Car Amp With Fan

I am a physicist. (energy physics not matter physics). I am also a sound engineer, coincidentally, the control of sound energy. This amp is VERY GOOD for bench testing audio control devices and speakers. The addition of an unbalanced input makes it very handy for typical bench tests. Because I am retired I also use commercial speakers for my home stereo system. Use of commercial speakers is much cheaper than consumer speaker products that, by and large, do Not provide full range audio despite deceitful specs claiming otherwise. The commercial speaker is also built to last and far more reliable than consumer designs. (will last decades under home stereo use... my last amp lasted 31 years... speakers are still going strong) I use this amp as my home stereo amp driving 1,200 watt rated commercial speakers that actually reproduce 20Hz. (actual amp power use rarely exceeds 75 watts peak and 25 watts average) In that unique use... the amp fan noise is detectable so I place it behind a glass paneled cabinet. Aside from fan noise, the amp performs very well and for the price is one of the best bargains there is. Keep in mind... the typical consumer stereo amp is Designed To Fail and the primary reason is.... no active fan cooling. (a flawed design that minimizes ambient noise) The amp provides plenty of dynamic headroom (nearly 6dB under typical home stereo use) and presents no excessive noise floor problems. I use a receiver with balanced XLR outputs, a balanced 31 band EQ to drive the amp and control volume. My speaker connections are Speakon. Bottom line... A very good simple amp for multiple purposes at a very good price. If you are an engineer who loves music and movies you will quickly recognize the wisdom of putting up with a bit of fan noise to achieve excellent performance and very long term reliability.

This is a really solid amp. The fan is quiet, and the amp is electrically quiet. Easy to use, takes standard XLR in and has both binding post and the speakeron connectors. I purchased this to replace the power amp part of an old Yamaha stereo receiver. I wasn't able to find anything of decent quality as a consumer amp, and the high end hifi amps seem to be both overpriced and of questionable quality. So I went pro audio, as friends of mine had done years ago. This is definitely the way to go. For road use with a band, I think I'd look at the new Crown class D's. I have one, I love it, and it's significantly lighter than this, and with a few more features. They sound absolutely identical. Both have much more headroom into actual speakers than the old receiver did. Can't recommend this highly enough.

My old Peavey amp made loud fan noise, it bothered to recording so I bought this. This is very calm and silent amp and I am satisfied.

The ART SLA-1 amp is built like a tank in a slim form format. Even though it has a cooling fan in the back I've never hear the fan at all (or my room is cool enough it doesn't kick-in). My two passive studio monitors are loud and clear!

I replaced a noisy fan cooled amp with this one, and it is driving eight 70 Volt 5 Watt ceiling speakers in our church's overflow areas easily.

This is my first amp so I really haven't compared it to any others. I purchased this amp based on reviews and the price was right. so far it's been running cool and the fan has not turned on even with several hours of playing music. I hooked up some Polk S60 towers and they sounded really good especially at higher volumes with no distortion. I like this crown XLS 1002 amp for my stereo set up. All I need is to add a powered subwoofer now!

Diggin' this turntable. Easy operation, good cartridge, metal platter, and nice features such as strobe, tempo (speed) slider. and anti-skate control, Dust cover is easily removable, nice. Well packaged and was easy to setup. I don't get why some reviewers are complaining about this being a **manual** turntable, when they intentionally purchased a manual turntable!! Crazy, right? (kinda like some dude constantly complaining that his car has manual transmission, when in fact he purchased a car with manual)  Turntable wired directly to Edifier R1280dbs powered bookshelf speakers and works great. (powered, therefore no need for an in-line amp, pre-amp, or receiver) Revisiting my 70s albums, good memories.  With virtually every company making their products cheaper and flimsier nowadays, it's nice to have picked up this well-made turntable. (and fyi AT sells this same turntable but with a metal casing rather than plastic—I believe they refer to it as the professional DJ version) Happy camper. I feel this was a good buy.

I used this amp to distribute DVD player audio to 4 headphones for my 4 kids in the car. It's been wonderful having them quiet and calm in the car while we drive 1-2 hours to visit their grandparents. They love having their own volume controls and we love having our own music without competing with their movie!

I have been a long time Bose fan - even basing my last 2 car purchases on them having a Bose system. I have several pairs of headphones, home theater products, and almost every generation of Bluetooth speaker. The Original Soundlink Mini was my favorite, still, until I got this. I'm amazed at this little thing - when you set it on a table, it resonates and fills the whole room with huge sound. Honestly, I don't think I've been this impressed with a small product's ability to sound so big since Bose brought out the Wave Radio. I added an S-Biner to the loop so I can hang it up. When I'm cooking in the kitchen, I just hang it on a cabinet door handle or a hook from one of the pot holders and it's out of the way, but still sounds amazing.

I am normally not a fan of the mid range zooms but this one really takes car of a lot of shooting needs on the GFX. lightweight, sharp, did a great job on a number of projects including the move of the Concorde recently.