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The warmth of my Lintons seems a very good match to my otherwise unwarm system. There are many virtues to our pair of recapped and serviced Crown PS-200 pro audio amps - high current, good damping, dynamic frequency response and a DC current protection circuit. But that said, they’re also known...

Welcome to the 1980s :) 6U rack o’ bits from Crown and TASCAM, driving Cerwin Vega monitors and a Jensen sub. What turntable would fit the period?

Props to Upscale Audio (California) for a nice deal on an open box pair of perfect mahogany Lintons. The speakers were well packaged and shipped the day they were ordered. I went cheap with a couple of wooden kid’s toy boxes that turned out to be the exact size of these hefty ‘70s tributes.

One of the advantages of this game is the low cost of the high current amps. We have two systems in our bungalow, this one full throwback speakers too…1990s Cerwin Vega monitors and powered 8” Jensen sub running at speaker level output. The amps were both under $100 on EBay, recapped and...

Repurposing solid state ‘80’s pro audio rack mount stuff for home audio is a niche hobby thing. The Crowns were very popular units in churches, theaters and clubs. Dependable Class A/AB/AB+B 90wpc.

Love this thread. Just added Lintons to my Crown PS 200 throwback rat rod system.