Pro Amps I.e. Crown, Qsc

[pelly3s]

I dont know about the tube pre. The only tube pre I own is an old Mcgown from like 1967 it has made some nice recordings.

the k2 is convection cooled, the stewart world series is too, the old jbl 6230 and 6260 is.... im sure there are many more out there but tonight i cant think of too many. one too many shots makes it hard to think. Ive run k2's at 2 ohms with dips around 1 ohm with no problem, some like it some dont. i know its not convection cooled but crowns new itech amps have been proven to run for a while at around a 1/4 ohm before they flip out. i have run my stewart world 600's at 2 ohms and they loved it, gave me a ton of power, granted they got warm but what amp wouldnt get warm driving 2 ohms almost at full clip for 3 and a half hours.

[pelly3s]

one more thing that ive said time and time again if pro gear is good enough to record the music we love then it should be good enough to play it back. everyone makes a big deal about all these fancy cd players and everything but you cant really get better than the source it was recorded on. i mean some of my favorite recordings were on a 5 channel altec tube mixer straight to tape and then recently remastered onto cd, and my favorite thing to listen to them on is a pair of jbl studio monitors or altec VOTT's because they are fairly flat and bring the recording to life

[mac]

You can read almost 2,700 posts on pro amps for home use here:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=418666

I have 2 Crowns (XLS 402 and 202) and 2 Carver digital tripath amps powering my HT and am very happy with the quality of sound. I and several others in that thread did A-B comparisons with several high end "audiophile" amps and stuck with the pros. For the money you can't beat 'em, IMHO.

I put a 10 watt 100 ohm resistor in line with the fan circuit and it really quieted them down.