Opinions on using Crown amp to replace my Roland amp

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Hey,

I'm hoping to get some opinions for the amp I'm using. I have an Echo Gina24 and I was running into a Roland SRA-50 amp. The Roland sounded pretty decent, but seemed a little too noisy to me. It had bass and treble control knobs which I had set at "0" when recording/mixing. I have a pair of Tannoy Reveal passives that I'm using for my main speakers.

I have a Crown CE1000 that I purchased for live use, but I've only used it a handful of times. I decided to throw it in the rack and give it a shot as my main amp. I noticed a great difference in sound quality from one amp to the other, and I'm not sure which amp I like better. The Crown seems to pump out a little more low end, although I realize the Tannoy's aren't known for their low end response. Seems to be nice channel separation and a little more clarity too. Is it crazy to use the Crown for this purpose? I know it's designed to be in a PA system, but why not use it in the studio?

No budget right now for another amp, but eventually I'd like to get my hands of a Hafler. If anyone has any thoughts on using the Crown, I'd love to hear them.

Warren
 
I'd look to see if there was a cooling fan. The sound quality of amps, IMHO, is very similar from one to the other, but a spinning fan may make you crazy in the studio.
 
Yeah, there is a cooling fan in it. Already went on, but it doesn't bother me as the rack in kinda buried in my room here. I could see that being a problem while tracking vox though!
 
warble said:
I could see that being a problem while tracking vox though!
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Except that if you are recording vox in the same room, you can probably turn the amp off, I am guessing.


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