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$787.50
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Description:
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Soft Start (Keeps amp from drawing large currents when first turned on)
Switchable Input Sensitivity (1.4V or 26dB)
Mono mode switches: Bridged, Y (parallel) or both (for daisy chaining)
Balanced XLR and 1/4" inputs
5-way binding posts
Channel 1 and Channel 2 gain controls with notched settings
LEDS: Thermal (Warns of need to dissipate heat), Clip (Warns of distortion in the amp), IOC (Input / Output Comparator: Warns of distortion at 1/30th the level of clipping by comparing the actual waveforms of the input to the output), Signal (glows when output signal is present), Enable (Indicates Power status)
Frequency Response: +/- .25 dB for 20Hz - 20kHz
Power Output (per Channel): 750 watts into 2 Ohms, 550 watts into 4 Ohms, 350 watts into 8 Ohms
Bridged (mono) power: 1500 watts at 4 Ohms, 1100 watts at 8 Ohms
Signal-to Noise (A Weighted): >100dB below rated power
Damping Factor: >3000 from 10 to 400Hz
Input Impedance: Nominally 20KOhms balanced, 10KOhms unbalanced
Passive convection cooling allows amplifier to drive 2 Ohm load at 8db into clip in 104 degree environment!
Power Supply can configure to 100, 120, 200, 220, 230, 240, 250 VAC at 50 or 60 Hz
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Ostinato
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Registered: February 2005
Location: Toronto ON
Posts: 1220
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Review Date: Fri October 19, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $875.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Dead quiet, built like a tank, full balanced tone throughout...sounds like your bass
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Weight, no speakons
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Great amp with very low power draw and slamming tone 
Tonewise, Crown amps seem to possess characterful support in the midrange, and a slightly less transparent high end compared to, say, my Crest ST1500... and I love this aspect, so in my experience the K1 is an absolute perfect match for amplifying my bass guitar.
Because it's convection-cooled, there's no fan noise, which is great for quiet practicing at home and for smaller more intimate gigs. You get to hear every intimate detail of tone without any distraction from the amp's operation.
As long as you don't mind lugging around 33 lbs of dead weight, to have an amp that's dead quiet and with the massive tone this thing puts out without effort, it's a perfect solution for any gig anywhere.
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The war on drugs is over and drugs won.
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Jason Hollar
Supporting Member
Registered: April 2005
Location: Pittsburgh area
Posts: 1037
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Review Date: Thu April 17, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $700.00
| Rating: 10
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Tone & Power
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weight
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Love this thing.
I use it with an Eden Navigator preamp and it's a perfect match.
I heard they are discontinuing this series...I wonder what the wizards at Crown will design to replace this?
It's super clean & quiet -- especially with no fan.
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cadillacjazz.com
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AztecViking
Registered User
Registered: October 2010
Location: EndlessSummerVille, CA
Posts: 172
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Review Date: Sun January 23, 2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 0
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Is this designed to be a stereo PA head and if so will it function as a dual channel stereo amp for amplifying output from stereo effects units? And if it will have you ever experimented with using it that way?
I did see the current version in progress of Markbass's stereo bass head at NAMM this year but they did not have it hooked up to any cabinets or stereo effects units so it really was just for show. Peter Murray, their North American rep, told me to give it another six months ( or so ) before they have the all the bugs worked out on it.
Anyways, thanks if you have any answers about this.
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