whoaru99
Epic Member
Yup. My Levinson No. 23 is a 100lb, 200wpc box of toroidal transfomers, output transistors, and heat sinks. Handles front and back, for good reason.
PPstereo
Super Member
+1
Best one in my house, anyway
John
Wow Ive never seen or heard of this animal before?!? Im certainly not trying to say I know em all but for all the time Ive spent digging into power amps this one never came past me.
I looked all over the net and couldnt find ANY under the hood pics. Should either of you be willing to pop the cover off and snap pics I know I and many others here would love some pics.
Made me look at the bay for any units. Found 2 completed sales at very different prices and I can understand why one followed the other LOL.
Any idea how many output devices it uses per ch?
I also love the clip lights. A must for a big power amp IMO. What does Term Overload represent? Protect?
For brute power with all the finesse I could ask for I have a stable of these crest amps that have been rebuilt.
This one is rated at 200 at 8 ohms. And theres another row of output transistors on the bottom on the heat sink. Yup 10 per ch.
Im perfectly happy using affordable pro gear from the 80s. Owned many home counterparts. Sounded fine. Just short of a loud / failing fan (easily replaceable with a quality silent modern fan) I never had any reason to feel I was missing anything.
Looks are clearly an understandable deal breaker for many. I get it.
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That's kinda what I thought. I can't even pronounce it, and yet when it's mentioned the very next poster says "Yeah it's my best piece too!"
kjello
Super Member
Here is a review from Hifi Classic back in the days. Im sorry to say I sold my set (still not shure why)
Amp internal design is kind of special, with no negative feedback circuitry, if I have understood correctly.
http://www.hifi-classic.net/review/tandberg-tpa-3016a-and-tca-3018a-241.html
http://sportsbil.com/tandberg/tpa-3016a_tca-3018a-b.pdf
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That is correct; the 3016A used their semi-proprietary (some IP battles fought over that IIRC) feed-forward design rather than global negative feedback, shared with the smaller 3026A and the later production 3006A.
Some internal pics, borrowed from HiFi Shock:
It's a true dual-mono design with 16 Hitachi MOSFET outputs, rated to handle 1 ohm loads. The overload indicators are for thermal and the peak indicators monitor clipping. Rated for 2.4kW input wattage, which in the US means a 20A line is a good idea.
John
Some internal pics, borrowed from HiFi Shock:
It's a true dual-mono design with 16 Hitachi MOSFET outputs, rated to handle 1 ohm loads. The overload indicators are for thermal and the peak indicators monitor clipping. Rated for 2.4kW input wattage, which in the US means a 20A line is a good idea.
John
savatage1973
Addicted Member
I have two Aragon 4004's that have already been mentioned, but my Krells (KMA 160s, which don't quite make the cut for 200 wpc) are very conservatively rated 160w monoblocks @ 8 ohms, but double down to a rated power of 1280 w each @ 1 ohm, and can be tweaked (as per the manual), to operate below 1 ohm. Pure Class A all the way with an idle draw of 8A each--and I have 4 of them--on dedicated circuits, obviously.
Then you are looking at the wrong Crowns.
file:///C:/Users/Todd/Downloads/Studio-Reference-Data-Sheet-136734_original.pdf
file:///C:/Users/Todd/Downloads/Studio-Reference-Manual-k80604_original.pdf
Blue Shadow
Waiting for Vintage Gear from this century
We're not getting files off your C-drive.
No, not off my drive.
Cut and paste the PDF link from the Crown website into your browser and you'll get it all.
file:///C:/Users/Todd/Downloads/Studio-Reference-Data-Sheet-136734_original.pdf
file:///C:/Users/Todd/Downloads/Studio-Reference-Manual-k80604_original.pdf
Outstanding!Must cause some more mouth watering with a pair of Krell MDA500....
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