"MIG was not using Crown amplifiers when I joined the company. I didn't agree with this because I had been using Crown since I started in the professional sound industry back in 1981 and they are bulletproof," said Andy Kakas, audio department manager for technical services at Multi Image Group.
MIG purchased its first Crown amplifiers in 2002 with Macro-Tech and soon purchased I-Tech series amps as well. "We started by building a few JBL VerTec line array systems with the Macro-Tech amps and about six months later we got the I-Techs. The sonic quality and built-in DSP of the I-Techs were major advantages when comparing Crown to other amplifiers," added Kakas.
After purchasing the new I-Tech HD amps, Kakas immediately noticed the improvements. "The most important aspect of these new amps is the sonic detail. It has a transparent top end, which has an open and natural sound. It maintains the Crown dampening that gives you that punch in your chest. Also, the Cobranet integration is quite useful since we have had a need for multiple channels of AES from front of house to the stage and the amp racks," said Kakas.
I-Tech HD features the new user-inspired OmnidriveHD DSP engine co-developed with BSS. The new processing engine features Linear Phase FIR filters that offer unrivalled crossover performance for sonically pure tunings. The OmnidriveHD processing engine also features an innovative new suite of limiters called LevelMAX. Harman HiQnet System Architect mirrors the typical browser navigation interface to provide tour sound and contracting professionals with a familiar interface to access a host of power configuration and control functions.
(Lee Baldock)
