I/O Front Panel

[0.68 lb] Great front panel layout. Perfect sound. If you need a compressor this will do just fine.

[Lead-Acid] I wish all products were designed as well as CyberPower UPSs. Replacement was easier than I had imagined. Remove one small screw below the front panel, pop off the front panel, unplug the cable, slide out the old battery... Reverse the process with the new battery... It took all of 3 minutes.

[1.4 Vrms ] From a listening perspective, there is really no difference in the sound reproduction between the Crown XLS 1000 & 1002 series of power amplifiers ... both easily meeting an audiophile's criterion of a perfect amplifier ... a straight wire with gain. The most visible difference with the XLS 1002 Amp series is the symmetrical restyling of the front panel with a larger & brighter centrally-placed LCD display, clipping indicators & controls. The front air vents have also been re-positioned to provide more efficient cooling. Apart from a new pair of AUX connectors (for the sleep mode), the back panel's input/output connectors are unchanged. Not readily visible, but several enhancements have been made to the menu options. In addition to the older XLS 1000 menu options for configuring the amp outputs & cross-over frequencies, one can now ... select between an input sensitivity of 1.4 Volts (default) and 0.75 Volts, set a time-delay to put the LCD display to sleep, toggle on & off the blue front panel lights and the green signal level indicators, and lock the menu buttons. These are all nifty new enhancements, but one needs to bear in mind that there is no significant audible differences in the the sound performance between the two series of XLS Crown amplifiers ... both are amazing performers. A note to Canadian buyers ... due to some unspecified reason, B&H cannot ship any of the Crown XLS series of amplifiers to Canada. However one can order them online from a Canadian supplier, e.g., Axe Music Inc. or Moog Audio.

[1/4"-20 Male] The above headline says it all. Undoing a single snap allows front panel to flop down, while still attached, for image taking. Material is high quality leather. It looks more expensive than it costs.

[0.005 lb] The perfect adapter from front of a video patch panel to bnc cable. Just what I needed, but I knew what to get. Thanks for the quick delivery.

[HDMI] Using to switch optical signals from 4x sources into 1x input on a Benchmark DAC-1. Works flawlessly. Nice button action on the select front panel control. No clicks of pops with sticking or power. Included remote works well, but it's a little flimsy/generic type (I just use the front panel button and will be programming into a universal remote). Highly recommended! And made in the USA.

[Yes] I got this on a sale, great price for a case. I don't typically like the glass panel, but it's fine in practice. The case itself is very airy, mesh front, and open top (with dust filter, but otherwise open vents). Normal fractal quality, with rubber grommets, nice cable management bits & pieces. You'll want to grab an extra fan or 2 for the front of the case (2x140 probably is best). Do watch out for the length of a GPU you may want. The case is on the shallower size (front to back), so you're limited to 315mm which can eliminate many of the high end gpu options. I did end up w/ a Proart 4080 fitting with no problem, but be careful!

[145 V] Tripp-Lite LCR2400, 2400 Watt 3U rack-Mount Power Conditioner works as advertised. It provides protection and very stable voltage to my expensive stereo equipment. But Tripp-Lite seems to be missing the boat, by not building this unit in a more attractive case for the Audio File and Home Theater community which could be a gold mine for Tripp-Lite. Example; Remove the duplex outlet on the front panel, remove the circuit breaker from the front and put it on the back side. Redo the readout lights on the front panel replacing some with a LED digital voltage meter plus install a 12 volt output trigger to power on attached equipment on the LCR2400. The Trip-Lite logo should be reduced in size and placed off to the side. The price would naturally need to be increased by at least $100 but well worth the extra money.

[8 W (Typical)] This thing has got it all, unbelievable sound quality, one touch controls on the front panel and touchscreen, great responsive keys, I/O, pedal effects and more! Everything you need to lead a band or be a one man band... easiest 5 star rating ever!

[2x Connector] EXCELLENT board, I'm very impressed and I build a lot of systems so that's saying something. Probably the closest thing to the ideal ITX board on the market today, IMO. Perfect stability, future-proof with PCIe 5.0 on M.2 and x16, no daughterboards or external modules to mess with. Great board layout and excellent audio section, thoughtful extension cable provided for front panel connections that makes it easier to hook up front panel connections than even full size ATX boards (all boards should have this!). The lit rear audio jacks are a nice touch as well. The only thing that could really improve on this board would be USB4 (maybe in the next generation?).