Crown CDi1000 Power Amp Review and Measurements - Stream of Consciousness

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  1. Drifterxny

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    To answer my own question, it works fantastically with the HE6Se V2. I'm using an EC ZDS as preamp with custom input and output cables form blue jeans. The planar headphone sounded like crap coming straight out of the ZDS, now everything's opened up. I don't think I can go back to utopia/zds for hiphop or anything modern bass heavy.
    I have the gain settings on the CDI at 12 o'clock and low output on ZDS with volume on ZDS between 9 and 10 oclock for normal listening, anything over 11-12 is way too loud for me.

    Any opinions on if there's a difference using lower gain setting with higher volume vs higher gain setting and lower volume?
     
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    Has anyone tried/tested if there is a noticeable quality difference at different crown front panel volume settings.
     
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    About a year ago, I bought a used Crown CTs2000. I replaced the fans with new, quiet fans.
    I was amazed! That amp sounds great in my system! Plenty of headroom also!
    It sounds really good with my Tortuga passive preamp; but it sounds great with my Freya S, using the Nexxus gain stage!

    Some say the Crowns can have a "grainy" topend; I don't hear any grain.
    The CTs has "Slam" for days also!

    That CTi is a beast of an amp!
    Have fun
     
  4. Poleepkwa

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    Reviving this threads with a question:
    Any thoughts on the Crown Xli series amplifiers? I saw @zerodeefex mentioned one on 2019; but that was it?
    I am looking to find out how loud they are for use in my livingroom.
     
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    What do you mean by loud? As in backgnoise/hiss/hum when no source is playing?
     
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    I am referening to fan noise.
     

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