bsguidry wrote:

[arny said]

Good brands to look at include QSC, Hafler, and Crown. If you
surf the vendor web sites, you'll find very detailed RMS power
specs.

[morein said]

Take QSC off the list. It's a testament to Arny's hearing
difficulties. Othewise, I concur.

I've definitely consider QSC and Crown, however, I've not
encountered Hafler very often in my searching.

I haven't heard any "recent un's" of the amps mentioned, but based on
the context I have seen them mentioned in I would go for QSC for the
bass and Hafler for "the above rest", and skip Crown as being not cost
efficient in the context.

Other brands that caught my
attention were Nady, Samson, Peavey, and Behringer.

Behringer tends to be getting ever more an interesting dark horse
specwise and from what people who suggest them.

The fan noise could be a problem as suggested. Since
the concensus here seems to indicate going with the more
pricey Crown or Hafler amplifiers, I think I will revert
my focus back to obtaining a higher powerered
Carver amplifier.

There must be real bargains out there amongst the "crap bipolars from
the 70-ties and 80-ties", but perhaps not in the power class you want,
mostly it is the below 150 watts from that time and age you find the
good ones in. I recently bought a "stone age" Technics SE9021, and it
was a very positive surprise. Obvious caveats exist with so old stuff,
especially if it has not been recently or reasonably constantly used.

I'm currently using one rated at 175watts rms X 2
at 4 ohms. I love the look of the Carvers with the two analog power
meters on the front. I guess I'll keep scanning Ebay for good finds
on these. Thanks for all the feedback to this post and two my
previous posts about my Adire Tempest project.

bguidry

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