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It looks like people have lost interest in this thread?
It looks like people have lost interest in this thread?Tommy,I found a box just big enough to put the original outside box inside. Do you still want me to ship it to you?Again, Thank you Tommy for making this happen, I enjoyed my time with the amp and was happy to get to try it in my system. You never know what something will sound like until you get to hear it in a familiar setting IMO.Take Care,Greg
Still interested and enjoying my Crown. I like reading how the amp performs in different systems.
I am still interested. I bought a couple of 1500s. Quite honestly, with the right preamp, they are excellent performers. They drive virtually any loudspeaker load. Are there better amps? Of course there are. But I have had some really expensive amps in my system fail to equal them. One thing for sure, the preamp source has a stronger influence on sound quality than most other amps. steve
Agreed, I find the preamp makes a huge difference with most class D amps. And possibly a trend that the XLS seems to perform best with more efficient / easy to drive speakers, which makes sense as most pro audio speakers tend to be very efficient.
I don't know I agree with the efficient speaker comment. My SP Tech Revelations demand some POWER. And IMO that is a big reason that the XLS works so well with them in my setup.
Cool, I've tried to draw some conclusions from this thread but maybe we don't have quite enough data to figure out exactly what speakers are a good match... It does seem like the more efficient speakers do well but others may too.
Rogue Perseus has worked well with the Crowns but I definitely have preferred Amperex tubes because of their ability to give a slightly warm presentation while keeping all the resolution.I have a passive pre coming hopefully tomorrow...not sure how it will mate but it's worth a try.
I tried a Tortuga passive, the first iteration in place of my Joule and the sound stage just went completely flat. It just didn't work with my Butler hybrid amp. My guess would be that the sound will be a bit sterile and lean but looking forward to your observations.