nice.. I'm pro pro-amp for home use

Cause it is pro amp, duh! haha.It needs a hefty transformer for monstrous output. I tested out on headphones this morning with my fostex just out of curiosity.  Sound floor is actually not bad with the input gains all the way up. Like a very light hiss where you just end up forgetting about it in 2 seconds. Sound wise it is super clean and ultra smooth. Very good separation with lots of low level resolution.

While sounds great I don't plan on using this amp for headphones really unless I get a speaker switch box maybe. It has 2 outputs but they are parallel with each other to just give you an option for speakon connections or binding post for barewire. While I really like the polks I have I do not like using 2 pairs of speakers at once. Will just be driving my technics sb7000a's since they are my favorite pair and main set.

Fan did kick on last night while watching fantastic mr. Fox but, I only noticed it last second cause the noise from the amp is not much different than my computer so fan noise of the amp is no issue for me and was not obnoxious or bothersome.  It's not no delta fan! Lol.

Overall lot more impressive then I thought it'll be. Definitely a keeper and worthy of rotation between my Harman kardon hk770 and this. My other amps will be sitting in my closet and probably end up giving them away to a friend or something.

Be careful, especially with those new speakers. We don't want to hear any explosion stories! 

I would never worry about blowing my speakers. Both my technics sb7000a and polks are rated for max of 115db for continuous use but I listen to no where near those levels. Be lucky if I every hit above 90db cause I don't listen very loud normally. I listen at pretty moderate levels. Reason I have large amps is more for high current loads, headroom for peak dynamics and peak transients, and low end extension control.

Well, seems the CE2000 was crown's last "big iron" amp as I thought. I was told the xls were like hybrids but looking on crown site they're all "digital" class I amps. Even the new macro techi line is no longer made the same way. The studio references look awesome but are discontinued as well. Read crown still makes the traditional big iron macro tech amps but are anniversary editions and are priced extremely high.

Can't judge though since I never heard the digital amps so ya, you know.....from what I read though lot of guys prefer the big iron class A/B amps for sonics and raw power.

As I mention I like the ce2000. Very clean effortless sound with no glaring or graininess and endless power. I found a local adcom 6 channel speaker output selector box locally for 45 bucks which is lot cheaper then I thought it would be. Might pick it up or not cause I rather run everything on one amp at a time. Im kinda weird like that.

I know Im being annoying since im only one typing here having a cyber schizo moment haha. But, it's understandable since this place is more headphone oriented.

Haha thanks thad.

I was looking around more and it was the K1 and K2 crown amps that were hybrids. They used big iron power supplies but smaps/class I output stages. Read they were really good but of course were discontinued.

The only amps crown has listed is all the digital class I amps meant for sound reinforcement on touring. Read the xls and drivercores aren't that bad either. Never used them though. 

If I had the money I rather find another CE2000 to bridge or older macro tech stuff. I read the QSC 1310USA were pretty nice and was built similar to crown's back in the day. The older altec lansing power amps look interesting too.


I tested them it out earlier running a 3ohm nominial load and ran nice and cool. Fan only kicked on once but for split few seconds and that's it.

Found out the 26db input switch is a fixed voltage input of +10dbu and to reach the amps full output without clipping it'll need 5v at the inputs. So I keep it at the standard 1.4v. Input gain since that is what my echo audiofire is rated for at +4dbv. 

I was thinking of getting a speaker box but reading they all have stupid impedance matching, current limiting and fixed allowed impedance and power output. Also has unnecessary speaker protection circuits and are pricey. What the heck man?! What's the point?

I think im gonna drop the speaker selector box and just get some or make some speakon cables. For headphone use I probably make xlr to speakon cables maybe.