In Reply to: Crown XLS DriveCore Amp Craze on YouTube........ posted by Todd Krieger on March 25, 2020 at 02:33:27:
...which I use for subwoofer duty, where it excels.
The review you linked to was very good, but one thing he didn't mention was "break in". I tried my XLS on my full range driver speakers shortly after I got it, and in a word, it was awful. To expand on that, the top was bright, and the midrange harsh. Note that this was with a full-range, single driver (Horn Shoppe Horn) which if anything, could be accused of being rolled off on top, rather than anything approaching bright.
As you'll see in the link below, Inmate Cougar said his 1502 XLS smoothed out after around 100 hours. Perhaps, to be fair, I should try my XLS 2002 as a full range amp again, but there would have to be a significant transformation for me to say anything positive about it over around 100 Hz. In fact, that sounds like an interesting little experiment to do today. I'll report my findings.
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- I have the Crown XLS 2002 - 1973shovel 03/25/2006:10:51 03/25/20 (18)
- RE: I have the Crown XLS 2002 - Capt. Z 05:07:41 04/1/20 (7)
- Hi Captain - 1973shovel 22:22:05 04/1/20 (5)
- RE: Hi Captain - Capt. Z 00:52:09 04/2/20 (4)
- I hope you enjoy yours... - 1973shovel 06:07:25 04/2/20 (3)
- RE: I hope you enjoy yours... - Capt. Z 06:12:34 04/2/20 (2)
- Crown XLS - 1973shovel 06:56:44 04/3/20 (1)
- RE: Crown XLS - Capt. Z 05:25:01 04/8/20 (0)
- RE: I have the Crown XLS 2002 - bajaed 21:51:24 04/1/20 (0)
- Yup, you need to breaking around 100hrs. Or more.... - Cougar 18:56:50 03/25/20 (6)
- "Give it a try again" - 1973shovel 05:30:39 03/26/20 (5)
- let it go another 100 hours in full range mode... - Cougar 17:09:44 03/26/20 (4)
- I may do that - 1973shovel 05:27:29 03/27/20 (3)
- RE: I may do that - Cougar 09:39:24 03/28/20 (2)
- RE: I may do that - 1973shovel 22:24:13 04/1/20 (0)
- RE: I may do that - highendfan 11:33:27 03/29/20 (0)
- RE: I have the Crown XLS 2002 - b.l.zeebub 07:49:12 03/25/20 (2)
- wel, they either rely on cone break-up or whizzer buzz to 'do HF' and fail. - Timbo in Oz 17:02:09 03/25/20 (0)
- Perhaps it was a mismatch - 1973shovel 10:01:31 03/25/20 (0)