I have some Crown XLS 1502's, and I am very happy with them. They replaced some 250 Watt Monoblocks that had toroidal transformer noise on one, and although they were quite nice in sound, they did not have the detail, the imaging stability, the sound staging, nor the tonal quality of the Crowns.
In all the forums, people like to push their own statistics, opinions . . . whatever, but it comes down to what is pleasing to your own ears. The first time I heard the Crowns were at a gentleman's house, who had the resources for any type of amps, speakers, etc. he wanted . . . and he had his speakers using the Crowns in an active system . . . and he was very well pleased.
This is not about pleasing everyone out there, unless you are in business to do so . . . then you will use all the propaganda, statistics, and advertising hype to sell your product; however, if you are the consumer -- in actuality, who are you buying the equipment for . . . to please you or the public; to make a statement of your status in life by the money you spend . . . or sitting down and caring less about the opinions of others, as you sit back and enjoy the fruit of your labors and the sweet sound of your favorite music.