looking at power amps and only want to spend about Au$500 max. I have had had some limited exp with Crown power amps and was checking out the XLS 402a a .. I only need max 200 watts per side at 8 ohms and this will more than do the job.. Does anyone have any other suggestions?? What do you use to power your monitors/pa speakers??
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Performance
Sensitivity (volts RMS) for full rated power at 4 ohms,
XLS-402: 1.025
Frequency Response (at 1 watt) 20 Hz to 20 kHz: ?0.75 dB.
Phase Response (degrees at 1 watt)
at 10 Hz: _ 10.
at 20 kHz: +19.
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (20 Hz to 20 kHz)
A-weighted, below rated power: > 100 dB.
No weighting, below rated power: > 95 dB.
Total Harmonic Distortion at full bandwidth power,20 Hz to 1 kHz: < 0.5%.
Intermodulation Distortion (60 Hz and 7 kHz at 4:1)fulloutputto_40dB:<0.3%.
Damping Factor (8 ohm) 10 Hz to 400 Hz: >200.
Crosstalk (below rated power)
at 1 kHz: _ 82 dB.
at 20 kHz: _ 58 dB.
Voltage Gain (at maximum output): 31 dB.[img][/img]