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[Jose Peralta]

Tim is right, anecdotal.  You can't really judge based on others experience either.  You sure don't need the peice of shit drive rack with all the processing inside the amp.


However unless they are practically giving you the amp you can get a Lab Gruppen FP6400 which has no brains in it (just remember as was already mentioned the knobs do not control the output power.  With sufficient drive an amp can clip with any input setting).  Then I would get a better processor.  If you like DBX the 360 is the least expensive I would purchase.  You can also look for used BSS, Lake or other high quality processors.  They all have a steep learning curve for setting up the DSP, even the turd in a punchbowl PA2.

I have the 6000 already and I will still be getting the FP6400 soon. I am aware of the DSP functionality on the Crown but I wont be using it in my system. As far at driverack you mentioned, are you referring to the Venue 360 model? That also has processing, even the Lake and BSS but even that is way overkill my application.  I can go with an active crossover if I wanted to but the reason I wanted a PA2 was the least expensive with features I wanted.

Yes you are right about the knob in front of the amp. I know they not volume controls but voltage gain or (attenuation) to match level with  correspondencing input signal.

[doug johnson2]

Just as an aside, there is one place I know of the still repairs the original I-tech, The Tone Garage, in Oxnard CA.  Jay actually repairs all EOL Harmon products.  I have had a couple of amps repaired there and the cost is reasonable.

[Riley Casey]

Older Lab Gruppen 6400s are a pretty good investment compared to the same age iTechs. The most common failure in those is the large power supply filter caps and if you keep a few caps on the shelf and are skilled with a soldering iron you can have a dead amp back online in a hour.

I have the 6000 already and I will still be getting the FP6400 soon. ...

[Rick Powell]

Just as an aside, there is one place I know of the still repairs the original I-tech, The Tone Garage, in Oxnard CA.  Jay actually repairs all EOL Harmon products.  I have had a couple of amps repaired there and the cost is reasonable.

+1 on Tone Garage for ITech service and repair. They will fix the amps that Crown and AE Techron will no longer touch, if they are fixable. Sometimes it's not worth it...I once had a dead xti4000 that would've cost more to fix than buying a working amp, so we replaced it instead.

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