The Crown® I-Tech HD Series offers amazing power, light weight and ease of use for touring sound applications. Unlike other amplifiers, it includes onboard high-definition DSP, an LCD control screen, and a built-in network connection.
Modern power amplifiers are sophisticated pieces of engineering capable of producing extremely high power levels. They must be treated with respect and correctly installed if they are to provide the many years of reliable service for which they were designed.
In addition, I-Tech Series amplifiers include a number of features which require some explanation before they can be used to their maximum advantage.
Global Power Supply with PFC (Power Factor Correction) works anywhere in the world.
3rd-generation patented Class I (BCA®) circuitry couples power efficiently to the load and provides low AC current draw.
Onboard high-definition DSP with 24-bit, 192 kHz Cirrus Logic SHARC A/D and D/A converters. Advanced IIR filters and linear phase FIR filters.
Pushbutton presets simplify setup. Custom presets for various loudspeakers can be downloaded.
AES/EBU digital audio input.
EtherCon® Ethernet connector for HiQnet™ control or CobraNet™ digital audio transport. This “Single Plug” connection allows HiQnet protocol and CobraNet digital audio through the same CAT 5 cable.
LCD Control Screen is used to adjust the amplifier’s attenuation and muting, configure the amp, set up and view error monitoring, and recall DSP presets to reconfigure the amp for various applications.
Comprehensive array of indicators provide accurate diagnostics: Power, Data, along with Ready, Signal, Clip, Thermal and Fault for each channel.
Front-panel USB port accepts a USB drive to transfer presets from the drive to the amplifier DSP, and vice versa.
If you are connected to the Internet you can find additional information, including video overviews at:
http://www.crownaudio.com/tutorials/