Crown DC300A and Crown IC150A

Cayuga
Cayuga Posts: 480
edited October 2011 in Electronics
The over 50 crowd should like these, nothing more to say. I liked how they looked on my bench and thought I'd share.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited October 2011
    More recording studios used that pair for playback during the day than you would ever know.....nice stuff.
    HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable

    2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,970
    edited October 2011
    oy, been wonderin' what you were up to lately! :-)

    The "A" version of the IC-150 is supposed to be better than the original, unsuffixed one :-)
    The DC-300/DC-300A and its lower-powered kin are all fairly respectable power amps.

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  • Cayuga
    Cayuga Posts: 480
    edited October 2011
    I'm still having fun mhardy, I thought you would like this pair if not for sound, for the old school feel good.
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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    edited October 2011
    I owned a 150 once. Does look cool .
    Main Rig:
    Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
    Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
    Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
    MIT exp 1 ic's
    Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
    AQ kingcobra ic's
    OPPO 83 CDP
    Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
    Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
    Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
    ADS L1590/2 Biamped
    MIT exps2 speaker cable
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  • Cayuga
    Cayuga Posts: 480
    edited October 2011
    The 300 is a lot of pounds per watt, I see why they're still going strong.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,970
    edited October 2011
    The Crown stuff was absolutely bulletproof.
    I would love to snag one of their "prosumer" reel to reel decks; no one (not even Ampex) made anything quite like them.

    let's see if this photo is hot-linkable. If not, here's the original thread from AK:
    http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=330186

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  • Cayuga
    Cayuga Posts: 480
    edited October 2011
    "Oh no they say he has to go, go go Godzilla" That deck makes me think of watching movies on a black&white in 66. Very cool!
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited October 2011
    Nice stuff!

    I remember my Dad's cousin having these and thinking they were way cool when I was very young.
    VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
    TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
    Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
    Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
    MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
    Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
    PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
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    NAD SS rigs w/mods
    GIK panels
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited October 2011
    Solid Made in the USA products. Makes you wonder if the Chinese amps being made today will still be working in 30 years.
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  • Cayuga
    Cayuga Posts: 480
    edited October 2011
    I almost wrote the same thing Polkie2009
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