Members alby Posted January 25, 2007 Members Share Posted January 25, 2007 No this is not a thread for an old amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GCDEF Posted January 25, 2007 Members Share Posted January 25, 2007 Other than lack of remote control, I don't see a problem. I use a Samson SX-1800 to power the audio in my studio. Works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Black Frog Posted January 25, 2007 Members Share Posted January 25, 2007 I use a Crown K2 for home use. In fact, that is the specific purpose of why I bought that amp. No fan, lots of power, sounds great, decent resale value. I use it with a nice home theater preamp with XLR outputs, so I have my remote volume from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dboomer Posted January 25, 2007 Members Share Posted January 25, 2007 PA amps should be fine for home use. Sound "quality" won't be a factor. OTOH ... Fan noise and input sensitivity will need to be considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted January 25, 2007 Members Share Posted January 25, 2007 The USA-900 shouldn't be a problem, but the fan may be a little noisy. You will have to try it out. It defaults on slow speed so it may be ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DunedinDoug Posted January 25, 2007 Members Share Posted January 25, 2007 I encountered something similar (or opposite?). At one time, prior to my involvement, my church's sound system consisted of a Sony TA-N77ES power amp driving a pair of JBL 4312 Control Monitors. This Sony amp is a nice audiophile amp rated at 200w RMS into 2X8ohm. We've upgraded a number of times and I found this old equipment stored away. The amp still works (cool meters!) and the speakers are really fine. I'll probably throw the works on Ebay eventually. I can just about figure how the church purchased the speakers. They come with some heavy-duty ball-and-socket brackets for mounting on the wall. That would have been handy for the church back in the eighties. How they got paired with that Sony amp is anyone's guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alby Posted January 25, 2007 Author Members Share Posted January 25, 2007 Thanks very much guys! I had a Phase Linear Dual 500 Mark II that would have been a hoot for home use, but sadly I sold it years ago. That unit was the largest amp Phase Linear ever made and it was IIRC essentially two separate amps of an honest 500 Watts each into 8 ohms. Even if you had it on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimmyP Posted January 26, 2007 Members Share Posted January 26, 2007 I've not tried any QSC amps in a home scenario, but have tried the CE4000, K2, K1, MicroTech 1200, and Mackie 1400. The K1 sounded best by a fair margin. But as a hi-fi amp it was not good at all, being easily bested by an old Hafler 500, which is decent, but not great. I can't imagine living with something like a K2 in my hi-fi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members W. M. Hellinger Posted January 26, 2007 Members Share Posted January 26, 2007 Well... I kind-of take the opposite approach: A new to me amp, I hook it up to the shop/warehouse sound system and pound it for a week or so (24-7)BEFORE racking it up in the SR rig. I figure it can crap out here in the shop and nobody's none to the wiser 'cept the shop crew. If it craps out at a gig... well... I figure I'm not getting paid to field test equipment at a paying gig... I don't suspose the clinent figures as much either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alby Posted January 26, 2007 Author Members Share Posted January 26, 2007 I've not tried any QSC amps in a home scenario, but have tried the CE4000, K2, K1, MicroTech 1200, and Mackie 1400. The K1 sounded best by a fair margin. But as a hi-fi amp it was not good at all, being easily bested by an old Hafler 500, which is decent, but not great. I can't imagine living with something like a K2 in my hi-fi.In what way were some of the amps inferior to the others in a home stereo setting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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