Topic: Crown DC 300

[Tim]

nice! Congrats

[woodybear]

the hafler i referred to was a newer hafler. to my ears the 300 has a much larger dynamic range.

[woodybear]

no sweat. now mind you it was one of the transnova numbers, not the high end stuff.

[DSatz]

The Crown DC 300 was the first high-powered amplifier on the U.S. hi-fi scene in the early 1970s. For most people with component stereo systems, 20 to 40 Watts per channel was the norm until this monster came along with 150 Watts per side. It was very useful if you liked to play music loud and had acoustic suspension loudspeakers such as AR, KLH or Advent--they had the deepest and flattest bass response, but were inefficient (power-hungry) by comparison with "tuned port" loudspeakers.

Then came the Phase Linear 700 power amplifier ... 350 Watts per channel ...

[Church-Audio]

The Crown DC 300 was the first high-powered amplifier on the U.S. hi-fi scene in the early 1970s. For most people with component stereo systems, 20 to 40 Watts per channel was the norm until this monster came along with 150 Watts per side. It was very useful if you liked to play music loud and had acoustic suspension loudspeakers such as AR, KLH or Advent--they had the deepest and flattest bass response, but were inefficient (power-hungry) by comparison with "tuned port" loudspeakers.

Then came the Phase Linear 700 power amplifier ... 350 Watts per channel ...

You mean "flame Linear" dont you

[Scooter123]

That was the core of our system in the 70's.  God I loved that power amp.  We had racks of them. 

Shures > Mavis boards and preamps > JBL

Then the toys--Eventide 3-channel 400ms delays and Phaser units

I'd love to have a couple and and biamp my home stack right now.  I'd rack mount those babies.