Help with selecting the right Power Amplifier

[ankitbhargava]

Received the Crown 1502, hooked up and ran Audessey
Did little more tweaks and so far its a positive surprise.

I will take a couple of days to do proper testing, planning to start a separate thread for Crown PA owners and specially the ones who are using it in HT setup.

 

[fLUX]

Good to know that you found improvements via the crown. What gain are you running it at on ? Also there is discussion ongoing on a review thread attached below, a owners group would be great to further discuss.

Crown XLS 2502 : My Review of Sorts...

1.Initial Impression My First Impression with Crown XLS 1502 was paired to MA Silver Floorstanders, The Sound was pretty Harsh, coupled with boomy bass; a typical Noisy DJ sound which put me off instantly. Had concluded that it would probably do good for HT purposes where a cheaper...

www.hifivision.com

 

[ankitbhargava]

Good to know that you found improvements via the crown. What gain are you running it at on ? Also there is discussion ongoing on a review thread attached below, a owners group would be great to further discuss.

Crown XLS 2502 : My Review of Sorts...

1.Initial Impression My First Impression with Crown XLS 1502 was paired to MA Silver Floorstanders, The Sound was pretty Harsh, coupled with boomy bass; a typical Noisy DJ sound which put me off instantly. Had concluded that it would probably do good for HT purposes where a cheaper...

www.hifivision.com

I had the gain dialled about to 70% to level match other speakers during Audyssey calibration (Front left channel on Amp was set at 0 and right at +1.5), my Movies listening level is about 75-78 db
I am not much into Music.

 

[dextrostar]

Okay...trust me..you don't need a 5 channel power amp at all. I understand that you only need 2 channels of additional amplification at the moment. So add a 2 channel integrated amp with HT bypass inputs for front L&R speakers. This will also open up a exciting world of pure 2 channel audio. So you can start having more itches for dac's, streamers, phono stages for TT, and eventually a TT too. All the best

Just saw your post.
Am also in a quest to take out the FS from the AVR and add an IA with HT bypass.
When I went for audition for IA I was somehow convinced to try Anthem and Emotiva gen2.
Dealer says that I add a source to any IA it's better to just go for PA.
I currently stream Spotify through wifi.
So for the best possible music experience isn't it better to start by adding an IA to the AVR?

Thanks