Crown DC 300 Enters TECnology Hall Of Fame
I thought this announcement on Crown's web site appropriate to post here on Crown's 60th Anniversary. Thanks Gerald! http://www.harman.com/images/logos/C...ernational.gif
http://www.crownaudio.com/gen_htm/press/pr157.htm
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NEW YORK CITY - November 2007 -- As a fitting cap to Crown International's 60th anniversary year, the DC 300 amplifier, first introduced 40 years prior in 1967, was inducted into the TECnology Hall Of Fame on the opening day of the 123rd AES Convention in New York City. Gerald Stanley, Crown International's senior VP of R&D and the original designer of the DC 300, was on hand to accept the award.
Presented by the Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio, best known for its production of the TEC Awards, and hosted by the AES, the Fourth Annual TECnology Hall Of Fame ceremony was emceed by George Petersen, executive editor of Mix magazine and director of the TECnology Hall Of Fame.
Petersen prefaced Crown's award by remarking, "[The DC 300] was a classic that really ushered in and defined the era of the modern power amplifier. And 1967 was a perfect time for this product to come out. Suddenly there were rock concerts that were high SPL--very loud--and needed great amplification. Live sound systems were coming into vogue. Listening levels in recording studios in 1967 started going through the roof and somebody needed to produce an amplifier that was loud enough to take care of this. And even 40 years after its introduction, there are so many of these DC 300s still in service, it's an amazing testament to Crown reliability." (more...)
Q on the amp - a touch out of topic
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Originally Posted by
stephane RAME
The family :D
Bonjour Stéphane,
I remember seeing your system in the NRDS, at the time you were using a passive network. Seems like you have moved to active filtering, is this the case? If so, I'd be interested to know how you are rating the noise (or silence!) from your amps in this configuration. I'm hunting for an amp that would be quieter than what I use today (a simple small Trends TA-10) fro my mid-high, I see so many of you with amcron that I am tempted, only I am wondering if they would be quieter or not.
I'm sitting about 3m away and when no musinc is playing can hear the faint hiss from the amp, it's not worrying much as it's not a buzzing sound, more like tape hiss, so not intruding, still I'd be interested in something 'quieter'.
Merci pour l'information,
Scorpio - en fait Stéphane également,
Bonsoir!