Using Crown K1 for SDA lowers?

kelley
kelley Posts: 287
edited December 2004 in Electronics
I used a Soundcraftsmen amp years ago for the lower freq's on my 3.1's Was looking at the Crown K1 to biamp again. Has anyone tried one for the low freq's on a home speaker?
SDS-400, SDA-1B, SVS 20-39pc+, B&K Ref 50, Denon 2900
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  • Mazeroth
    Mazeroth Posts: 1,585
    edited December 2004
    The K1 is no joke and harnesses some SERIOUS power. I'd be afraid to use that thing, seriously. I know a lot of guys use the K1 and K2 to run multiple high-end subwoofers.
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  • kelley
    kelley Posts: 287
    edited December 2004
    According to Crown's website the K1 is rated at 350 wpc into 8 ohms and the K2 is rated at 500. Depending on which sda's you have I would think that those numbers would be ideal.
    SDS-400, SDA-1B, SVS 20-39pc+, B&K Ref 50, Denon 2900
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2004
    The Crown is nothing to be afraid of, use it with confidence.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Mazeroth
    Mazeroth Posts: 1,585
    edited December 2004
    Unless you can get one for a steal it really is overkill. Those are some pricey amps.

    I use a new Crown XLS402A amp that does 270x2 @8ohms and 400x2 @ 4ohms and can be found for 1/3 to 1/4 the price of the K series. The transformer inside my amp is huge as well. The plus side with the K series is that they're fanless. You can seriously just disconnect the fans in the XLS series and never have to worry about anything, unless you plan on running it at 2 ohms stereo out in the sun :cool:
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2004
    OOPS
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2004
    You can never have too much power. I run much higher wattage over most of the ratings in my gaggle of speakers and never a hiccup or whine.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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