of low output gain from a preamp, source, or receiver. Home Theater Direct makes an adjustable line level gain boost ($35.00) up to +12db, and it uses 12v dc for power.http://www.htd.com/Products/line-level-gain-boosters/LGB-1 Chris
Zak should also try his Crown amp with his main speakers while using the high pass crossover, trying different settings according to his subs and the other Crown. That might make a bigger difference than running them in monos. One amp I tried that with had an improvement at least 20%.Jack, if you have time, you can try that also.
I'm wondering if anybody will notice the fan on the XLS. When I had just one running in stereo for a full range setup I never really knew the fan was even on. Now that I have two running bridge mono, the only time I notice the fans is when it's late at night and I turn the volume all the way down on the preamp. So they do make noise,when their both running at the same time but under normal circumstances with music playing its a non issue for me.Others may be more sensitive than me though. I did open one and disconnected the fan and noticed after a while the top was warm to the touch and the led lights on the front were lit up red which according to the manual means either its clipping or thermal compression is beginning. So the fans are doing their job.
Try cutting air supply holes on the top like on a regular amplifier. I would want to disconnect the fan but you need more ventilation. Or take the top right off
That's an idea! But like I said the fan noise to me is not much of an issue, but cutting some holes on top would be pretty easy to to do to find out if it works.I had some carpenters I know get me some two inch maples blocks to put under each XLS 1500 I have and at first thought it sounded too dead. But after some adjustments it's sounding better than ever.The 3d, detailed, clear as day presentation is really impressive. And like ZAKski288 mentioned before the performance at low volume levels is great as well with drums still having that kick and punch while not losing any detail in the rest of the instruments and vocals.Hey DaveC113, can you describe you're setup again and what SET you were comparing the crown to? I'm going to assume you were using your cables with crown, which is what I'm doing. The ZenWave speaker cables and interconnects seem like a perfect match with the crown. I look forward to firing up the system everyday now.
I know I wanted to upgrade my audio rack. There is a guy close that is selling old bowling lane sections, 2 1/2" thick maple or yellow pine. I'm going to have to check it out.
Try with the lid off first. With the lid off and you still see red, cutting holes will be pointless.
This will be a real dumb question but I have to ask.Will taking the top off of gear and defeating the fan be the same as leaving the top on and fan running?I have a couple of Tripp Lite double conversion UPS's that make a lot of fan noise and taking the top off is a very attractive option for me. I have them in another room and run a Romex "extension cord" to an outlet that I plug my gear into. I would like to put them closer to the gear they are protecting. Chris
Another question,In an earlier thread it was written that the XLS amps have their own internal power conditioning. Does this make using a power conditioner obsolete with the XLS's?Can they be plugged directly into the wall and sound the same as if additional conditioning were used?Chris
Will taking the top off of gear and defeating the fan be the same as leaving the top on and fan running?