Anyone using Crown xti series power amps?

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Wednesday Jul 08, 2009

They look nice, but seem a little inexpensive.

I was thinking of using one bridged mono into 2 subs, along with all the processing they have built in.

JackANSI · Post by **JackANSI** » Wednesday Jul 08, 2009

I was looking at them too and found this:

http://srforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/t/14809/0/

Sounds mixed

Hawk · Post by **Hawk** » Wednesday Jul 08, 2009

Shawn picked out three of them for us. All I know about them is how to turn them on. But they sound amazing.

One is bridged for subs. One is stereo for mains. One is for monitors. I don't know the watts. Shawn probably remembers.

Shawn's work number is 443 812 3009.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Wednesday Jul 08, 2009

I picked up an xti-1000 b-stock with full 3-year warranty for $300, shipped!

It will do 1400 watts bridged for my subs and that will be OK. 2000 watts would be better, but I only use these about once a year, so wtf.

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Wednesday Jul 08, 2009

Hawk wrote:Shawn picked out three of them for us. All I know about them is how to turn them on. But they sound amazing.

One is bridged for subs. One is stereo for mains. One is for monitors. I don't know the watts. Shawn probably remembers.

Shawn's work number is 443 812 3009.

I believe they are 1000, 2000 and a 4000.

bill lied, he doesn't really know how to turn them on.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Wednesday Jul 08, 2009

mjb wrote:
Hawk wrote:Shawn picked out three of them for us. All I know about them is how to turn them on. But they sound amazing.

One is bridged for subs. One is stereo for mains. One is for monitors. I don't know the watts. Shawn probably remembers.

Shawn's work number is 443 812 3009.
I believe they are 1000, 2000 and a 4000.

bill lied, he doesn't really know how to turn them on.

The xti-1000 is 1400. The other two are correct.

Hawk · Post by **Hawk** » Wednesday Jul 08, 2009

mjb wrote:
bill lied, he doesn't really know how to turn them on.

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Wednesday Jul 08, 2009

lonewolf wrote:
mjb wrote:
Hawk wrote:Shawn picked out three of them for us. All I know about them is how to turn them on. But they sound amazing.

One is bridged for subs. One is stereo for mains. One is for monitors. I don't know the watts. Shawn probably remembers.

Shawn's work number is 443 812 3009.
I believe they are 1000, 2000 and a 4000.

bill lied, he doesn't really know how to turn them on.
The xti-1000 is 1400. The other two are correct.

what do you mean?

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Wednesday Jul 08, 2009

mjb wrote:
lonewolf wrote:
mjb wrote: I believe they are 1000, 2000 and a 4000.

bill lied, he doesn't really know how to turn them on.
The xti-1000 is 1400. The other two are correct.
what do you mean?

I mean that the xti-1000 is 1400 watts, not 1000. The other two are what you said.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Tuesday Jul 14, 2009

The XTi-1000 came in today. I found out why they were selling them so cheap...its the Euro model. No problem, it auto-senses the power. The only difference is that the banana jacks have plugs to prevent accidently using EuroPower cables. Tweezers & its a USA model.

I already downloaded & installed the Bandmanager software on my PC, so all I had to do was plug in the USB cable to the amp and power it up. It immediately detected & installed the USB driver and BandManager immediately detected the amp and put it in the virtual amprack.

Within a half an hour, I had a custom preset to run my subs bridged mono. It has everything the dbx Driverack PA has except for the auto EQ/analyzer and the feedback suppressor. Up to 48db/octave filters and frequency selection in 1hz increments. The hard clip limiter has -12db, -9db, -6db and -3db below clip settings. I set the input EQ's shelf filter to 40hz at +6 db to boost the lows and flatten my subs--the graphics made that easy. I didn't enable the output EQ because EV SXa360's don't need flattening.

I set up the PA in the living room and it kicked ass, so it looks like a keeper. These things deliver the goods cheap and beat Behringer hands down at their own game. One cool thing is that when used as a mono sub amp with the full stereo input signal, both input sensitivity controls work on the incoming signal before it sums them.