Crown amps

Well that sure is a wealth of info. It almost reminds me of those nightmare Bose hate agenda threads. Didn't mean to start a rant. Luckily I can take the amp home for a demo. If I like it I'll keep it, if not I'll just return it. I do have an Onkyo M504 amp sitting here to compare it with. Certainly not a great amp, but not the worst I ever heard either. That should give me some kind of reference. The M504 has a rubber low end, but the mids and highs are respectable. I wish I had some really good high end amp to compare it to, but I'm not that fortunate. I know there are real differences between amps I have heard them myself. I'm just curious what the difference between these Pro and even average consumer amps really are, because I have heard people say they can't hold a candle to an average consumer amp. I don't believe that right now. It's like some of these Bose 901 rants, people actually try and convince other people that $50.00 speakers sound better. Well I have heard both and that is just a plain Embarrassing comment. My speakers are the Polk LSI/25's.

Sampson Servo Pro amps are well regarded by some audiophiles if you insist on the pro route.
The Servo 120 for $189 had the best sound I think but they have a 275wpc for $299.
Is Crown better or are you just paying more for the Crown aura and mystique? Hmmmmmmm.
Personally I would go for the Harman Kardon stuff myself.

So now you are comparing us to "Bose Ranters"?

stating that we are embarassing ourselves.

Whatever...

Look at your thread....you state in your FIRST sentence that you are "blown away by this thread"

How can you be blown away by a thread before response #1?

Is it because it was merely a troll...similar to your bose comment?

and Eldartford...

I have an open mind regarding digital amps...I don't need to be reminded TWICE in a thread where all I was doing was giving my opinion on what I thought of CROWN AMPS

CROWN AMPS
CROWN AMPS

not digital.

CROWN AMPS

so PLEASE STOP ADDING YOUR OWN PERSONAL SPIN WITH REGARDS TO MY COMMENTS.

I use to have a H/K Citation 12 years ago. It was a nice sounding amp. At one point I also had an H/K 2000, 930 receiver, and CDR26 c.d. recorder. They were all decent products. It's to bad H/K stopped making the Citation line of components, it would be interesting to see where they would have gone with it. I always had my eye on the Citation 16 I think it was 150/150 watts per channel. I'll have to see if I can find someone out here in Orlando who handles the Sampson line. I have also heard a lot of people saying good things about QSC.

You can lead the horse to water but not make it drink...
Polks are nice, they tend to be on the more Damped midrange and tweet side, so they can take a healthier dose of a Brighter more Brittle sounding amp like a Crown in comparison to some more revealing speakers... DENON is one of the best matches around for Polk on the lower level, this is documented well. Onkyo is decent, maybe get a crown for the bottom end and BIAMP with the onkyo on the top, I believe those polks you have are Biwired with 4 binding posts on the back. However beyond that I agree with above that a crown amp is designed for absolute abuse and reliability on stage, and best used at home for subwoofer applications, They DO Pop LOUD when turned on and off, unless a Soft circuit is installed, and they Hum, hiss, and Crackle quite a bit for most consumer home settings, not to mention absolute annoying Fan noise.