zumbo said:
Hey Rip, whatcha think about this Ashly stuff?
There's no way to judge the truth of printed specs without testing the unit. I see no reason why they'd lie. But remember, all manuals and published material for the end user has input from marketing people, not just engineers! But they're less likely to fudge for a pro clientele who are more likely to catch such things.
In general it looks like a lot of good pro gear, meaning 1) power up the wazoo at a very good dollar per watt ratio, 2) features the average home user will never use and probably won't understand and 3) built like a brick s**t house!
Only thing I'd worry about is noise from the cooling fan. Usually pro gear is mounted in racks well away from the monitoring/control room or audience so fan noise is a non issue, rather than in the same room as the listener like in most home situations.
BTW, the class D, H, and other "exotic" classes are often used in pro gear because they eliminate heavy transformer power supplies in favor of smaller, lighter switching supplies and such. Weight is a big issue with gear for touring and it's worth trading pounds for ultra low distortion specs that won't be noticed in a stadium with 50,000 screaming fans.
