My first amp was a Soundcraftsman PCR 800 which I purchased back in 1982 from Crazy Eddie's (anyone from the N.Y N.J area should be quite familiar with Crazy Eddie's)and was built to handle loads down to 2 ohms with no difficulty and you could actually bridge two of them together with an external adapter for 400 wpc. It has mosfets and actually sounds quite good, almost tube like although it does have a fairly good size fan which could be a little noisy but I never found it be offensive. I still have the amp and the original pre I used with it, a NAD 1020B which I'm currently using right now while my other Pre is being repaired and actually doesn't sound half bad
Soundcraftsman amps anyone????
I used to have their 5002 class H amp. 250 watts. Never ran hot. Reliable. Had a mod done in 91 or 92. Was much smoother and cleaner after that. I regret I sold it here in 2006. There are very few Soundcraftsman sold here or on ebay. Maybe it was a small company that did not turn out many units. I drove a pair of hard to drive OHM I speakers (rated at 1000 watts max) with ease. Anyone want to comment about hierarchy in the 80's audio chain, as compared to Nikko, Adcom, Hafler, Heathkit, Rotel etc.?? I had a Nikko alpha 220 (120 watts) and the Soundcraftsman was clearer and smoother.
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